Roll the dice
March 1st
Roll the dice on March 1st, 2027! Not as funny as April 1st, but instead of four weeks... how about you get eight? Who's laughing now?
First off, that sounded extremely aggressive.
But fine. The Comedy Roll was inspired by local legend Matt Busch, who suggested Michigan should have its own comedy film festival. Founder Josh Taube heard this and decided it was brilliant. Thanks, Matt Busch.
Loosely inspired by Horror Film Roulette: teams make a five-minute comedy short. The punchline? They roll dice to find out which kind of comedy. Hilarious, right?
Competing is as easy as one, two, comedy
Roll · March 1
Sign up here or on FilmFreeway. Receive a link to roll the digital dice. The blue die gives you your genre, the optional purple die gives you the punchline.
Shoot · by April 30
Write, cast, film and edit a comedy short in your genre. Five minutes max, credits included. Talent releases and location agreements must be turned in as well.
Screen · the Showcase
The top 25 comedy shorts will play at our live event hosted at an actual theater in Michigan. It's totally as intimidating as it sounds.
The blue die · genres
The purple die · punchlines
Don't love the result of the blue die? Roll the purple die. Whatever it lands on will cancel the results of the blue die. Unless it's Prize or Pun-ishment. Then, well, you might be in worse shape.