The Laughing Dog Comedy Film Festival is a short film festival in Houston, Texas. Our 5th event will be a one-day event, with seating capacity of 80. There could be 6 to 8 hours of programming, depending on the amount of official selections.

50% of ticket sales will be donated to a local no-kill shelter.

Presented by Starship Zoe, LLC.

Awards & Prizes

Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Child Actor
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Audience Choice

Rules & Terms

For our 5th festival, there is no completion window requirement. Films made and finished in any year are eligible.

There is no premiere requirement.

You must have permission or rights to the music in your films.

We encourage embedded subtitles with non-English submissions.

Comedy (and all comedy subgenres) films no longer than 21 minutes.
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  • Lorraine Portman

    I LOVE Laughing Dog Comedy Film Festival. I was super bummed I could not attend. Communication was awesome. This is a very well organized festival. I'm a huge fan of the charity element -- that the festival raises money for shelter dogs. It was an honor and a thrill for our documentary to be programmed.

    March 2026
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  • Sam Moffett

    Thanks, Laughing Dob Comedy Film Festival, for screening my film, Card Trick! Your communication about the festival was outstanding!

    February 2026
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  • Walter Santucci

    great festival for a great cause!

    February 2026
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  • Denny Dirksen

    Excellent cause. It was great to have my short, Robot Rager, selected. I appreciate that the festival is dedicated to comedy. The communization was better than most festivals I’ve entered.

    March 2025
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  • Margina Sisson

    I'm so happy I found this festival and entered my short film, Desert Dogz of Quartzsite and then to have it selected and shared with everyone on the big screen was the icing on the cake! Thank you so much! Great communication from start to finish and I really appreciated your super cute Laurel and the emailed recap from Joe, learning this year LDCFF sold more tickets than before which allowed them to make the largest donation so far to the shelter! So awesome!!

    March 2025
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