Chris Aitken: Screenwriter and script consultant in London, England.

Chris Aitken

Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition.mp4

Chris Aitken

Okay you comedy writing enthusiasts. The Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition for 2021 is now open for submissions!!! 

 We're super duper pleased to have a new industry judging panel on board as well. Michelle Farr-Scott, Head of Scripted at Ranga Bee Productions. Sam Underwood, producer of Channe...

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Chris Aitken

Short Com trailer 2020 .mp4

Trailer for the Short Com Film Festival 2020

Chris Aitken

After years celebrating and promoting emerging comedy film-making and on-screen talent, were now looking for the best new comedy writers via our Sitcom Script Competition. You can find out more via visiting our website.

Short Com

http://www.shortcom.co.uk/short-com-sitcom-script-competition/

Ben Hinman
Shortform Comedy Length - Any Contests that Accept 15 minute Comedy Format?

I have a script for a shortform comedy, it is only 17 pages.

Do you think i should submit it under the 30 minute TV category for the contests? Or are there contests that will accept shorter format scripts?

Chris Aitken

The Sitcom Mission in the UK (15 pages) but unsure that they accept international submissions.

Chris Aitken

Dear Filmmakers

The Short Com International Film Festival is open once again for submissions for its 9th season taking place in Edinburgh August 2020 during the world’s most popular culture festival. Short Com is considered the most competitive short comedy film festival that carefully selects the f...

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Chris Aitken

Short Com Submissions Open 2020

Short Com submissions are now open for 2020 festival. Send your comedy short films to https://filmfreeway.com/ShortCom Video edited by Peter Carson

Chris Aitken

To all emerging comedy filmmakers. Short Com is the film festival for you. A dedicated shorts comedy film festival that puts funny first ahead of names or fancy DOP work. Prizes from Final Draft, Festival Formula and $500 US to be won. Visit the page for more information.

Best

Chris

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Chris Aitken

Short Com International Comedy Film Festival is back and submissions are now open.

http://www.shortcom.co.uk/short-com-international-comedy-film-festival/...

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Chris Aitken

Hello. I rarely use this site but will try make more of an effort. Just a note I will not accept requests outside of the UK unless screenwriters looking for a script consultant.

Chris Aitken
Short Com (Call for entries)

Hello. I would like to introduce you all too Short Com, a film night dedicated to showing the funniest independently made comedy short films. www.shortcom.co.uk We are open for submissions for our next nights in July, showcasing in Edinburgh and Manchester. Submissions ideally should be no longer th...

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Lowell Hussey

Hey Chris, Maybe we can cooperate somehow? We have organized a Film Festival with the lowest possible barriers to participation. You might find it fun to enter or perhaps help us spread the word. Very...

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Richard "RB" Botto

Hey Chris, we recently added the ability for users to subscribe to Lounge topics. To get you started, we've automatically subscribed you to the production topic. You can see the latest posts in your subscribed topics by clicking the My Lounge subscriptions tab on your wall. You can easily add and update Lounge subscriptions by clicking Manage my subscriptions from the same page. Enjoy!

Richard "RB" Botto

Hey Chris, I'm excited to announce our new Stage 32 Lounge, a major upgrade to the previous Discussions area. Here are some of the highlights:

  • Subscriptions - Subscribe to your favorite topics and stay up to date on the subjects that matter to you most.
  • My Discussions - Never lose track of discussions you created or commented on.
  • Better topics - We've completely reorganized the discussion topics to make it much easier to browse and post discussions.
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System Admin

Hey Chris, a few days ago we implemented a new privacy setting to give you the option of accepting private messages only from users within your network. Today, I discovered a bug with the way this option is set for new users. I just wanted to let you know that the bug is now fixed, so all members are now able to receive private messages from any other member (the default setting). If you'd like to receive private messages only from users within your network, you can change this setting here. Also, you can access your privacy settings at any time from the drop-down menu that appears when you ho...

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