The creators of Avalonia Festival (avaloniafestival.com) are proud to present the
ALL COMEDY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL.

Our Second Live Event screening of a selection of our Award-Winning films will be held on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 5 pm at The Bartram Springs CCD Lounge in Jacksonville, Florida.

The festivities include a Q and A with whichever filmmakers are able to attend in person , plus free food and (non-alcoholic) beverages. Attendance is free-for-all but RSVP's are required.

We have four run-time divisions. The earlier you enter and the shorter your film, the lower the entry fee!

NOTE: ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR OUR THIRD SEASON! We will confirm the venue for our THIRD LIVE EVENT shortly after our upcoming SECOND LIVE EVENT (on May 11, 2025!)

STUDENTS: Middle, High School, and College/Tech/Film school students use Promo Code "COMEDYSTUDENT" for 20% off your entry fees with uploaded student credentials!

MILITARY, POLICE & FIRST RESPONDERS: Use Promo Code: "BOBHOPE" for 20 % off your entry fees!

To THANK YOU for reading all of our info, here are exclusive promo codes for our family of festivals. The following promo codes are good for a whopping 25 % off all entry fees (and will work on top of Gold discounts for Gold subscribers)!

ALL HORROR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
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PROMO CODE: ALLHORRORSHORTS25

ALL DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
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PROMO CODE: ALLDOCSHORTS25

AVALONIA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
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PROMO CODE: APC25

AVALONIA FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS ETC.
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PROMO CODE: AVALONIA25

Awards & Prizes

Separate AWARDS in the following categories for each sub-division based on the run-time division of the film
(1 Minute & under, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, and 30 minutes)

Best DARK Comedy
Best BURLESQUE/RISQUE Comedy
Best ROMANTIC Comedy
Best SATIRE/PARODY/FARCE
Best SCREWBALL/SLAPSTICK Comedy
Best ANIMATED Comedy

We also have a special "Best ALL Comedy" Award across all run-time divisions for films that do not fall into the above classifications.

In addition, from the overall pool of entries, we will name the following bonus Cast & Crew Awards:

Best Comedy SCREENWRITER
Best Comedic DIRECTOR
Best Comedic ACTOR
Best Comedic ACTRESS
Best CINEMATOGRAPHY in a Comedy
Best EDITING in a Comedy
Best HMUA in a Comedy
Best MUSIC in a Comedy
Best F/X in a Comedy

Your one entry fee per film qualifies your film for ALL of the above awards!

We will send Award Certificates to you via email in PDF format for your home printing and JPG and PNG for your online sharing needs.

For those who are able to attend our Live Festival on May 17, you will be invited and encouraged (but not required) to share your thoughts with our live audience in a Q and A session.

Rules & Terms

Your single entry fee makes your project eligible for all of the awards in your run-time division as well as the Cast & Crew awards.

If you wish, we will put your YouTube or Vimeo link of your Award-Winning Short Film on our website (refer to https://avaloniafestival.com/8-2/ to see our format).

Filmmakers retain ALL rights and ownership of their work.

We do not pay screening fees.

Our Live Event on Sunday, May 11, 2025, is free for filmmakers, cast, crew, their friends & family, and film fans. RSVPs are required.

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  • Michael Dorfman

    Awesome communication, incredible films and fantastic filmmakers! Honored to have our micro short film BIG TOP DROP included in the festival!!

    May 2025
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  • Jacob Boeke

    Honored just to be included but to win Best VFX AND Best Burlesque/Risque on top of that = minds blown! Also, super cool to learn the actual definition of burlesque. I had no idea.
    We were bummed we couldn't attend but if it was handeled with the same level of joy and professionalism as everything else I'm sure the screening was fantastic.

    May 2025
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  • Pat Battistini

    Thank you, Mike and Kazuya for the opportunity to screen! ACSFF had wonderful social media presence and the communication was great. The pics look great and so much fun! We missed the laughs! We hope to be back.

    May 2025
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  • Eddie Portoghese

    We were unable to attend the in person screening event, but our online experience was a positive one! Outstanding communication and online presence the festival is well run and takes comedy seriously! Submit with confidence.

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks very much, Eddie! We appreciate your entering and talents!

  • David Luck

    Fantastic Film Festival! It was a huge honor for the Death by King Cake Cast and crew to receive Best Dark Comedy. I highly recommend the All-Comedy Short Film Festival to all filmmakers whose goal is to add laughter to this insane world!

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks very much, David, great film! We appreciate your kind words. Enter again!