Welcome to Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival, an IMDB qualifying annual Event with a Prestigious awards ceremony held in the very heart of Yorkshire.

As well as guest judges there will be music and of course the awards themselves. There is also a bar available all evening and there will also been plenty of opportunity for networking.

Lit Laughs International formed in 202 by Velton J a Comedian and film producer with an aim to promote and celebrate the world of comedy by rewarding talented and funny work regardless of budget and location and age.

Awards & Prizes

All official entries and Semi Finalists and Finalists will receive a Laurel.
Runner up will receive a Laurel and certificate.
We award Trophies in the Live Grand Finals to:
Winners
Runner-ups
Honourable Mentions

We will select certain films that did not make the top 2 as Honourable Mentions for which they will also receive a certificate as well and award to.

NEW THIS YEAR *** WE WILL BE PICKING

BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST PRODUCER

FROM OUR FINALISTS - ALL FINALISTS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED IN TO THIS AT NO EXTRA COST

Rules & Terms

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How we operate our festival may be a little different to others so here is how it works

Official Entry - this is our first round, this means you are now competing in our festival against all other entry's in your chosen category (this does not mean your project will be screened).

Semi-finalist - if you are lucky enough to progress from Official entry then you will move up to been a Semi -Finalist (this does not mean your project will be screened).

Finalist - if you progress to our finalist stage you will be invited to our live awards event where you will compete to be the overall WINNER.

If your film WINS on the night it will be screened at the venue the very next day.

Work can be submitted from any year as funny does not have an expiry date

For screenplays - Features must be over 50 pages
- shorts must be over 10 pages up to 50
- micro shorts must be over 1 page up to 10
- Web screenplays any length

For Films - Features must be over 50 mins
- Shorts 10 - 30 mins
- Micro shorts 0-10 mins
- Comedy Horror Shorts 0 - 50 mins
- Pilot episode 0 - 60 mins

NB : ALL NON ENGLISH FILMS MUST CONTAIN SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH TO BE ACCEPTED

167 Reviews
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  • Eoin Ross-Lonergan

    Have submitted work to Lit Laughs twice and both times the communication and the hospitality have been great. The entire team are always helpful and seem to genuinely love watching and promoting new comedy.

    June 2026
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  • Akiko Matsumoto

    Fantastic festival! So proud to have my comedy selected by Lit Laughs. Great communication, wonderful curation, and an overall excellent experience for independent filmmakers.

    June 2026
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  • Nicholas Burton

    I'm very late to writing my review for the 2026 season of, Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival. Life gets in the way.

    I submitted my pilot comedy screenplay at the regular deadline, I think, for $22, thinking *fingers crossed* I hope to get something, but was just satisfied I entered. The communication emails leading up the festival and competition announcements, for someone living in Australia, were remarkably fluid. I know this is the internet but this festival's communication being on the other side of the world, was fantastic.

    When I finally received a status update email regarding my screenplay, a shiver went down my spine. I believe most screenwriters regardless of industry positioning know this feeling.
    I didn't expect a placement, because I'm a very, very harsh self-critic. I could not believe I placed as a semi-finalist.

    This was my first time having such a placement in a competition, so I was more than absorbed in happiness. Not only that but the organizers even took the liberty of creating digital certificates for those who responded to a specific email, and it looks great.

    I didn't mark "Hospitality" or "Networking", because, as mentioned earlier I'm in Australia. I would hands down enter this festival again.

    Highly recommended, especially for the cheap submission price.

    May 2026
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  • Sean Milnamow

    Great festival! I was thrilled to be a finalist!

    May 2026
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  • Morning Sir Productions

    Very well ran by Velton and team. Great communication throughout and very inclusive. We couldn’t make it due the our ever worsening rail system, but we were never left out at any point! Thank you for our two honourable mentions also!

    May 2026
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