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6th Broad Humor Film Festival Opens September 29
The 6th Annual Broad Humor Film Festival takes place Sept. 29-Oct. 2 at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. Broad Humor is the only film festival dedicated to woman-created humor.
"When we started the festival, there wasn't a lot of recognition for women who wrote and directed comedic films," says founder and festival director Susan diRende. "We wanted to turn the spotlight on them. Now the entertainment industry is starting to catch up and see that women are indeed capable of making audiences laugh."
The four-day Broad Humor Film Festival has something for everyone.
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Malibu
Women Shine at Broad Humor Film Festival
by
Melonie Magruder
special to The
Malibu Times
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Malibu resident Constance Brenner won Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay for "Pomona Mona" at the Broad Humor Film Festival this past weekend. It is a film festival geared toward putting the spotlight on comedies by women. |
The film festival founded by Susan di Rende puts the spotlight on film comedies by women, and to give recognition to women making movies ... full article (here)
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Fall
2006 Issue
Broad Humor Film Festival spotlights funny females through filmmaking
by Rahne Pistor
Funny female filmmakers will gather to screen their uproarious film creations at the Broad Humor Film Festival, being held Friday through Sunday, June 30th to July 2nd, at the Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice, and EpOxybOx Gallery, 602 Venice Blvd., Venice.
The new festival received a broad range (pun most definitely intended) of submissions including dark comedies, satires, parodies, artsy comedies and sexy comedies — even a spoof on a porn film, says associate director Kaat Cleenewerck, who emigrated from Belgium to Venice about eight years ago. (more)