New York Comedy Film Festival

What New York Comedy Film Festival does

New York Comedy Film Festival (NYCFF), operating as Comedy Film Festivals, LLC, is a private film festival organization founded in 2025 and headquartered at 123 East 24th Street in Manhattan. Its sole core product is the annual NYCFF event — a weeklong comedy-only film festival whose inaugural edition runs February 15–22, 2026 across two Manhattan venues (Asylum NYC and Baruch College Performing Arts Center), screening 75+ films organized into seven program tracks: Feature Films, Shorts Programs, Docs and Mocks, TV/Episodics, Shorty Shorts (under four minutes), Almost Midnight (late-night cult/experimental), and Industry Panels. The organization serves three constituencies: comedy film audiences (consumers buying tickets and festival passes), filmmakers (emerging and established creators paying submission fees through FilmFreeway to screen their work), and film industry professionals attending casting, programming, and production panels.

Revenue is generated through five streams: ticket sales and festival passes via Tixr (the official ticketing partner), filmmaker submission fees via FilmFreeway, merchandise sales (logo t-shirts and tote bags priced $27.99–$37.99), and brand sponsorships (incredibles cannabis edibles serves as the official cannabis partner for the 2026 festival, sponsoring the Closing Night Party, Music in Film panel, Lenny Bruce Press Room, and Almost Midnight Screening Series). Distribution relies on a Tixr e-commerce storefront, social media channels (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook), and an email newsletter funneling to the Squarespace-hosted website. The underlying technology stack is commodity — no proprietary platform, no AI capabilities, and standard third-party SSO integrations (Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn). The company is founder-led, with Jess Domain (an ASCAPlus Songwriter Award recipient with music placed in over 100 films/TV shows) serving as Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder; no external venture or private equity investment has been disclosed.

Name

New York Comedy Film Festival

Legal name

Comedy Film Festivals, LLC

Website

https://comedyfilmfestivals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

New York Comedy Film Festival (NYCFF) is a private Manhattan-based organization running an annual weeklong comedy-only film festival across two venues, screening features, shorts, documentaries, mockumentaries, TV episodics, and micro-shorts for comedy filmmakers, audiences, and industry professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Festival / Entertainment Events

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro primary industry

Film Festivals & Festival Organizers (MPADAKAD)

Keywords

• Comedy film festival
• Film screenings
• Festival ticketing
• Filmmaker submissions
• Industry panels

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Sponsorships: Partnerships with brands such as incredibles as official cannabis partner, with branding integrated across the festival's website, digital communications, and screenings.
2. Ticket Sales: Individual screening tickets sold through Tixr ticketing platform, with tickets non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
3. Festival Passes: Multi-day festival passes providing access to multiple screenings and events.
4. Merchandise Sales: Sale of festival merchandise including t-shirts and tote bags through the online store.
5. Submission Fees: Filmmakers pay submission fees to submit comedy films through FilmFreeway platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NYCFF is a weeklong annual comedy film festival held in New York City that screens 75+ comedy films across multiple formats (feature films, shorts, documentaries, mockumentaries, TV/episodics, and Shorty Shorts under four minutes), supported by industry panels, filmmaker mixers, and an awards ceremony. The organization also operates an online merchandise store and sells tickets and festival passes through Tixr.

Product overview

The New York Comedy Film Festival (NYCFF) is a single unified festival product rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering is the annual NYCFF film festival event featuring multiple parallel program types: Feature Films (full-length comedy narratives), Short Films Programs (themed collections of short comedies organized by genre/topic), Docs and Mocks (documentaries and mockumentaries), TV/Episodics (television comedy series and web content), Shorty Shorts (micro films under four minutes), Almost Midnight (late-night cult/experimental screenings), and Industry Panels (professional development events). Additional offerings include Festival Awards and an online Merchandise Store. All programs are ticketed through Tixr with festival passes providing access across multiple screenings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• New York Comedy Film Festival (NYCFF) 2026 The inaugural weeklong annual comedy film festival featuring comedy feature films, short films, documentaries, mockumentaries, TV and episodic content, Shorty Shorts under four minutes, late-night Almost Midnight screenings, industry panels, filmmaker mixers, and the NYCFF Awards ceremony, presented at two Manhattan venues.
• Festival Passes and Tickets

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• incrediblesmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 February 2026Incredibles, an award-winning cannabis edibles brand, serves as the official and exclusive cannabis partner for the inaugural 2026 festival. The partnership includes sponsorship of key festival moments: Closing Night Party, Music in Film panel, Lenny Bruce Press Room, and Almost Midnight Screening Series. Branding integrated across the festival's website, digital communications, and screenings.
• TixrcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTixr is the official ticketing partner for NYCFF. The platform handles all ticket sales including individual screening tickets, festival passes, and industry panel tickets. Customer support available through ticket wizards.
• Asylum NYCcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAsylum NYC is the primary venue host for the NYCFF festival. Located at 123 East 24th Street, Manhattan. All-ages venue with full bar and snacks. Most screenings and industry panels held at this location.
• Baruch College Performing Arts CentercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBaruch College Performing Arts Center serves as a secondary venue for NYCFF screenings and events, providing additional capacity and accessibility for festival attendees.
• FilmFreewaycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFilmFreeway is the submission platform for filmmaker entries. Submissions open for 2027 festival in June 2026 through filmfreeway.com/newyorkcomedyfilmfestival.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sundance Film Festival: Premier U.S. independent film festival with multi-track programming including comedy features, shorts, episodic, and industry panels. Comparable on submission/festival-pass revenue model and filmmaker-attendance dynamic, though vastly larger.
• Tribeca Film Festival: New York City-based annual film festival operating an event-driven model with ticketed screenings, industry programming, and sponsor integrations. Closest geographic and structural analog to NYCFF, though substantially larger and broader in genre scope.
• SXSW Film & TV Festival: Multi-track festival with a strong comedy programming strand, episodic content screenings, and industry panels. Closely comparable on format diversity (features, shorts, episodic, panels) and sponsor-driven revenue model.
• Just For Laughs: Montreal-based comedy festival and the most prominent global comedy-focused entertainment event. Most analogous peer on genre-niche positioning, multi-format comedy programming, and brand-sponsorship-driven economics.
• Telluride Film Festival: Boutique U.S. film festival with curated programming, pass-based ticketing, and filmmaker hospitality. Comparable on curated screening model and pass-driven revenue mix, though non-comedy focused.
• Nantucket Film Festival: Smaller U.S. festival featuring narrative, documentary, and episodic comedy content with industry panels and pass-based access. Closely comparable in scale, format diversity, and emphasis on filmmaker/industry networking.
• New York Film Festival: Flagship New York film festival produced by Film at Lincoln Center, featuring multi-format programming and industry events. Direct structural peer in terms of venue-based festival exhibition and ticketed audience model in NYC.
• Rooftop Films: New York-based event-driven film organization producing curated screenings, festivals, and filmmaker events throughout the year. Direct structural peer on NYC-based ticketed screening events and filmmaker community engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF): Largest North American film festival with broad genre programming, industry panels, and significant sponsor portfolio. Functions as a broader incumbent in the same exhibition/event-driven space NYCFF occupies at sub-scale.

Others

• Tribeca Festival (TV/Episodic programming track): Included as a reference point for the TV/episodic and short-form comedy programming tracks within larger festivals that NYCFF treats as standalone product lines — useful benchmark for episodic-slotted programming strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ComedyFilmFestivals
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/nycomedyfilmfestival
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-york-comedy-film-festival

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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