The Funny Life Film Festival (FLFF) is devoted to the advancement of comedy filmmakers and to warm our audiences hearts as they laugh their socks off! As well as screenings and awards there will be filmmaker workshops, networking and masterclasses to help you progress onto the next step of your career. So if you've made a comedy short, feature or animation the Funny Life Film Festival is the festival for you!

Hosted in London, the Funny Life Film Festival screens the work of comedy filmmakers from around the world, who have a passion for telling stories that make people chuckle. We welcome submissions from all ages, all experience levels and all factions of society with the aspirations to tickle the nations!

Photos, films & awards from years 1, 2 & 3 can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/thefunnylifefilmfestival/

Awards & Prizes

Best Animation
Best UK Comedy Short
Best International Comedy Short
Best Comedy Feature
Best Mockumentary
Best Rom-Com
Best Screenplay
Best Director
Best Comedy Actor
Best Comedy Actress
Best Cinematography
Audience Award - For Funniest Film (Chosen on the night.)

Rules & Terms

- Films must have been completed after 2023.
- We accept all types of comedy short & feature films (including animation and mockumentaries)
- Feature length films must be no more than 120 minutes long.
- The festival operates a no waiver policy.
- If your film is accepted into FLFF you will receive ONE festival VIP pass to see all the festival films for FREE.

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  • Jonathan Williams

    Great festival run by such a friendly and welcoming team in Marcus and Louise. Had a lovely time!

    April 2026
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  • Liz Farahadi

    What a lovely festival! Louise and Marcus are great. They made this whole experience really simple and fun and we were made incredibly welcome. Films were great and there was stand up! Highly recommend you submit here!! X**

    March 2026
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  • Chris Rogers

    We had such a blast at Funny Life Film Festival. The people running it are very proud of the judging criteria, and offering workshops and meet and greets. Couldn't recommend this enough!

    March 2026
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  • Rebecca del Tufo

    Thanks for a great festival. Louise and Marcus made everything fun, efficient, fair and welcoming. Thank you for selecting The Hat Method and awarding it a prize. We had a blast with you and loved connecting with other comedy filmmakers.

    March 2026
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  • Jake Goddard

    An excellent festival! The festival organisers are brilliant, the standard of films shown was excellent, there was some great networking opportunities and even a bit of stand up comedy to enjoy. I will 100% be returning to the festival next year.

    March 2026
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