What exactly do you do when you place an ad for a roommate and a zombie shows up? “What’s Life Got to Do With It” will have you laughing the entire time. A brilliant comedy from Director Noah Weisberg.
2 Nominations
Best Short Film
Best Actor - Richard Ruiz
“Goldenbox” will screen on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. An amazing film, shot by a USC film student Matt MacDonald for his thesis. With two strong nominations, this is a film that you don’t want to miss.
2 Nominations:
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
“April” is a well produced and very funny Mockumentary directed by Mike Piccirillo that will screen on opening night, November 1, 2011 at the Houston Comedy Film Festival at the Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks.
4 Nominations:
Best Director (Mike Piccirrillo)
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Editing
Best Cinematography (Roman Zenz)
“Starting at a new high school can feel like the greatest challenge to a teenage girl. Popularity is social currency and not fitting in can feel like the end of the world. This revealing year-in-the-life Mockumentary follows April Poplewski’s high school experience through her eyes. Lumber in her shoes as she experiences all of the peer pressures, “in-‐crowd” influences and struggles to be accepted in a high school that initially fears and denies her.”
“Deadbeat TV Volume 2” is a hilarious feature film released by Houston Director Steven Katz. The skits in this Sketch Comedy are hilarious and will be played throughout the HCFF 2011 program. This film has received the following nominations:
Best Feature Film
Best Texas Film
Best Ensemble Cast
HCFF 2011 Award Nominations
Best Picture: Feature Film (5)
“The Truth About Average Guys”
“Hair Rules”
“Just Like Us”
“Swooped”
“Dead Beat TV Vol.2”
Best Picture: Short Film (6)
“Half Hearted”
“Inside Out”
“Chrysalis”
“Appy Ever After”
“The Goose”
“What’s Life Got to Do with It?”
Best Texas Film (6)
“Deadbeat TV. Vol. 2”
“Seriously?”
“Lost in Transition”
“Behave”
“How to Be a Good Listener”
“Whatever it Takes”
Best Director (6)
“April” Directed by Mike Piccirillo
“Swooped” Directed by ShaunPaul Costello & Joe Gariffo
“Hair Rules” Directed by Ryan Becken
“Air Sick Love” - Directed by Roderick Fenske
“The Truth About Average Guys” - Directed by Ken Gayton
“Vampire Vampire Vampire Vampire” directed by Brenton Stumpf
Best Actor (6)
Richard Ruiz in “Whats Life Got to Do With It”
Septimus Caton in “Appy Ever After”
Matthew-Lee Erlbach in “Roger the Chicken”
Zachary Mattson in “Chrysalis”
Jason Schaver in “The Truth About Average Guys”
Greg Bell in “Swooped”
Best Actress (6)
Mallory Portnoy in “Roger, the Chicken”
Eleanor Hutchins in “The Elastic”
Anna Skellern in “Half Hearted”
Alyson Weaver in “Vampire Vampire Vampire Vampire”
Katharine Brandt in “Wanting Alex”
Marina Dimitra Yele in “Delivery Boy”
Best Ensemble Cast (6)
“Seriously?”
“April”
“The Truth About Average Guys”
“Dead Beat Club TV Vol. 2”
“Swooped”
“Hair Rules”
Best Editing (6)
“Goldenbox”
“The Goose”
“Appy Ever After”
“Inside Out”
“April”
“Abduct Me!”
Best Screenplay (6)
“Roger the Chicken”
“Swooped”
“The Truth About Average Guys”
“The Elastic”
“Vampire, Vampire, Vampire, Vampire”
“Wanting Alex”
Best Original Music (5)
“Chrysalis”
“Hair Rules”
“Vampire, Vampire, Vampire, Vampire”
“Swooped”
“What’s Life Got To Do With It?”
Best Cinematography (6)
“Squeeze” - DP James Brown
“Goldenbox” - DP Sean Conaty
“April” - DP Roman Zens
“Inside Out” - DP Alan Dean
“Appy Ever After” - DP Steve Arnold
“Half Hearted” - DP John Waters
Single Funniest Moment (6)
“The Elastic”
“The Goose”
“Abduct Me!”
“Fantasy Night”
“Hard Rubbish”
“Appy Ever After”
“Hair Rules” is a mini feature (45 minutes) that will screen at the Houston Comedy Film Festival on Thursday November 3rd, 2011 as a part of the 120 minute film session. Ryan Becken from Minnesota returns to the HCFF after his film “The Candidate” screened last year.
You will thoroughly enjoy this film which has received 4 nominations:
Best Director
Best Feature Film
Best Original Music
Best Ensemble Cast
The Houston Comedy Film Festival is proud to announce that the comedy feature film, “The Truth About Average Guys” will screen on Saturday November 5, 2011 at the Alamo Drafthouse - West Oaks. You don’t want to miss this film, which has been a hit at festivals across the country.
