AN ENTIRE DAY OF LAUGHTER at the beautiful Mary Pickford Theatre! See some of the funniest Feature Films, Short Films, TV Pilots, Web-series, Animation, Sketch Comedy Shows and Music Video parodies from all over the world! Some of the projects have well-known stars from The Daily Show, Orange is the New Black, RuPaul’s Drag Race, NYPD Blue, BET and more!
Saturday October 5th, 2024
Catch Comedy Short FIlms, Webseries, TV Pilots, Music Videos and Sketch Shows screening all day from 12pm noon to 7pm in Theater 14 from all over the world.
Then catch some of these feature films….
Some film highlights in Theater 13 include….
1 PM
Filmmaker Introduction
1.) Jeremy Warner (Villains Inc.) Stars Colin Mochrie and Jeff Davis from Whose Line is it Anyway?
After the death of their villainous boss, low-level henchpeople Beatrix, Cain, and Harold are left destitute living in an abandoned grocery store. Not content with the situation they find themselves in, Beatrix is determined for them to strike out on their own and take over the world by any means necessary. 1:41:53
Filmmaker Q&A after
3:30 PM
Writer – Director, Julie Seabaugh – L.A. Times Comedy Journalist and Director Nock Scown’s Documentary (Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11)
Comedians Lewis Black, David Cross, Ahmed Ahmed, Cedric the Entertainer, Janeane Garofalo, Gilbert Gottfried, Darrell Hammond, Chris Kattan, Nathan Lane, Marc Maron.
Tragedy + Time + Comedy + Healing = Healing. From the immediate after-math of 9/11 to today’s Stand-up Comedians, Talk Show Hosts, Sketch Performers, Television Animators, and Entertainers have used often-controversial jokes to unite and heal in the face of tragedy. 1:30
Q&A to follow
5:30 PM
3.) Rock & Doris Try to Write a Movie
Director Michael Schlesingers comedy film Stars Marilu Henner (Taxi) Joe Regalbuto (Murphy Brown) Jim Beaver, (Supernatural, The Boys) Barry Pearl (Grease)
Zany reimagining of George M. Cohan’s “Seven Keys to Baldpate” which asks the questions: “What if Tex Avery had directed a live-action feature?” and “Is America ready for an old-school, laugh-out-loud farce again?” 1:47
8 PM
4.) Just Like Us – Ahmed Ahmed – Documentary
Through the art of Stand-up Comedy in four countries in the middle-east, this documentary uproots the widely held misconception that Arabs have no sense of humor. A hilarious tour from Dubai to Beirut, Riyadh to New York.
Whitney Cummings, Tommy Davidson, Sebastian Maniscalco, Tom Papa and more! Ahmed Ahmed (Sullivan and Son, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Iron Man)
Sunday Oct 6th 2024
12pm noon to 4pm Comedy Features from various countries screen
4 PM
Ahmed Ahmed Comedy Special Premiere ‘It Only Takes One of Us.’ Award winning Comedy Documentary Filmmaker, Stand-up Comedian and Actor, Star of the comedy series Sullivan & Son, Iron Man, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, and more, brings his latest comedy special to the Palm Springs Comedy Festival! 50 mins
5:30 PM Live Comedy Show Ahmed Ahmed & Friends – Ahmed Ahmed brings his show to the stage hosting 4 of his comedy friends for a laugh out loud live show following the screening of his all-new comedy special. This is a live show.
Mary Pickford Theater: Food (Fresh made Pizza and Sandwiches) and Drinks (Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks, Coffee Drinks) are available here and allowed in the theater. Adult language and viewer discretion is advised on all content. PG 13 films.
Non-profit 501C3 Organizationa, tax-deductible tickets
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