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INAUGURAL HOLLYWOOD COMEDY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY BITPIX TO KICK OFF WITH NEW PROJECTS FROM FORMER VEEP DIRECTOR/PRODUCER STEPHANIE LAING AND HBO’S PROJECT GREENLIGHT FINALIST ADRIANO VALENTINI
The first annual Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival (HCSFF) presented by BITPIX is set for sail April 15-16 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood and today the festival’s organizers are unveiling the official selections for the first-ever event. 80 short comedy films will be showcased at the upcoming 2-day celebration of content creators.
The festival kicks off with a Red Carpet celebration for the filmmakers on Friday April 15 at 7pm with 3 programs at the TCL Chinese Theater. Official selections include Showtime’s former Veep Director and Producer Stephanie Laing’s web series The Crying Room Directed by Laing and Jay Feather. The project is the first video show from her new female-driven comedy website PYPO. Laing wrote the series with Georgia Pritchett and Emilia Barrosse and Sherry Thomas is a producer. It stars Cassidy Freeman, Amy Davidson and Darren O’Hare. The festival will also feature an all new short from HBO Project Greenlight contestant Adriano Valentini titled The Age of Insecurity: Bed Buds. Zach Leary’s SXSW darling short film SETH will also screen at HCSFF. Other projects set to be showcased include Rory Uphold’s popular web series HELLA, as well as Merve Tekin’s hilarious short film Honeypot, which stars Mark Kelly, Brianna Oppenheimer and Frederick Lawrence, which will screen at 12noon on Saturday.
The Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival was birthed to highlight the next generation of comedic storytellers. The festival will showcase short form content with categories that include Web Series, Cringe Comedy, Alternative Comedy, Dark Comedies and of course funny shorts. The event was created and is being organized by Solmont Events. Nicole Castro serves as Festival Director.
Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival’s proud sponsor is BITPIX, the short form content platform that features the best and brightest short mini movies and mini shows from around the world. BITPIX is live and now available online on Roku and Amazon Firestick. Should attendees miss a screening of a short at Hollywood Comedy Shorts Fest, they can catch most of the films via BITPIX’s HCSFF online pass Video on Demand button on the service. Other festival partners include True Vision Entertainment, and the TCL Chinese Theatres.
Below is the Official lineup of shorts in competition. Tickets go on sale today and are available at http://www.hollywoodcomedyshortsfilmfest.com
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2 Self Help Books Away From Being Perfect
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Lopez Williams
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5SF
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5SF
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Breakfast Buddies
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John Lawniczak
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Catatonico
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Francis Corby Ceschin
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Coffee Virgin
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Perez Bros
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Cootie Contagion
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Joshua Smooha
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Crazy
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Nathan Deming
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Dirty Cops
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Adam Jason Finmann
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Dubstep Dodgeball
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Justin Joseph Chan
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El Audífono (The Earpiece)
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Samuel Quiles Palop
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Ennui
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Mike Roma
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Everybody Dies
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Anderson Cowan
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Film School Musical
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Maan B. & Talha B.
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Flush
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Matt Cooper
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For Annabelle
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Peter Mackie
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Fresh Blood
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Johanna Vanderspool
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Girl Trip
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Danielle Burgio & Jamieson Tabb
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Good Cop, Good Cop
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Keagan Karnes
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Handjob Cabin (Official HD Trailer)
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Bennet Silverman
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HelLA +
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Rory Uphold
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Hit The Hitman
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Ian Mattingly
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Holloway Heights - The Web Series
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John F. Beach
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HONEY POT
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Merve Tekin
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Huey, Duey & Lewis
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Marty Keegan
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Hug-O-Gram ep. 2 Golden Showers
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Todd Kipp
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In Pursuit
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Constanza Castro
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It's Not Always Sunny
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Kimberly Hwang
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Jackie Boy
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Musashi Alexander
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Jamie & Jonathan
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Kyle C. Mumford
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Jewish Blind Date
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Anaelle Morf
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Karl Manhair, Postal Inspector
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Chandler Kauffman
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Lazy Actress
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Natalia Provatas
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Like The Ant
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Nicholas Woods
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Lonely Lil: American Father Figure
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Ri Versteegh and Josie Martineaux
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Make Like A Dog
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Marshall Allman
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Manager
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Jacob Meszaros
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Moralax
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Ben Slatkin & Heather Girardi
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Morning After
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Jamie Maule-ffinch
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Murphy's Law
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Alexander Fichera
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Not So Union
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Michael Steger & Brandee Steger
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Not Sophie's Choice
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Matt Holt
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Oh Em Gee
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Jonathan Chase
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Oh Noah
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Greg Bro
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Orphan is the New Orange
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Althea Root
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Our Crappy Town
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Andy and Carolyn London
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Poker Face
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Eric Fisher
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Police and Quiet
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Andy Goldenberg
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Prop Knife
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Michael Sykora
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Q & A
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Adam Scott Epstein
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Relationship Goals
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Nic Stanich
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Ruth & Norbert Catch Bigfoot
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TJ Dalrymple & Emily Sandifer
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Sad Motivator
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Nathan Bunker
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Seth
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Zach Lasry
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Shadow
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Dillon Novak
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Shoe
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Eric Fisher
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Spanish Love 101
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Peter Macaluso
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Spunkle
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Lisa Donato
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Stalker Breakup
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Thomas Michael
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Swap
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Lincoln Hoppe
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Talentless ep. 1
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Jarret Tarnol
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Tampoon
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Jeanne Jo
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That Guy
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Blake West
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The Age of Insecurity: Bed Buds
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Adriano Valentini
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The Balcony
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Mike L Taylor
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The Bigfoot Hunters
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Matt Hausmann
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The Black Bear
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Xavier Seron and Meryl Fortunat-Rossi
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The Cheerleader
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Katherine Katz
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The Crying Room
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Jay Feather & Stephanie Laing
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The Dead Kid Spot
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Luke Asa Guidici
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The Litterbox
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Roxanne Marciniak
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The Long Arm of the Leprecon
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Kelly Goodner
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The Misfortune of Others
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Mat Govoni
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The Notion of Mistake
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Nicolas Krief & Jean-François Chagnon
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The Real Truth Behind The Real True Story: Donnie Miller
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Mike Piccirillo
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The Sixth Lead web series
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Rick Glassman
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Thugs the Musical: Drive-By
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Greg Bro
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Ticklish
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Kenny Sharman and John Young
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Time Pals
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Chris Mangano
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Total Awesome Viking Power
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Morten Forland
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Trippin' With The Folks
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Meghan Weinstein
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TubeHeads
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Henning Ricke & Daniel Raboldt
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Wally's Will
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Matteo J. Mosterts
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We'll Get It
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Kyle Hansen
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