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 in Harrogate every July.
As well as guest judges we will also have live stand up, music, live screenings 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, a company formed early 2018 by Velton J Lishke 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.
In 2022 Michael Bray a successful Horror author joined the team to help take the festival to the next level.
Dates for the 2023 Live event will be Saturday July 29th and will be held at The Manhattan Club, Beech Avenue, Harrogate HG2 8DY UNITED KINGDOM from 19.00 – late.
All official entries and Semi Finalists and Finalists will receive a Laurel.
3rd place and Runner up will receive a Laurel and certificate.
Winners will receive a trophy , certificate and laurel
We will select certain films that did not make the top 3 as Honourable Mentions for which they will also receive a certificate as well.
All winners, runner up , 3rd place and mentions will qualify to be listed on IMDB
Trophies will be awarded to all winners of each category on the night, if you can not attend we will mail to you anywhere in the world for a small postage fee.
We will also award Best British Comedy and Best International comedy , all entries will be automatically entered in to this at no extra cost .
We will promote all finalists on our Facebook page at their request (42k followers)
We are very proud to announce we have a screenplay sponsor to add to the prizes . please see below what we are offering to everyone entering their screenplays
Thank you to our sponsor Screen Readers at www.MyScreenReaders.com
-Winner receives a free regular package from us
-Runner up and third place receive a 65% discount code on any of our services.
-Every finalist receives a 50% discount code to use on any of our services.
-Every semi-finalist receives a 35% discount code to use on any of our services.
-Every participant that doesn't reach the semi-finals receives a 25% discount code to use on any of our services.
NB: We have another new sponsor offering prize packages for the winners and runner ups of each categories big thank you to
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