General information
- Dates
- Not available
- Location
- CA
- Submission deadline
- Not available
- Eligibility
- Not available
- Subtitles
- Not available
- Official website
- https://festivalforcomedy.com/toronto/
- Last checked
- 24 September 2026
News
SUMMER 2026 COMEDY Festival Screenplay Winners & Honorable Mentions
The COMEDY Festival had a surplus of submissions fo the first half of the season. Enclosed is the list of WINNERS, who had a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a video.
WINNERS: July 2026 COMEDY Festival
A showcase of the best COMEDY films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Short Film: The Dairy Experiment Best Micro-Short Film: Tragically, a make or break question Best Direction: Odessa-Mama Best Comedy Story: SO-RAWR-ITY GIRLS Odessa-Mama, 5min., USA Directed by Georgiy Deliev, Yuri Volodarsky A lively musical comedy set in 1988 Odessa, US
WINNERS: May 2026 COMEDY Festival
A showcase of the best COMEDY films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Short Film: AN AFTERNOON IN KNIFE SELLING WITH PSYCHO SAMMY Best Performances: HOE PHASE Best Micro-Short Film: PICK ME UP – THE 2 MINUTE SHOW Best Story: TWENTY-NICE BLOCKS Best Direction: TSHANGYANG A LOVE BEYOND DHARMA HOE PHASE, 4min., USA Directed… Continue reading W
COMEDY Festival: Children of the Night: Virgin Blood, by Mark B. Newbauer
A jilted teen races the clock to win back his born-again virgin ex-girlfriend as she is targeted for her unique abilities by a charming outcast vampire looking to reclaim his legacy as ruler of the underworld. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Drake: Geoff Mays Ron: Andy Camp
COMEDY Festival Best Scene: It Will Never Be the Same, by Yakiv Karchev
Newly-divorced Anna promptly gets a boyfriend. However, she fails to notice that the boyfriend is played by the same actor as her ex-husband.
COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: IN HER SHOES, by Kelsey Ross
After meeting a psychic with a cryptic read of the future, Kylie and Greyson find they’ve swapped bodies leaving Greyson to navigate the chaos that is life as a woman and giving Kylie the boost her career so desperately needed – manhood. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Janie: Hannah Ehman Sheryl: Val Cole
COMEDY Festival Best Scene: Children of the Night, by Mark B. Newbauer
A jilted teen races the clock to win back his born-again virgin ex-girlfriend as she is targeted for her unique abilities by a charming outcast vampire looking to reclaim his legacy as ruler of the underworld. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Mina: Hannah Ehman Jonathan: Shawn Devlin
WINNERS: February 2026 COMEDY Festival
A showcase of the best COMEDY films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Short Film: HEDGEHOG IN AFRICA Best Direction: OUTRAGE!