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, 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.

Awards & Prizes

All official entries and Semi Finalists and Finalists will receive a Laurel.
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 2 as Honourable Mentions for which they will also receive a certificate as well.

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

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.

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
- Long Shorts 30 -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

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  • Debbie Seagle

    Great communication, great experience, and an exciting surprise to win the First Time Screenwriter Award for Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses - The Movie. I loved that you said you checked to make sure it was my first (I'm taking it as an extra endorsement). Thank you for the opportunity.

    May 2025
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  • Marc Griffiths

    Really transparent festival. I won an award and couldn’t be happier. as well connecting with other film makers.

    May 2025
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  • Baz Black

    Brilliant Festival. Great communication throughout and we were delighted to pick up 3 Awards for our feature film 'Dublin Crust'
    Run by true movie lovers and that always makes for the best festivals. Will certainly enter future projects again.

    May 2025
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  • Maxine-Yasay Kemonogi

    Thank you for the honor of Semi - finalist! The team started inform us before the notification date, kindly explained about schedule and all, keep informed us until the end of the festival to share the experience which was very very nice 🙏 Wonderful festival with warm heart .

    May 2025
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  • Spencer Shackleton

    What a great festival. Excellent communication throughout the whole event, a shame it coulddn't have been held live, but that wasn't down to the festival, it was the venue, but it would have been a great night out. They hosted the event online live, announcing the categories and the winners and runner up prizes. I'll be entering again next year.

    May 2025
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