Houston Comedy Film Festival (0)

Comedy Short Films can be narrative, spoof TV commercials, or stand-up comedy. As long as the film is funny, it will have an opportunity to be screened. Must be 1-30 minutes in length including credits. Youtube and Vimeo videos that are public still qualify, but in order for your film to screen at the HCFF you must provide us with Apple ProRes or .h264 quality file for screening.

This category is reserved for romantic comedy films with a storyline about relationships, love, dating or romantic situations. Romantic comedies have funny moments, but may have some dramatic elements to them as well. Strong acting, good stories and funny situations are what the judges are looking for. The duration of videos submitted to the Romantic Comedy Film category must be a maximum of thirty minutes in length including all credits. (30:00)

This category is reserved for comedy films that are presented in a documentary or testimonial format. This is a fun category for our judges to review, which frequently has the most creative concepts. There are few film festivals in the world with a dedicated Mockumentary category, but this event has had one since the beginning. The duration of videos submitted to the Mockumentary Film category must be a maximum of thirty minutes in length including all credits. (30:00)

This category is reserved for films that are on the darker side of the comedy genre. Sometimes referred to as “Black Comedy” these films have a sick sense of humor and may not be suitable for mainstream festivals. Often times these films end with the death of a character or have some strange gruesome scenes. Dark comedy films can make you laugh and cringe at the same time. If your audience laughs and then says “that’s messed up,” then you’ve probably produced something pretty dark. This event has screened dark comedy films that feature strange cruelty, or feature characters that are trying to get rid of a dead body, or they accidentally poison the wrong person, or even dream of murders, dark situations and revenge with strange dark comedic elements. The duration of videos submitted to the Dark Comedy Film category must be a maximum of thirty minutes in length including all credits. (30:00)

This category is reserved for a single comedy web series episode that is currently running, or is soon to be released on YouTube, Funny or Die, Vimeo, or another streaming service. Would you like to earn accolades and increase exposure to new fans for your Comedy Web Series? Please do not submit more than one episode per submission fee. We will not play a collection of episodes based on the contents of one episode. Each episode is judged individually. The duration of videos submitted to the Comedy Web Series Episode category must be a maximum of thirty minutes in length including all credits. (30:00)

This category is reserved for funny cartoons, 2D animation, 3D animation, clay animation, sand animation, Anime, Computer Graphics, Puppetry Animation, Stop-Motion, Flip Book Animation, Experimental Animation and any form of animated films that may exist, but we haven't listed. Comedy Films that have a mixture of animated elements and live action characters are eligible for this category as well. The duration of videos submitted to the Animated Comedy Film category must be a maximum of thirty minutes in length including all credits. (30:00)