FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 8, 2007

Kill Date: August 27,2007
Contact: Susan di Rende, 310-403-2882;

3 Days/ 21 Films/ 1000 Laughs

THE BROAD HUMOR FILM FESTIVAL, celebrating comedies written and directed by women, unspools in Venice, California, August 24-26, 2007. Screenings of feature-length and short films, a screenplay lab and industry panels as well as the opening night party and closing night awards will be at the Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Avenue, Venice, California 90291.

Fest co-directors Susan di Rende and Kaat Cleenewerck created the Broad Humor Film Festival. A director and writer of comedies, di Rende says she was "surprised to learn that there are no festivals celebrating funny female filmmakers." So, she says, she and Cleenewerck decided to "broadly go where no broad has gone before and start our own."

In its second year, the festival received more than 70 entries of comedy films and screenplays from as far away as Australia. Awards will be given in the following categories:

FILM CATEGORIES
Best Feature
Best Short
Best "No Budget" Feature
Best "No Budget" Short
Audience Award
SCREENPLAY CATEGORIES
Screwball Comedy
Romantic Comedy
Comic Fantasy
Character Comedy
Farce
Comic Short

Sponsors include Global Beer,Hollywood Creative Directory, Jungle Software, Write Bros., Metromint Water and Wolfe Video.

contact: info@broadhumor.com

For more information, visit www.broadhumor.com.
For festival tickets and passes, visit BrownPaperTickets.com

For media passes, please provide valid media ID
at festival ticket office on Friday, August 24.

The Broad Humor Film Festival
August 24-24, 2007 in Venice Beach, California
Women write. Women direct. Everybody laughs.