Just for Laughs

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 Open Engagement
* James Coker and Marshall Stratton for The Other Kennedys
* Josh Shultz and Ethan Cole for My 90 Year Old Roommate
* Matt O’Rourke and Tom Radford for Haddock News
* Maximilian Clark and Walter Masterson for The Working Dead

Jeff Burns (Chairman of the Board, IAWTV), Michelle Daly (Senior Director, CBC Comedy), Rob Barnett (Founder/CEO, Omnivision Entertainment & My Damn Channel), Zoe Friedman (SVP of Development, Blue Ribbon Content) and Walter J. Newman (Director of Comedy Development, Adult Swim) will be selecting the winning short form pitch. Winners will receive a full-year membership in the IAWTV and a pair of VIP tickets to the 2016 IAWTV Awards, presented by NMX (New Media Expo) in association with the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The team will also receive a free trip (flight, hotel and festival pass) to the 2016 edition of the Just For Laughs Festival.

From Set to Screen: TV, OTT, SVOD and More
Presented with the New York Television Festival

* Anna Roisman and Gabi Conti for This One Time at Camp
* Blair Beeken and Sarah Shook for My Gals
* Brendon Burns for Wainhouse
* Dan Perlman and Will Julian for That’s My Bus
* Hassan Khan and Ranjit Singh Shubh for Bangers and Cash

Panelists judging the long form pitch are: Samata Narra (VP of Comedy Development, FOX Broadcasting Company), Alex Fumero (Director of Programming and Development, Fusion), Jeff Meyerson (VP of Original Programming, IFC TV), Terence Gray (Founder and Executive Director, NYTVF), Sarah Fowlie (Director, Comedy, Independent Production, Bell Media) and Brian Volk-Weiss (President of Production, New Wave Entertainment). They will select one winner to participate as an “Official Artist” at the New York Television Festival.

Each team has five minutes to pitch the panel.

From Set to Screen: TV, OTT, SVOD and More takes place Friday, July 24, 2015 at 10:30 am. Beyond the Box: Playing It Short is scheduled for Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 12 Noon. Both events take place in the Inspiration Room at the Hyatt Regency Montreal. Included with your ComedyPRO