There’s Still Time to Submit Your Brilliant Comedy to Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival for 2014 is still taking in submissions and do not miss out on your chance to be discovered with your amazing comedy short film or feature that you’re taking around the film festival circuit. Just make sure they receive it by Aug. 26th if it’s a short or Aug. 30th if it’s a feature.
There’s a New Comedy Film Festival to Submit to in The LA Comedy Ninja Festival
From the early bird submission fees of $20-$40 (the prices will go up the end of this month), you can enter your films and screenplays, short and feature length, into the newest comedy film festival in Los Angeles, The LA Comedy Ninja Festival.
If you’re looking to rack up those festival credits with your comedy film/screenplay here in LA, this might be a good place to start, especially since the last deadline is in January of next year.
Still Time to Submit to Salt Lake City’s Comedy Carnivale
Salt Lake City’s first comedy festival SLC Comedy Carnivale is still taking submissions up until July 15th. If you’re interested in getting into festivals as a comedic performer and it’s not too much of a hassle for you to get to Utah, then maybe you should get your submissions materials together for this.
They’re taking stand up, sketch, improv, and film by the way.
Amazon Studios Looking For Short Films To Be Adapted Into Features
Moving on from their newly minted stable of original web series, Amazon Studios is already expanding on to features by, much in the same way they got their web series, accepting submissions of short films to be adapted into full length feature films.
They’re looking for something 2-15 min. long that can be the basis for an entire movie and offering $10,000 if your project is put in development.
We just thought it might be something some of you would be interested in.
Rainn Wilson’s Soul Pancake Looking For Filmmakers
Rainn Wilson has really made a lot of headway with his production company Soul Pancake with things like Kid President. Be part of the next big thing at Soul Pancake as he’s looking for all-in-one filmmakers.
Seriously, he’s taking pitches at pitch@soulpancake.com, so you might want to get on that.
Anthem Journal Looking for Humor Submissions
A new online quarterly magazine has popped up under the name Anthem Journal and if you’re looking to get some written humor pieces for all of you that want to add humorist to your resume, they’re taking submissions. Best of all, comedian Steve Benaquist is their humor editor and we trust that he’ll sift to all the comedy gold sent his way.
More details at the link.
With the proliferation of sites like YouTube, Vimeo, and Funny or Die, it’s hard to gauge as someone who makes funny short films, sketches, web series, etc. whether it’s better to distribute your content online or try taking it to the festival circuit first. Several festivals immediately disqualify it if it’s already posted online making that a tough decision, but that is starting to change as this list as the link above shows.
(via The Black List)
Sundance Film Festival 2014 Is Open For Submissions
The prestigious Sundance Film Festival is calling for films for next year and, if you think you have it, you could be the next great indie comedy film like Kings of Summer.
Early deadline is received by July 29th for short films.
The Salt Lake City Comedy Carnivale Now Accepting Submissions
Salt Lake City is having it’s very first comedy festival and is now taking early submissions for $20 in stand-up, sketch, improv, and film. The SLC Comedy Carnivale is set for Sept. 17th-20th.
Enter Flavorwire’s Short Fiction Contest and Possibly Win $500 For a Short Story
Culture blog Flavorwire is putting up a nice little chunk of change for a a great short story that some of you probably already have. They’re looking for 5,000 words or less and a work of fiction, so if you already have that saved in a file somewhere, it’d make sense to enter (also, there doesn’t appear to be an entry/submission fee).
Enter Your Web Series, Short Film Into the HollyShorts Film Festival
Not only has the HollyShorts Film Festival is on it’s 9th year running and have a focus on the shorter forms of motion pictures (short films, mini docs, music videos, commercials, etc.), but there is a category specifically for web series/webisodes.
For those of you worried about your web series being taken out of context at a film festival, this might be for you. In fact, you can submit multiple episodes of your web series as long as the total running time is under 15 minutes.
Deadline for submissions June 7th.
The Bel Air Film Festival Has a “Short Film Comedy” Category You Can Submit To
There are so many film festivals to submit nowadays. At the very least, this one has a short form comedy category and, if you’re in LA, in a very nice place where you won’t have to get a hotel if your film is selected and want to go.
1) CNN takes a look at comedy after 9/11 with Bill Burr, Chris Hardwick, Marc Maron, and Rob Riggle. [via Laughspin]
2) A Kumail Nanjiani bit about heroin gets the cartoon pony treatment.
3) Expanded thoughts on the Oschack-USC debacle on Laughspin.
5) The season finale of the Compatish, which pits the gang in a contest of painting trees, can be decided by whose painting is sold for the most money on eBay. So far, someone is going to pay $10 for Adam’s “snatch tree”.
6) Dan Dringle gives you a couple great reasons to buy a Motorola Tablet and maybe a hug.
7) You may think that doing comedy on a megaphone outdoors at a park might not work, but we wholeheartedly disagree.
9) ON THE HORIZON
The Good Bits @ Witzend Wed. Sept. 14th 8PM $5
The Smartest Man in the World with Greg Proops @ Nerdist Theater Tues. Sept. 20th 8PM $10
Hollywood Stands Up @ ACME Comedy Theater Tues. Sept. 27th 8PM
10) COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
RISK! True Tales Boldly Told @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
Andre Hyland Presents: The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
Up Late with Adam Fisher & Special Guest Paul F. Tompkins @ Comedy Sportz LA 10:30PM $10
11) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served
FLOODLAMP OPEN MEG[APHONE] 3201 W. Verdugo Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts around 8PM or sundown/lottery/no purchase necessary
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery
12) Any comic that tells a crowd that they don’t deserve their “big closer” doesn’t deserve to learn that saying that will never be funny.
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1) In Portland, OR now for a week, technically on vacation. Just hope you all appreciate that we still haven’t missed a single day of posting since we started.
2) Watch out for this: @marcmaron Okay, I guess the cats out of the bag. There is a feature on me and the show in the new @EW. Dunno if its out on newsstands.
3) You can still submit something to RE:COM for a few more days. Get in by June 30th. Don’t miss an opportunity to 1) to be a force/voice for comedy 2) see your name in print (that’s right it’s a print magazine).
4) Congratulations to Barbara Gray and her fantastic show One Two Punch getting written up in the LA Times. Follow @BabsGray on Twitter to keep up to date when the next One Two Punch is as well as damn hilarious tweets.
5) Comedy Bang Bang has a blog about their podcast?!? Alternative comedy gone ever more self-reflexive…
6) Speaking of self-reflexive, this video by “comedy artist” by Charlotte Young was posted by the Daily What several days ago, but who hasn’t thought they were bullshitting whatever they were saying at least once while on stage? Only the other week, I could have swore that I said on stage, “I have material that works, I swear."
7) This isn’t LA comedy exactly, but it’s pretty fuckin’ hilarious: Kurt Braunohler and the World Wild of Animals.
Kurt Braunohler’s World Wild of Animals: Dolphins – watch more funny videos
7) ON THE HORIZON
Doug Stanhope @ Irvine Improv Wed. Nov. 30th 8PM $25/2 item min.
Doug Stanhope @ Brea Improv Thurs. Dec. 1st 8PM $25/2 item min.
8) COMEDY CRAWL
Enter the Hot Chicks Room w/Matt Besser @ UCB Theatre 6PM FREE
Comedy Without A Cause @ Boardner’s 6:30PM FREE
Tim Lee @ Brea Improv 7PM $ /2 item min.
The Family House with Auntie Sara @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7PM $5
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Re-Animator the Musical @ The Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Comedy Off The Record @ The Basement Lounge 8PM $5
Warm n’ Fuzzy @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
Indiglo @ M Bar 8:30PM FREE/$10 min.
French Toast 1 Year Anniversary @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 8:30PM FREE
Neil Hamburger with Special Guests @ The Satellite LA 8:30PM $8
Top Story Weekly with Frank Conniff & Emo Phillips @ iO West 9PM $5
Running Your Trap w/Jimmy Pardo @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
9) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
NERDIST THEATRE 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (back room of Meltdown Comics)/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/lottery/30 spots available/no purchase necessary
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee available
10) Got a brand new off-brand moleskine notebook yesterday. Let’s hope there are less pages of scribbling "Fuck” over whatever was already written this time around.
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1) WHAT WENT VIRAL: A girl crying about cats while making a dating profile video. WHAT NEEDS TO GO VIRAL: a remix of a girl crying about cats while making a dating profile video by sketch group Women Comedy.
2) The Hollywood Fringe Festival is already under way with several comedy events that are on the “fringe”, but if you want to submit for next year, you can now, according to their guide for this year, go here and post about it.
3) Comedy Store paid regular Jerrod Carmichael has been on Twitter for awhile, but he’s only now starting to share his brilliant humor with the microblogging world, @NotoriousRod as he live tweets his niece’s dance recital.
4) Hilarious Atom.com webseries Kid Farm w/Pete Holmes finally has another episode!!! (that would be your cue to click the link or press the play button below)
Kid Farm Channel
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5) The Flaming C/Conan is calling out for fan art!!!
6) Garfunkel & Oates have a new song! “My Apartment’s Very Clean Without You”. Great way to start off a nostalgic Sunday
7) Below is a clip of Louis CK doing a 3 minute set in 1987. He’s doing dolphin jokes. There’s hints of what he does now, but only hints. It’s now 2011 and some of his best material is about his two daughters. To anyone thinking wondering about development as an artist as a comedian, well, here’s a perfect example of how drastic it can be.
8) Tip of the Hat Article/Profile-Tony Sam
9) COMEDY CRAWL
Jeff Garlin-No Sugar Added @ UCB Theatre 6PM $5
LA Indie Improv Tournament @ Impro Theatre 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
8 Ball Stand Presents the Niche Players @ Westwood Brewco 7:30PM FREE
Re-Animator @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Power Violence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly w/Jim Bruce @ iO West 9PM $5
The Charlyne Yi Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Respect the Danger of Knives Presents @ Chatterbox 9PM FREE
10) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
NERDIST THEATRE 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (back room of Meltdown Comics)/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/lottery/30 spots available/no purchase necessary
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee available
11) Last night I did 20 minutes that I would best describe as mostly nonsense riffing with a strong start and finish that I would most likely want to delete off of my phone’s voice recorder. Yet, a real person (not a comic) came up to me and thanked me for making him laugh. Despite what I thought, I didn’t correct him because, really, he’s right.
12) Special thanks to Jordan Brady for the shout out on Twitter this morning. Please follow him at @IAmComicMovie (oh yeah, did I mentioned he directed I Am Comic?)
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