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U.S. Comedy Arts Fest Kicks Off Today

by Alex Billington
February 28, 2007

The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival kicks off today in beautiful Aspen, Colorado featuring a whole bunch of independent comedies and much more. FirstShowing.net will be in attendance in Aspen for a few days checking out some of the films that will be showing, including Frank Oz's Death at a Funeral in its world premiere. The festival runs from today until Sunday, March 4th, and is sponsored by HBO. For those unfamiliar with the USCAF, it's another fest promoting independent film and new talent with a focus on comedy through not only feature length films and shorts, but also live performances.

For more info about what films are showing and what FS.net will be covering, read on!

A number of comedies that premiered at Sundance are also showing here. For the complete list, visit www.hbocomedyfestival.com.

(Films that FS.net will be screening are in bold. World premieres denoted with a *.)

12:08 East of Bucharest - Dir. by Corneliu Porumboiu
Chariton's Choir - Dir. by Grigoris Karantinakis
*Closing Escrow - Dir. by Armen Kaprelian
*Cook-Off! - Dir. by Guy Shalem
*Death at a Funeral - Dir. by Frank Oz
Delirious - Dir. by Tom DiCillo (Reviewed at Sundance)
Eagle vs. Shark - Dir. by Taika Waititi (Reviewed at Sundance)
Heckler - Dir. by Michael Addis
The Host - Dir. by Joon-ho Bong
Ira & Abby - Dir. by Robert Cary
The King of Kong - Dir. by Seth Gordon
Manual of Love - Dir. by Giovanni Veronesi
Rocket Science - Dir. by Jeffrey Blitz (Reviewed at Sundance)
Severance - Dir. by Christopher Smith
Starter for 10 - Dir. by Tom Vaughan
The Valet - Dir. by Francis Veber
Waitress - Dir. by Adrienne Shelly (Reviewed at Sundance)

Keep watch for our coverage of the fest and capsule reviews on a few films.

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