Just Because Comedy Festival

The Last Laugh

January 2024 •Spanish

Javi Fuentes, a talk show host, loses his sense of humour after his father's death. He is replaced by an unbearable influencer and hires Alfonsina, a stand-up comedian, to regain his spark and save the show.

Anders Matthesen: Shhh

December 2016 •Danish

Stand-Up Comedy Anders Matthesens seventh, critically acclaimed one-man show is about silence and lack thereof. Though it is anything but silent, when the King of Danish standup brings the house down. Watch the best one-man show in 2016, performed around Denmark for 6 months to sold out venues!

Mike Cannon: Life Begins

January 2020 •English

Shot in New York City at the world famous Comedy Cellar at the Village Underground.

Louis C.K. Learns About the Catholic Church

June 2007 •English

Driven by simple curiosity, I did some investiagative reporting and found out some surprising things about the Catholic Church...

Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story

Invalid date •English

A clueless wannabe movie star moves to LA and goes viral for all the wrong reasons, only to evolve into a slightly less terrible version of himself. #blessed

Croque la vie

November 1981 •French

Friendships and business do not mix, that's what we find with Theresa, Catherine and Alain, three longtime friends. Freshly graduated, they decided to start their own business, but work is scarce and a fight breaks out between the trio. Separated, married and scattered all over France, the once inseparable trio no longer keep in touch. But four years later, they decided to organize a big party for their reunion which serves as an opportunity for them to put things right and confess everything they have in their hearts.

Beetlejuice

March 1988 •English

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

Love and Other Disasters

September 2006 •English

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives with Peter Simon, a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento, she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.

Michael Mittermeier #13

July 2024 •German

Ian Abramson: The Heist

April 2024 •English

Comedian Ian Abramson has less than one hour to distract and audience with an off-the-wall stand-up performance to pull off the perfect heist.

Phil Wang: Wang in There, Baby!

September 2024 •English

Phil Wang riffs on reheated rice, octopus intelligence and the importance of fact-checking in this special filmed at Shakespeare's Globe in London.

Sixty-nine

July 2024 •French

69 artists from all walks of life take to the stage to perform a 69-second creation on the themes of love and sexuality.

Ben Roy - Hyena

July 2023 •English

Ben wields a knife on stage, grabs an audience member’s head by his ears, stares down into his soul, and screams “I was on extended basic cable television!” Ben howls out to the audience with an eccentric enthusiasm – and they howl back and echo the same feral and carnivorous energy that earned this special the apt name, "Hyena". With audience in tow, he rants about the downfall of American society and how letting go may be our last hope in this chaotic yet surprisingly optimistic view of our inevitable demise and the cackling laughter we can enjoy while watching it die.

Antipatriota

July 2023 •Portuguese

Rowan Atkinson: Not Just a Pretty Face

Invalid date •English

Eccentric British comedian Rowan Atkinson, creator of uniquely hilarious characters such as Edmund Blackadder and Mr. Bean, entertains a live audience in Boston in this 1992 stand-up performance that showcases his love of the absurd.

Ya me quiero ir a mi casa

February 2024 •Spanish

Le Divorce

August 2003 •English

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

Amy Schumer Presents: Parental Advisory

June 2022 •English

Amy Schumer welcomes her favorite comedians to the stage in this special about family life, from the pressures of parenting to the joys of remarriage.

The Original Kings of Comedy

August 2000 •English

The house is rockin' and the laughs are rollin' as comedians Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show), D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys), Cedric The Entertainer (The Steve Harvey Show) and Bernie Mac (Life) meet in this riotously comedy summit directed by Spike Lee.

Lee Evans: Live in Scotland

November 1998 •English

Filmed live at the Edinburgh Playhouse Lee Evans, star of Mousehunt and Something About Mary, returns to the stage.