The finalists for the 2015 Stand Up and Pitch: Comedy Content Search have been announced. There was a lot of variety in this year’s submissions — from Zombie apocalypse work-place comedy to friends banding together to get a life, generational humor, family dysfunction, and sketch and satire. Here are our 10 finalists: CBC PUNCHLINE presents Beyond the Box: Playing It Short (with the International Academy of Web Television) * Aisha Alfa and Nile Seguin for ...

Just for Laughs is the world's most popular comedy festival where young emerging comic talent come to get discovered.  JFL also hosts the seasoned players as well and a star studded edition is already underway!  Just For Laughs has become a giant in syndicated television with a show also called simply Just For Laughs where gags are played on unsuspecting passerbys who get tricked, duped or whatever you want to call it for the sake of the show's theme. JFL is Clear...

      JASON REITMAN Jason Reitman’s first short film, Operation, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. He next directed Juno in 2007 for which he earned his first Oscar nomination… more... MIKE MYERS Mike Myers...

  Follow our dailies on filmfestivals.com by Musivision Films WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 TIME: 10:00 - 18:00 JUST FOR LAUGHS WELCOME DESK – OPEN FOR REGISTRATION The Just For Laughs Welcome Desk is located at the Hyatt Regency Montreal (1255 Rue Jeanne-Mance), in front of the Creation Room, on Level 6. read more about this event... WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 TIME: 11:00 - 13:00  SIR...

We can't help but love Dr. Evil MIKE MYERS Mike Myers, one of the most multifaceted performers of his generation, has brought an astonishing array of memorable characters to life in film and television as an actor, director, producer, writer, and creator behind such iconic characters as‎ Wayne Campbell, Austin Powers, Dr. Evil and Shrek.   Myers most recently made his directorial debut with the award winning documentary, Supermensch: The Legend of She...