Chicago Comedy Film Festival

First off let me start by saying I love Comedy!
And.I was really looking forward to being able to see a showing of
films from the Chicago Comedy Film Festival.
I was scheduled to be there for the 5pm showing/​screening, and of course
I get there a half hour early because lord knows I am always early/​the first
one there. I always want to get the party started! Sometimes even before
it’s time to start the party!
So, upon entrance I met Jessica Hardy, from the CCFF, and she advised
me that the tickets were just ready at the moment I entered!
Well, can the timing be any more perfect than that? Noooo…
I got my ticket from Jessica, went up stairs and I was told to go to theater/​
cinema 11, Geez, is that place big!
Lots of winding hallways leading you to your cinema, unfortunately for
me I went down the wrong long winding hallway and had to turn back and
find the right way to go, which I did.
As I entered the theater I saw I was the only one in there, and I must admit
I was kind of liking that, but then I was pretty happy when finally some
other people entered the theater, but boy, were they pushing it timewise.
they come straggling in at 4:55 pm.
What I saw today were 2 short films, 1 at 3 minutes, 1 at 2 minutes.
I saw Last Call. Pretty Funny!
Now that’s cute, Hilarious!
And then the longer film which lasted 81 minutes was called
«Who killed Johnnny» (as in Depp), and that came out of Switzerland.
A great cast with so much great fun!
After the showings we were introduced to Aaron Ballard, Star of «Now that’s Cute!
Aaron was/​is lovely, and her voice was a bit hoarse from a cold/​flu but she
still was very gracious while enduring a Q&A session.
So, I would like to Thank Danny W and everyone at Unilocal Chicago for
the ticket for this showing, I really had such a great time!
And, Thanks so much to Jessica Hardy and everyone from CCFF for
letting me have some great laughs tonight, it felt so good to do that!
FYI.The festival runs through this weekend, it’s $ 39.00 for a
weekend pass, $ 12.00 for a single showing, and if you have already
attended a showing and want to return for another bring in your
ticket stub and you will only be charged $ 6.00!
This was a really nice experience for me.
What a great way to kick off the weekend!

So excited for year 2. Lots of stars and international films, plus local gems. Hope to see more Unilocalers out. Lots came through last year and we’d love to see your support of Chicago film and indie comedy!

This was the funnest experience! Watched ‘How to Eat Bacon’ ‘Bingo’ and ‘Bear Force One.’. They were so funny! Loved it!

Not bad for being the first Comedy Film Festival. The movies were good, but not great, which is understandable given the low budget of independent films. They need to be a little more organized next year, because we will go back and support the festival again. This is what Chicago needs more of!

What a fun event! Thank you to Unilocal for the tickets!
My boyfriend and I caught the 9:00pm show last night (the Most Dangerous Game/​Dr. Limptooth) and we were both pretty impressed. Of course, we weren’t really sure what to expect, but the films were really fun! The Most Dangerous Game was a really well-​crafted short film which was my type of humor (absurd/​twisted).
Dr. Limptooth was really good. So much laugh out loud material, and a pretty cohesive story revolving around college and Vampires and just all out awkwardness of love unrequited, love lost, and a very interesting take on the modern Vampire’s problematic existence. I do love a good horror comedy, and this was well played.
The theatre itself was unbelievably comfortable. Usually I’m incredibly fidgety in theatres because the seats are not at all comfortable, but man it was nice. Having just come from dinner, we didn’t partake in any concessions, but they looked pretty amazing. Not just you typical sodas and popcorn fare. Probably on the more expensive side, I’m guessing, but they looked pretty awesome. Pizzas? In a movie? clearly I’ve been going to wrong theatres.
All in all, it was a really great event! I’m glad we got to go, and I hope the buzz gets out so that next year will be een more successful!

Went to the same show as Janet E last night and I loved it! All of the movies were quirky and fun. I especially love the last one, Bear Force One, which had some of the best lines I’ve ever heard in a long time. I don’t think I stopped laughing in the last few minutes of that movie. I also love the mixed method of live acting with animated backgrounds. Very clever way to be low budget but also refreshing.

Thanks to Unilocal for free tickets to check out the Chicago Comedy Film Festival! One of the directors of the film was at our screening which we thought was very nice. Our movies included How to Eat Bacon, Bingo!, and Bear Force One. Each of the movies had their funny parts. I thought the movies were done well but you could tell they were independent movies with limited resources. Nonetheless, done well. Lots of creativity. I’m glad that this festival was organized to encourage more comedy filmmaking. So happy we were able to make it to this event!