This page is dedicated to the films, videos and screenplays on the Film Festival Circuit that have been selected for the Houston Comedy Film Festival Spring 2022 competition. This live screening event will take place on Saturday April 16, 2022 at the 14 Pews Theater from 2:30pm - 8:00pm. Genres included Comedy, Dark Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Mockumentary, Animation, Funny Music Vildeos and more. This event is hosted by Mikel Fair, author of the Film Festival Submitter’s Handbook. The official selection laurels are publicly available on Google Drive. (LINK) All of the submissions were submitted via FilmFreeway. Please check out our FilmFreeway waiver code list and save 20% on future film festival submission.
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Spring 2022 Award Winners
Best Acting Performance
- First Day, Directed by Suzanne Weinert, Julia Barnett
Best Animated Film Award Winner
- Good Job, Directed by Eric Bradford, Techin Chen, Virág Negyedy, Jose Alejandro Segura Mena
Best Comedy Film Award Winner
- A Spark of Madness, Directed by Adam Castillo
Best Comedy Micro Film Award Winner
- Coleslaw, Directed by Paris Brown
Best Comedy Screenplay
- Matthew The Angry Elf, Written by David Gray
Best Comedy Series Episode
- Gay, Asian, Immigrant, Directed by Ushmey Chakraborty
Best Comedy Short Screenplay
- Ultimate Alliance, Written by Alexis Bonner
Best Comedy Teleplay
- The Jungle Gym, Written by Tyler Feingold and Avi Garg
Best Dark Comedy Film
- A House Divided, Directed by Rob Goldman
Best Dark Comedy Micro Film
- Shovel Man, Directed by Jack Raese
Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
- Three Tonys, Written by Dale Keith Pitman
Best Dark Comedy Short Screenplay
- Harold, Electra and our Lord, David Attenborough, Written by Kirsty Zane
Best Dark Comedy Teleplay
- 11 Blocks To Go, Written by Jack Utrata, Ashley Alexander
Best Director
- Lucky Undies, Directed by Sam Silverstein
Best Horror Comedy Film
- Final Girl Defense, Directed by Paris Brown
Best Horror Comedy Screenplay
- Vampaw, Written by David Jung Nelson
Best International Film Award Winner
- Eggdate, Directed by Sebastian Zavala
Best Mockumentary Film
- Georgeanne.MOV, Directed by David Kepner
Best Music Video
- Bicycle (Not A Tricycle), Directed by, Michael Brinzer
Best Romantic Comedy Film
- Maybe Next Year, Directed by CJ Colando
Best Romantic Comedy Micro Film
- A Dame Walked In, Directed by Erika Waldorf, Jesse GrothOlson
Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay
- Those O'Malley Women, Written by Elizabeth Stevens, James Bruner
Best Romantic Comedy Short Screenplay
- Chance, Written by Bob Eckhard
Best Screenplay Award Winner
- Memestopia, Written by Alberto Dalla
Spring 2022 Award Finalists
Best Animated Film Award Finalists
- Good Job, Directed by Eric Bradford, Techin Chen, Virág Negyedy, Jose Alejandro Segura Mena
- Corona Beer Apology, Directed by Jacob Quanbeck
- Kayak, Directed by Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi
- Wet, Directed by Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montpert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune, Elvira Taussac
Best Acting Performance Award Finalists
- Julia Barnett in "First Day" Directed by Suzanne Weinert & Julia Barnett
- Nicola Restuccia in "Stalker Plan" Directed by Patrizio Celano
- Sarah-Lou Lemaître in "The Thing" Directed by Olivier Sadock
- Trey Guinn in "Billy" Directed by Jack Saxon
- Veronica Roy in "Eat the Pasta" Directed by Sean Carmichael
Best Comedy Film Award Finalists
- A Spark of Madness, Directed by Adam Castillo
- City Creatures, Directed by Michael A Johnston
- Comedy Club Anniversary Roast, Directed by Chris Hennessy, Heather Barbieri
- Copy That, Directed by Margaret McGoldrick
- Smooth Ride, Directed by Helena Westerman, Finella Waddilove
Best Comedy Micro Film Award Finalists
- Coleslaw, Directed by Paris Brown
- Eggdate, Directed by Sebastian Zavala
- Snooze, Directed by Adam Collins
- Unsolicited, Directed by Kris Langford
- Whip Lord, Directed by David Kepner
Best Comedy Screenplay Award Finalists
- Earthlings, Written by Patrick Norman
- Matthew The Angry Elf, Written by David Gray
- Oedipus Flex, Written by John Kestner
- Same Same But Before, Written by Craig Brown
- Friday Night, Written by Dan Elijah Rudin
Best Comedy Series Episode Award Finalists
- Contempt Episode 1, Directed by Jason C Margaca (Massachusetts)
- Gay, Asian, Immigrant , Directed by Ushmey Chakraborty
- Gospel of Sam (Episode 1), Directed by Alex Geffrey
- Metros, Directed by Jarred Harper, Sarang Sharma
- Remotely Yours, Directed by Kristen Brancaccio
Best Comedy Short Screenplay Award Winner
- Ultimate Alliance, Written by Alexis Bonner
Best Comedy Teleplay Award Finalists
- Amanda at College, Written by Juan Villarreal
- Doommates, Written by Chessy Marino
- The English Teacher, Written by, Manhal Aziz
- The Jungle Gym, Written by Tyler Feingold, Avi Garg
- Best Life Ever, Written by, Tina Gandhi, Sarah Weale
Best Dark Comedy Film Award Finalists
- A House Divided, Directed by Rob Goldman
- Hard Up, Directed by Kari Melissa Kennon
- Killing Kitty, Directed by Greg Rencken
- Soggy Biscuit, Directed by Emma Jesse
- Waiting for The Punchline, Directed by Lizze Gordon
Best Dark Comedy Micro Film Award Finalists
- Brew Story , Directed by Jake Barcus
- Say hi, Directed by Martin Sofiedal
- Shovel Man, Directed by Jack Raese
- The Naked Truth, Directed by Bence Kotány
- The Plan, Directed by Gigi Burgdorf
Best Dark Comedy Screenplay Award Winner
- Three Tonys, Written by Dale Keith Pitman
Best Dark Comedy Short Screenplay Award Finalists
- Express Eviction, Written by Jorge Rio, Carlos Serrano
- I'm in Hell, Written by Aidan Lambert
- The 13 Karmic Laws of Animal Nature, Written by Suzanne Roberta Friedman
- Who's On First? A Film Noir, Written by Sam Ball
- Harold, Electra and our Lord, David Attenborough, Written by Kirsty Zane
Best Dark Comedy Teleplay Award Finalists
- 11 Blocks To Go, Written by Jack Utrata, Ashley Alexander
- Going Native!, Written by Ian Gregory Trutt
- Mars Colosseum, Written by Kirsty Zane
- The Outclassed, Written by Riccardo Contaldi
- Django Untrained, Written by Kirsty Zane
Best Director Award Finalists
- Doula, Directed by Maggie Rieth Austin
- Guardian , Directed by Christy Lee Hughes
- Lucky Undies, Directed by Sam Silverstein
- Ultimate Alliance, Directed by Alexis Bonner
- The Night Clubbers, Directed by Matthew James Thomas
Best Horror Comedy Film Award Finalists
- Final Girl Defense, Directed by Paris Brown
- Ghosts, Directed by Dominique Rochon
- Scary Good Deals, Directed by Matt Provenzano
Best Horror Comedy Screenplay Award Winner
- Vampaw, Written by David Jung Nelson
Best Mockumentary Film Award Finalists
- Georgeanne.MOV, Directed by David Kepner
- Patricia's Addiction, Directed by David Jimenez
- The Water Sommelier, Directed by Ryan Wichert, Noémi Dabrowski
Best Music Video Award Winner
- Bicycle (Not A Tricycle), Directed by, Michael Brinzer
Best Romantic Comedy Film Award Finalists
- Falafel, Directed by Nikita Hattangady
- Fig Jam (Film), Directed by Frank J. Avella
- Ghosted, Directed by Ike Mauga
- I Mustache You, Directed by Shara Ashley Zeiger
- Maybe Next Year, Directed by CJ Colando
Best Romantic Comedy Micro Film Award Finalists
- A Dame Walked In, Directed by Erika Waldorf, Jesse GrothOlson
- Happy Anniversary, Directed by Gareth Wilkes
- I Would Do Anything For Love, Directed by Lindsay Clift
- Yahtzee!, Directed by David Bonderoff
Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay Award Finalists
- Dave From Out There, Written by Steven R Olsen
- Jessie's game, Written by Piotr Piwowarczyk
- Mergers and Acquisitions, Written by Emmett Loverde
- The Party Host, Written by Brad Clevinger
- Those O'Malley Women, Written by Elizabeth Stevens, James Bruner
Best Romantic Comedy Short Screenplay Award Finalists
- Past Due , Written by Janna Jones
- Chance, Written by Bob Eckhard
Best Screenplay Award Finalists
- 2nd Date, Written by Jaik Andino
- Now Serving, Written by Andrew Ortiz
- Memestopia, Written by Alberto Dalla
Official Selections
- A Boat Time, Directed by Jim Ford
- Filmmaker Thrown in Jail While Producing Training Video!, Directed by Chris Hennessy
- Inside Job Spec - "Water Work", Written by Lars Ingelman
- Le Tour Kashmir, Written by David H Miller
- Red, Ed Betty And The History Channel, Written by Robert Andrew Wells
