Hollywood Comedy Shorts will highlight short comedy, web series, TV episodic, Comedy Screenplays, and Dark Comedy shorts with the goal of screening the best comedic content from around the world for a Hollywood industry audience!
"Eternally optimistic British actress Harriet has yet to find her feet in LA, despite a handful of minor TV roles usually involving baring her breasts, playing a vast array of dead prostitutes, and various combinations of both.
But today, her agent has a special project, one which she hopes will buck the trend. Who knows, maybe she’ll find a better balance of nudity on set this time, and perhaps even enjoy the luxury of staying alive for the entire scene?" TRT 16:31
An Uncomfortable Woman is a dark comedy short film about Dylan, a 33-year-old woman experiencing a transitional period of her life. After the sudden death of her mother followed by the end of her long-term engagement, Dylan becomes obsessed with a foreboding thought: Don’t all bad things happen in threes? Sensing another tragedy lurks around the corner, Dylan must navigate her fear of being alone, the male species, and an unwanted house party, all while armed with questionable yet endearing support from her childhood best friend. TRT 13:34
BASIC is a very short film about a stupid lil' ho doin lil' ho things. It's 2 minutes and 45 seconds long. The short stars Nelson Franklin, who you’ll recognize from starring in Veep, Blackish, and Abby's, and it also stars his real life wife, Georgia Mischak, who you’ve seen in Arrested Development and Love. The other actor in the film is also the writer and director of the project, Chelsea Devantez, who currently writes for Bless This Mess on ABC, and has previously written for The Opposition with Jordan Klepper on Comedy Central, The Gong Show on ABC, The Jon Stewart HBO show, and Abby’s on NBC. TRT 3:03
Things go a little too far when type-A Geena opts to take matters into her own hands after several tiffs with her laid-back boyfriend, Bryan. Drugged and tied to a chair, can he survive the argument, the relationship...the day? TRT 4:00
"GREEN COBRA is the genre-bending story of a hit-man…excuse me, “Life Ending Technician.” Who details, to a documentary film crew, her rise in a mostly male dominated field, on the backdrop of a typical day on the job; which consists of Russian mob clients, disturbing methods of torture, and maybe one too many bad ex-boyfriends. TRT 13:57
A homeowner rents out his Malibu house to a vast array of guests and through hidden security cameras, spies on them for his personal entertainment. The anthology follows various renters, who are all unaware that they are being mocked. TRT 19:53
After a drunken binge, Rory(36) finds he has built a time machine and uses it to go back in time and attempt to out drink his younger self. Once there, he realizes he can give Young Rory some tips on how to avoid the pit falls in the future. TRT 18:16
Two guys decide to become bloggers. In order to get views and likes they take some experimental military pills which deprive them of any sense of pain. But it goes too far. TRT 8:00
Agoraphobe Sandra literally lives her life through social media. She's angry at all the smiling women online - why aren't they as angry as she is at men, the world, everything!? She enlists her friend Molly to start a cult of feminine rage to change the face of social media...and hopefully the world. TRT 17:24
When a couple badass guys are going to break into a bank, they quickly realize the terrible mistake it was to involve “Premium Idiot” Klaus as part of the group. TRT 11:00
In this hilarious and topical satire dealing with internet fame and the darkness just underneath its glamorous surface, a young girl obsessed with her newfound insta-virality decides to indulge her Satanic side in the name of clout. After being featured on a popular daytime talk show as a "troubled teen", 8th grade Abigail and her best friend Jodie decide to use her fame to lure the new kid at school, Tony, to their after school cult in order to make him their first sacrifice. During their sacrificial sleepover, Tony finds both girls telling him that the other one is dangerous, and that he needs to kill the other before they kill him. Tony tries to escape but is stopped by Abigail who tries to kill him before Jodie throws her to the ground and knocks her out. Later, Abigail is arrested and Jodie and Tony realize that her Instagram followers are still climbing rapidly. Abigail, from inside the cop car, flashes a psychopathic smile. TRT 16:39
