2011 Film Festival Schedule
thursday september 29
Stand-Up Soirée @ 8 pm
Don't miss the first-ever, all-female stand-up showcase to kick off the 6th annual Broad Humor Film Festival! more here...
friday september 30
DIY Workshop Day 10 am-5 pm
Get inspired to create your own career on the web. Learn how to make it work and make it pay. more here...
Madly in Love (Smoorverliefd)@ 8 pm
A Belgian sex farce by filmmaker Hilde Van Mieghem plus The Director, a short film by Destri Martino. more here...
saturday october 1
Love & Marriage - 11 am
10 takes on romance in 80 minutes, promising to leave you even more confused about love than when you entered. more here...
Food & Family - 1 pm
Who better to serve up humor about the domestic sphere than a bunch of broads who have been there. more here...
South of New York (A sud di New York) - 3 pm
This Italian farce by Elena Bonelli looks at the promise of big dreams and the extemes one woman is willing to go to in order to reach them. more here...
Reception - 5 pm
Food and drink and conviviality
Out of This World - 6:30 pm
Comedy is often about commitment beyond reason, where if you don't get committed, you will get a laugh. more here...
Naked Angel - 8:30 pm
In keeping with our committment to support past filmmakers in their ongoing careers, we are presenting the drama Naked Angel by 2006 Audience Award winner, Christina Morales-Hemmenway. The film will be preceded by Teri Carson's Legacy Short film, Heartbreak in 209 Cuts. more here...
sunday october 2
You and the Writers Guild- 1 pm
The Writers Guild will introduce their New Media and Diversity programs and discuss writing for the web with attendees.
The Selling Script - 2 pm
Laura Shapiro will share an approach to writing that recognizes that scripts must be sold before they can be made. Laura J. Shapiro is a producer, writer and script consultant. Most recently, she produced the independent feature, Beautiful Wave, scheduled for release later this year. She edited the book ,"The First Time I Got Paid For It: Writers' Tales From The Hollywood Trenches," a project of the Writers Guild Foundation, now in its third printing.
Broadsides Screenplay Lab - 3 pm
Excerpts from finalist screenplay read by professional actors
Awards and Closing Ceremonies 5 pm
The 2011 Broad Humor Film Festival awards will be handed out with a reception afterward.