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Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
MAY 8 - OCT 9, 2026
6 YEARS RUNNING
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Deadlines

MAY 14, 2026Regular Deadline
MAY 28, 2026Extended Regular Deadline
JUN 18, 2026Discounted Late Deadline
JUL 9, 2026Late Deadline
JUL 30, 2026Extended Late Deadline
AUG 13, 2026Final Deadline

About festival

Completion date requirement: 2021Premiere World PreferredPremiere National Preferred

Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival

Live screenings in a symposium-style setting. IMDb qualifying.

Join us for: * Connections at top agencies, our elite alumni network + production companies * Laurels, awards, exposure * Decades of Hollywood experience * Networking, Red Carpet events

We have had our hand in producing comedy for over 15 years and this is not our first rodeo. In 2010 we began the Chicago Comedy Film Festival. After 9 years successfully running in Chicago we are expanding based on feedback that filmmakers want a strong comedy film festival in Los Angeles. As filmmakers and producers ourselves, we have produced short and feature films. We know how sacred it is to produce your own content and then ask a committee of people to review your work. We will be an inclusive, welcoming festival, and we promise to make your experience with us memorable. The Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival is a film festival for the comedy filmmaker. Let’s have a laugh!

Join our alumni like Colin Mochrie, Lauren Lapkus, Matthew Gray Gubler, Ego Nwodim, Mindy Sterling, Margret Cho, Steve Martin, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, Natalia Dyer, Michael Cera, Keegan-Micheal Key, Christopher Titus, Janeane Garofalo, Fred Armisen, Richard Belzer, Jackie Mason, Bill Maher, Luke Perry, Gary Cole, Rowan Blanchard, Jack Quaid, Cheri Oteri, Kristen Johnson, Micheal Boatman, Nancy Travis, David Koechner, James Masters, Kaitlin Doubleday, Alexis Knapp, Rex Lee, Rosanna Arquette, Yumi Lambert, Fred Willard, Kevin Farley, Adrian Grenier, Patton Oswald, Mel Brooks, Lou Diamond Phillips, Doug Jones, Lea DeLaria, Thomas Lennon, John Bradley, Sunita Mani and many others!

Festival Amenities

Filmmaker LoungeGreen RoomSwag BagsFilmmaker EventsAfter PartiesIndustry PanelsQ&A SessionsAll Access BadgesComplimentary TicketsPriority SeatingFestival CatalogSocial Media SpotlightCatering

Accepted Content

Genres:
ComedyDocumentaryAnimationActionHorrorMusical
Romance
Sub-Genres:
Alternative ComedyBad ComedyBlack ComedyBuddy ComedyComing of AgeFantasy-Comedy
Dark ComedyCultCringe ComedyHorror ComedyLGBTQ+MockumentaryRomantic ComedySpoof
Film Types:
NarrativeDocumentaryNon-FictionAnimation
Categories:
DigitalDigital MicrobudgetEpisodicDocumentaryFeature FilmMicro
MicrobudgetMicroshortMusic VideoNew MediaPodcastShort Film
Festival Focus:
Emerging FilmmakersBIPOCFirst-Time FilmmakerInternationalStudent

Submission Categories

Short Films

Films under 30 mins

Fee: $40Deadline: July 30, 2026
Type: Film

Feature

Films over 30 mins

Fee: $50Deadline: July 30, 2026
Type: Film

Web Series

Digital First Series. Submit one episode.

Fee: $40Deadline: July 30, 2026
Type: Video

Comedy Video

Short form videos (sketches, etc.)

Fee: $30Deadline: July 30, 2026
Type: Video

Commercials

Branded content, made for digital or traditional commercials

Fee: $25Deadline: July 30, 2026
Type: Video

Festival Team

BK

Brent Kado

Creative Director

JH

Jessica Hardy-Kado

Executive Director

Festival Rules

Completion date requirement: 2021Premiere World PreferredPremiere National PreferredPremiere State PreferredPremiere City Required

Additional Rules:

Terms and Conditions: Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. Payment of submission fee does not guarantee inclusion in our festival. If your film is chosen as an official selection Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival does not compensate for travel, accommodations, or appearance fees unless otherwise offered. Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival reserves the right to schedule changes and may at any time revoke a film screening, festival passes, accommodations, and any other filmmaker agreements for any reason. Films with theatrical release prior to festival dates will not be accepted. ONLINE SCREENERS ONLY. Once the film is accepted to Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival, DIGITAL COPIES will be requested. The committee reserves the right to rescind any screening engagement if the film is not delivered on time. Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival holds your screeners in a secure fashion and takes the filmmakers rights very seriously. Please note that technical glitches will not be adjusted during the screening of your film. Your screener must be in final format upon acceptance and filmmakers will not be allowed to have private technical meetings with the projectionist due to Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival contractual rules with the theater. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. Upon acceptance, Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival may offer contract options to join the Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival Youtube network and/or work with Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival digital partners as Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered. By submitting you consent rights to trailers, teasers and release copyright for promotion during and after festival in perpetuity. If a film no longer intends to screen and does not notify the festival of this change prior to 5 business days from the date of acceptance, a $500 (US) fee will be charged back to the main point of contact provided in the submission form.