Die Komische Filmnacht

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6th October 2010: ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, Black Comedy from Australia, with Geena Davis

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Where: Filmtheater am Friedrichshain (Map)

When: every 1. Wednesday of the month, 8:30pm

How much: 6,50€

Why: Because life is not always funny. But our films are.


 
Who we are

We love to laugh and we love to make other people laugh.

The International Comedy Film Festival (ICoFF) is passionate about comedy films and their unique ability to connect people of different cultures and backgrounds through a shared experience.  Our yearly film festival introduces audiences to a diverse and varied program of quality independent comedy films from around the world.  

ICoFF presents filmmakers with further opportunities for gaining widespread recognition through touring initiatives, distribution and networking programs, while providing audiences with the chance to watch a unique selection of comedy films.

 
It Does Not Always Have To Be Funny. Twelve forms of laughter in cinema
Foto: David Shankbone

There is no place where people burst out laughing so frequently and in so many diverse ways at the same time as at the movies. Often, this diversity is overlooked. Laughter in cinemas signifies, usually, that something is funny. However, does aggressive, degrading, confirmatory, smart-alecky, embarrassed, irritated, cheerfully infectious or shocked laughter not sound through the darkness of the hall as well?

Laughter in cinema is not a monolithic block of stones, but it is a  gemstone, which shines and glows in many colors. Even if this iridescent colorfulness is hard to keep hold of and constantly shifting - the following twelve forms of laughter in cinema are particularly striking.