L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival

I was fortunate enough to win 2 tickets (for one day only) through Unilocal,and while getting here was a breeze, my friend and I had to wait a few minutes while the guy at will-​call searched for my name for the tickets… and never found them. He printed out some sort of generic receipt which let us in so that was fine with me. I got sort of jealous seeing all these people wearing red ‘yelp’ passes around their necks and wondered where I could get/​swipe one…
We sat through Film Block 3: Nostra-​damn It Feels Good to be a Gansta’. Of course as with anything, some of the films were hit or miss, but the guys behind us had the definite giggles. Whether fueled by alcohol or their enthusiasm for the films, it caught on to our row and then some.
I was for-​sure curious about the after party, which was themed: This Ain’t Your House Party. Hearing that it was in an actual furniture store called Urban Colony sparked my interest even more. The provided shuttle that took us from the Downtown Independent to the location (which I would never be able to find on my own) was actually a school bus; I can’t remember the last time I was on one. Kind of added to the comedy atmosphere, with everyone misbehaving but not getting yelled at by the driver=FUN.
If there had to be one, this was probably what I would consider the ‘tragedy’ part: we go up to the check-​in table, only to be told since we didn’t have the ‘official’ passes (those darn red ‘yelp’ ones I had been eyeing), we had to pay $ 15 each. I told the girls that I had a pass that permitted us into the after party, and I attempted to pull up the proof on Unilocal via my phone as well as show her that receipt the guy at will-​call had given us. This didn’t work.
However one girl whose name I didn’t get (cute short red haircut) was a total sweetheart; she made every effort to find out what the deal was, and eventually let us in. This party was so much fun, plenty of seating since it was in a furniture store, huge boxes of pizza (and while we were fasting, I came out of this REAL quick), open bar, board games all over so you felt like you were in someone’s comfy living room. Only with complete strangers, all brought together by their love of comedy.
Sadly we couldn’t stay late since my friend had to work early the following day, but met a smokin’ hot British dude (he wasn’t actually smoking) just coming out of the shuttle as we were to get in. I hope he doesn’t read this.
The only drawback was the proper passes not being available, but this was a fun time overall and I would be happy to go back next year.
Thanks to the helpful redheaded girl, and to Unilocal

We submitted our short, «A Short Film» last year and had the pleasure of attending as filmmakers. What a total BLAST! They do everything right! Opening Night, and all the other fab evenings ended with a cool party at some downtown hotpot… GREAT food and drinks. On top of that, they had a party bus (last year it was an actual school bus!) shuttle everyone to and from the theater for the festivities; not to mention all the great movies we saw. The only problem is that they spoiled us for all the other film festivals we attended; none of them even came close.

Went to the inaugural LA Comedy Shorts Festival this year and had a really great time! They had all the panels and screenings at the Downtown Independent Theater with various parties around town including Lucky Strike and Kyoto Grand Hotel. For the first year running there was a great turnout and lots of great comedy shorts within the various screenings over the 4 days. For just $ 99 the all inclusive pass was a steal considering there were panels, screenings and parties all day long everyday.
I like this festival most because 1) I like to laugh and 2) everything is short! so if a screening isn’t good, it’s over with fast!
Had a lot of panels for upcoming writers, directors, those that want to be in the biz, which I guess is on par for LA.