Short Com is once again open for short comedy film submissions for its 2015/2016 touring schedule.
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Short Com is a touring short comedy film programme that screens the funniest and most charming comedy short films by emerging independent comedy filmmaking talent.
Last year Short Com screened in Edinburgh, London, Bristol and finished its tour as part of the Glasgow Short Film Festival with the screening of its annual best of programme and awards ceremony, hosted by Still Game’s Greg Hemphill. The comedy animation team Tea&Cheese took the Filmmakers’ Select Award for their epic pilot of Isaac and Quincy, winning some quality software programming from sponsors Blackmagic Design, as did Ben Mallaby with Milk, starring and written by comedians Paul F Taylor and Toby Williams, taking the Jury Panel Award. The stop motion film Once Upon a Time In The Shed by Barnaby Dixon won the hearts’ of the audience, scooping the Audience Select Award as well as the Best Animation award, pocketing £300 in prize money. Joe Nicolosi won the Best International award for Hell No.
For the first time this year we were able to programme our first animation only programme at the Glasgow Short Film Festival, the programme featuring, Asshole from Conor Finegan, Writers’ Block by Tom Gran and Martin Woolley, Trev by Rob Millard, Dead and Breakfast by Sam Shaw, Pencilvania by Alex Amelines as well as Isaac and Quincy and Once Upon A Time In The Shed. We also teamed up with animation community Show Me The Animation, cross promoting and running our first screening in Bristol in tangent with them at the Cube Cinema in Bristol.
Creative Director Chris Aitken states:
“The aims and goals of Short Com still remain in finding and championing new comedy filmmaking talent by putting content first ahead of production values or star names to as many live audiences possible. The quality of the programme has always been paramount to Short Com, thus reaching and being part of the best of programme should be seen as a real badge of honour”.
Short Com plans to revisit the same cities as last year and maybe more, with Edinburgh it’s first port of call at the Cameo Cinema on the 10th and 11th of August during the Edinburgh International Fringe. With dates in Bristol, London and Glasgow to be confirmed. Short Com will also be holding it’s best of programme and award ceremony at a new location in early 2016.
Blackmagic Design are once again sponsoring Short Com for its awards in 2016 as are Final Draft. The awards and categories are as follows.
Audience Select – Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera*
Jury Panel Select – Blackmagicdesign Davinci Resolve 11*
Filmmakers Select – Blackmagicdesign Davinci Resolve 11*
Best International – $500 (May increase)
Best Script – Copy of Final Draft
Best Animation – Prize TBC
*British Entries Only
Some winners will also benefit from a consultation and bespoke strategy created for you by festival strategist specialists Festival Formula.
To enter visit the Submit page for the rules and a friendly guideline as to what we look for in a film. Deadline for Edinburgh Programme 30th July 2015. Final end of year deadline, 31st December 2015
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