The Atlanta Comedy Film Festival is a unique forum for comedy filmmakers and television producers from all over the world to showcase their creative works in Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta Comedy Film Festival showcases short comedy films, web series, funny music videos, commercials (Under 30 minutes) from all over the world. Accepted films will be screened in a back-to-back, fast-paced format for a comedy film-loving audience. The awards ceremony will take place at the end of the program that will recognize filmmakers for their creative work.

Script writers, in addition to submitting your script to the festival we also provide optional script coverage. Script coverage with our festival includes the price of your submission fee. Your work will be analyzed by a Cinema Life filmmaker who’s produced award winning films, has extensive writing experience, and also understands the indie way of filmmaking.

Our trained judges watch every film from beginning to end and read every screenplay from front to back. Creative works that are submitted to the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival are eligible for the following awards:

Best Comedy Film
Best Dark Comedy Film
Best Horror Comedy Film
Best Mockumentary Film
Best Animated Comedy Film
Best Series/ Episodic
Best Romantic Comedy Film
Best Comedy Music Video
Best LGBTQ+ Comedy Film
Best Proof of Concep
Best Sketch Comedy Film
Best Stand-up Comedy Film
Best Georgia Comedy Film
Best Cinematography
Best Editor
Best Director
Best Short Comedy Screenplay
Best Short Dark Comedy Screenplay
Best Short Horror Comedy Screenplay
Best Short Mockumentary Screenplay
Best Short Animated Comedy Screenplay
Best Series/ Episodic Screenplay
Best Short Romantic Comedy Screenplay
Best Short Comedy Music Video
Best Short LGBTQ+ Comedy Screenplay
Best Proof of Concep Screenplay
Best Sketch Comedy Screenplay
Best Short Stand-up Comedy Screenplay
Best Feature-Length Comedy Screenplay
Best Feature-Length Dark Comedy Screenplay
Best Feature-Length Horror Comedy Screenplay
Best Feature-Length Mockumentary Screenplay
Best Feature-Length Animated Comedy Screenplay
Best Feature-Length Romantic Comedy Screenplay
Best Feature-Length LGBTQ+ Comedy Screenplay
Best Feature-Length Stand-up Comedy Screenplay

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• Please fully fill out your submission profile to avoid hold-ups in the judging process.

**** Submission fees are non refundable.****

• If you submit a Film in process and it gets selected, please notice we expect it to be completed within two weeks after the Notification Date. Otherwise, it will be disqualified. No exceptions. It is every submitter's responsibility to read the Rules and Terms of each Festival before submitting.

• If your film is selected you are not to submit any other updated, altered version of your film. If you send a film that is different from or longer than what was initially selected by the festival judging team, your film may be disqualified to the discretion of the festival director.

• If your film is selected, you are expected to provide a link to download your film so that we can project it at the festival. Only Google Drive and Dropbox are accepted. You can also make your film downloadable on FilmFreeway or Vimeo.

• All films must be under 4GB and 1080HD Max in either MP4 or MOV format.

• We do not accept DCP files.

• We do not screen 720p or SD Files.

• We do not stream from YouTube or Vimeo at the event.

• The Atlanta Comedy Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival and for promotional purposes on our website, newsletter, and social media platforms. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless The Atlanta Comedy Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

• The Atlanta Comedy Film Festival DOES NOT offer refunds on submissions.

• We reserve the right to deny entry or disqualify any project, at the discretion of festival leadership, for any reason.

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  • Sara Gaston

    Although I was unable to attend, I was thrilled that my screenplay "Sanchos and Ponchos" won!😁

    March 2024
  • Heidi-Marie Ferren

    What a fabulous festival!!! Thank you all so much for your kindness and support! We were so honored to be selected and nominated! We can't wait to come back!

    January 2024
  • Charlie Bellarose

    Wonderful experience at the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival. Thank you so much for awarding my film Jacques Best Dark Comedy! I am honored to have won.

    November 2023
  • Jeremy Lee Cudd

    I really appreciated the way Caroline King led the Q&A sessions!

    November 2023
  • Janna Jones

    From beginning to end the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival was personable and professional. Everything about the festival is of high quality. I’m thrilled that my little script Postage Due won best Romantic Comedy Screenplay! Thank you so much.

    November 2023