The Canadian International Comedy Film Festival (CICFF), formerly the Shärt International Comedy Film Festival (SICFF), is a

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, Canada, each February. The 10th festival took place on 8 October 2022, at the Cinematheque theatre and the Park Theatre.

History

The festival was established by Andrew Wall and David Rabsch in 2013 as the Shärt International Comedy Film Festival (SICFF), funded through a grant by a Winnipeg family via the Shärt Foundation. The festival acrimoniously parted ways with the Foundation in 2018 and, following legal proceedings during that year's festival, it was revived in 2019 as the ''Canadian International Comedy Film Festival''. The 8th festival was scheduled for 29 February 2020, to take place at the Park Theatre, Winnipeg.Randall King
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Awards

The awards offered () are: *Best Canadian Comedy Film Award — Best film from a Canadian filmmaker *Best International Comedy Film Award — Best comedy film from a country other than Canada *Best Mockumentary Award — The best comedic documentary-style film *Peoples Choice Award — Best film as chosen by the audience as well as online voters during the festival *Rom Com Award — Best

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film *The Select Award — "The film most loved by the CICFF board of governors" *Shorty Award — The best film under 1 minute In addition to the above, the festival also occasionally gives special awards depending on the film and year.

Winners

2021

2019

2018

References

External links

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