The Night of Comedy Shorts is an event for comedy, parody, experimental, absurd, alternative, satirical, tragicomic… in a nutshell: your unique short movies.
Comedy films deserve more dignity within the world festival circuit, so we decided to give more space to independent films of this type. We love genre movies and especially comedy movies.

In this time, we feel that it is essential to give more space to these films, because they are able to speak with great acumen about our reality, while always hiding it behind a smile or a laugh.

The best films of each period will be part of the final selection and will be screened during the festival event on Youtube.

IMPORTANT: To be able to choose in the best way films that will be part of it, the organization has decided to divide the selection into 4 periods: awards will be defined after a private viewing by the jury who will choose the best films at the end of each period.

These are the periods:
June - September 2023 - 1st period
September - December 2023 - 2nd period
December 2023 - March 2024 - 3rd period
March - June 2024 - 4th period

Festivals partner:
https://filmfreeway.com/NightofDrama
https://filmfreeway.com/Assurdo
https://filmfreeway.com/RealeFilmFestival
https://filmfreeway.com/MonzaFilmFest
https://filmfreeway.com/MilanoIndie

These are the prizes of the 6 periods
(With digital laurel)
MAIN CATEGORIES
BEST FILM
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BEST ITALIAN FILM
BEST EUROPEAN FILM
BEST MICRO SHORT (UNDER 5 MINUTES)
BEST SUPER SHORT (BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MINUTES)
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
BEST LOW BUDGET
BEST HORROR
BEST CRIME/ACTION
BEST THRILLER
BEST SCI-FY/FANTASY
BEST DOCUMENTARY

COMEDY AWARDS
Best Parody
Best Dark Comedy
Best Satire
Best Tragicomic Film
Best Cringe Comedy
Best Mockumentary
Best Stereotype Comedy
Best Physical Comedy
Best Laughing out loud Film
Best Experimental Comedy
Best Animated Comedy

TECHNICAL AWARDS
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST EDITING
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BEST VFX
BEST TITLE
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST POSTER

BEST SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]

- By submitting the film to the Night of Comedy Shorts the subscriber authorizes the festival to use the film for the live event online on Youtube.
- The films that will receive a award in one of the 4 selection periods can be chosen to be part of the final event
- Registration for the competition must be made by FilmFreeway , then the author will receive an email notification of registration.
- These are the link to register: FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/Nightofcomedyshorts
- Films may have been produced anywhere in the world, without any distinction.
- In case of selection at the final evening of the festival, the subtitle srt files must be sent in Italian or English.
- Each film may have a maximum length of 60 minutes.
- Each author can register more films.
- All film genres are accepted.
– By registering, you declare that you have the rights to the registered film
– The festival may use for promotional purposes the data of authors, producers and crew, the movie poster, the trailer and a maximum of 1 minute of the video
– Films that incite violence or hatred in general are not accepted
– By registering the film at our festival you agree to share personal data with partner festivals, but only for promotional purposes.
– Distributors can ask for a special price for the registration of 20 or more films. To do this, just send us an email to festival@nightcomedyshorts.com

- In case of selection the author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film must send a downloadable link (via file sharing platforms such Wetrasnfer, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) to the festival organization. This video must be in usable format for projection, the basic format is required FullHD 1080p.

- A complete list of selected films will be published on the festival website, the authors of the selected films instead receive a mail of selection.
The composition of the jury will be announced by the date of notification, It will consist of persons qualified in the audiovisual sector.

- The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film by subscribing to the festival claims to be in possession of the rights of reproduction video and audio of the film.
The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film authorize the festival organization to use parts of their film (maximum 1 minute) for creating promotional films for this festival and for future editions.
The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film grant rights to public screening inside the Night of Comedy Shorts without any claims.
Any material sent to the organization of the festival will not be returned.

- The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of all selected films authorize the publication of their data on http://www.nightcomedyshorts.com/ site and on every type of distribution channel as promotion.

- The admission to the Festival implies the unconditional acceptance of this regulation.
For any dispute not covered by the Regulation the competent authority is the organization of the Night of Comedy Shorts , if such disputes do not find the solution, the competent authority is Foro of Monza.
In case of objections to this Regulation Italian version of the same prevails.

- Subscribers to the Night of Comedy Short agree as established by Legislative Decree 30 June 2003, No. 196 on the protection of privacy, the use of personal data for all initiatives related to the event. The Author of the film declares to accept the Regulation in all its parts and to have the legal availability of the film and to authorize the public screening without compensation, freeing the organization of the Festival from any present and future responsibility. With the contest entry each author is responsible for the content of his work. The author claims to own all rights to the work, not prejudicing in any way the rights of third parties, like other authors, subjects portrayed, transferees of rights, together with those music, etc. . It also declares that the audiovisual material is not protected by SIAE. Under the provisions of Legislative Decree. 30/06/2003 n. 196, we inform the author that the data requested is necessary for completing the documentation of registration to the Festival.

Overall Rating
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  • Tom Lop

    Blown away by the treatment and hospitality of the filmmakers. Unlike many other festivals I've attended, Night of Comedy is really focused on creating opportunities for the filmmakers. Thanks again making WordLotto a winner for Comedy.

    January 2024
  • Chris Harboldt

    Thank you Night of Comedy Shorts for making BOSS OF THE TOSS a Best Parody winner! It has been a pleasure being a part of your festival! Highly recommend!

    January 2024
  • Michael Reyes

    Excited for my film Date Wars 10 got select as Best Poster .

    January 2024
  • What a fun festival! Prompt response and floored that we won! It's good to know that humor the universal language.

    January 2024
  • I participated in the December edition with the short film 'BIANCA' and won the prize for best editing so I am very happy to have participated in this fantastic festival

    January 2024