Festival Data:

• Established: 1997
• Genre: Comedy - Romance (click to see)
• Attendance: 4721
• Media Attendance: 309
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 296
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 1050
• Total Number of Films Screened: 140
• Total Screenings: 41
• # of Shorts Screened: 128
• # of Features Screened: 12

• Competitive

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Festival Description:

As the premiere film event of the Just For Laughs Festival presented by Videotron which attracts over 2 million visitors and over 1,000 industry members each summer, The Just For Laughs Film Festival, in association with SCENE showcases one of the world’s largest selection of comedy shorts, Hollywood and International film premieres, and a series of star-studded special events.

Since its first edition in 1997 The Just For Laughs Film Festival has always been on the lookout for the best in comedy film programming. 1999 saw Jason Reitman (Juno) bring his short “Operation” to Eat My Shorts, which would later be followed by “H@” in 1999, “In God We Trust” in 2000, and then, “Consent” in 2001. Jason Reitman returned to interview his own father Ivan Reitman and to give a Master Class with Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) as part of Just For Laughs Film Festival events at Just Comedy the industry conference produced by Just For Laughs and Achilles Media.

A feature film element was added to the more and more popular Eat My Shorts series in 2000 and the event was renamed CoMedia – comedy and media… together! Notable film premieres have included the North American premiere of Mr. Bean’s Holiday presented by Rowan Atkinson; The Aristocrats, presented by director Paul Provenza and producer Penn Jillette; Hairspray; Clerks II; and Wedding Crashers. Comedia continued to grow, adding special tributes to such comedy legends as Monthy Python, hosted by Terry Jones and special guest Eric Idle, Carl Reiner, Robert Smigel (SNL and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), Joseph Barbera, June Foray (the voice of Rocky on “Rocky & Bullwinkle”) and Chuck Jones’ animated series. In 2008, the festival changed its name to the Just For Laughs Film Festival to better reflect its growing status as a world class film event.

Film Submissions:

• Call for Entry: http:/ / web2.hahaha.com/ microsite/ FilmEn/ Submissions/