JFL Pilots program
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The JFL Pilots program, presented by Just For Laughs in partnership with Will Arnett's Electric Avenue, is a global discovery channel for emerging comedic storytellers, showcasing outstanding 30-minute original pilots from around the world.
The program shines a spotlight on some of the boldest, sharpest, and most original comedic voices in television comedy writing today, offering a curated mix of live-action, animated, scripted, and unscripted films. From original pilots with strong series potential to distinctive new comedic perspectives, JFL Pilots celebrates comedy in all its forms while introducing fresh creative voices to the ComedyPRO industry audience.
Each screening will feature the creators, with one pilot receiving special recognition in the selection, as well as audience choice recognition.
The program shines a spotlight on some of the boldest, sharpest, and most original comedic voices in television comedy writing today, offering a curated mix of live-action, animated, scripted, and unscripted films. From original pilots with strong series potential to distinctive new comedic perspectives, JFL Pilots celebrates comedy in all its forms while introducing fresh creative voices to the ComedyPRO industry audience.
Each screening will feature the creators, with one pilot receiving special recognition in the selection, as well as audience choice recognition.
ALL FOUR ONE
Writers:
Skip Skip (Kaela Rosenbaum, Justin Kuhn, Sasha Rechler, Willa Barnett)
Director: Ali Rosenthal
Key Cast: Skip Skip (Kaela Rosenbaum, Justin Kuhn, Sasha Rechler, Willa Barnett)
All Four One is an absurdist comedy following a group of friends working at a temp agency who are dangerously dependent on each other. This show explores one of the quintessential question of being in your 20s: "do I spend too much time with my friends?
Skip Skip (Kaela Rosenbaum, Justin Kuhn, Sasha Rechler, Willa Barnett)
Director: Ali Rosenthal
Key Cast: Skip Skip (Kaela Rosenbaum, Justin Kuhn, Sasha Rechler, Willa Barnett)
All Four One is an absurdist comedy following a group of friends working at a temp agency who are dangerously dependent on each other. This show explores one of the quintessential question of being in your 20s: "do I spend too much time with my friends?
LOCO
Writer/Director:
Eddie Mujica
Producer: Lauren Bancroft, Eddie Mujica, Bex Marsh
Key Cast: Cristian Acevedo, Eileen Galindo, Jamela Asha, Jonathan Nichols-Navarro, Adriana Sevan, Adalberto Angulo, Brittany Lewis, Eugenia Cross, Krizia Bajos
A surreal comedy about mental health’s stigma in the Latine community. At his first therapy session, Rafael Reyes relives the anxious thoughts and overbearing family that boiled over on the night of his 25th birthday. Based on a true story of false thoughts.
Eddie Mujica
Producer: Lauren Bancroft, Eddie Mujica, Bex Marsh
Key Cast: Cristian Acevedo, Eileen Galindo, Jamela Asha, Jonathan Nichols-Navarro, Adriana Sevan, Adalberto Angulo, Brittany Lewis, Eugenia Cross, Krizia Bajos
A surreal comedy about mental health’s stigma in the Latine community. At his first therapy session, Rafael Reyes relives the anxious thoughts and overbearing family that boiled over on the night of his 25th birthday. Based on a true story of false thoughts.
SILVERBACKS
Writer: Dave Willis & Joe Randazzo
Director: Dave Willis
Producer: Dave Willis, Joe Randazzo, Michael Sokol
Key Cast: Rory Scovel, Henry Zebrowski, Steve Coulter, Cooper Andrews
Silverbacks is a comedy about a soccer team in the lowest division of the over-40 league. They come together every Tuesday night to take out their middle-aged frustrations, pursue glory on the pitch, and then drink a beer in the parking lot afterwards.
Director: Dave Willis
Producer: Dave Willis, Joe Randazzo, Michael Sokol
Key Cast: Rory Scovel, Henry Zebrowski, Steve Coulter, Cooper Andrews
Silverbacks is a comedy about a soccer team in the lowest division of the over-40 league. They come together every Tuesday night to take out their middle-aged frustrations, pursue glory on the pitch, and then drink a beer in the parking lot afterwards.
SOFT BOIL
Writer:
Camille Wormser & Alec Goldberg
Director: Alec Golberg
Producer: Hannah Connery, Clayton Susick, Drue Robertson, Don Ohmer, Hunter Milano
Key Cast: Camille Wormser, Madison Shamoun, John Gemberling, Vivian Kerr
Soft Boil is a comedy about the chaotic life of Lulu, a struggling actress who takes a job as a nanny, only to discover that her new boss isn’t who she expected.
Camille Wormser & Alec Goldberg
Director: Alec Golberg
Producer: Hannah Connery, Clayton Susick, Drue Robertson, Don Ohmer, Hunter Milano
Key Cast: Camille Wormser, Madison Shamoun, John Gemberling, Vivian Kerr
Soft Boil is a comedy about the chaotic life of Lulu, a struggling actress who takes a job as a nanny, only to discover that her new boss isn’t who she expected.
Kimmy Gatewood
Director / Actor / Writer
Kimmy Gatewood is an Emmy Award–winning TV and film director, writer, and actress, best known for her role as Stacey on Netflix’s GLOW. As a director, her credits include Girls5Eva, Survival of the Thickest, Ghosts, Up Here, Welcome to Flatch, The Muppets Mayhem, Going Dutch, The Baby-Sitters Club, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Single Drunk Female, Sesame Street, and The Big Leap.
Her feature debut, Good on Paper, starring Iliza Shlesinger, premiered in Netflix’s Top 10 in 2021. She will next direct Descendants: Wicked Wonderland for Disney+.
Kimmy Gatewood is an Emmy Award–winning TV and film director, writer, and actress, best known for her role as Stacey on Netflix’s GLOW. As a director, her credits include Girls5Eva, Survival of the Thickest, Ghosts, Up Here, Welcome to Flatch, The Muppets Mayhem, Going Dutch, The Baby-Sitters Club, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Single Drunk Female, Sesame Street, and The Big Leap.
Her feature debut, Good on Paper, starring Iliza Shlesinger, premiered in Netflix’s Top 10 in 2021. She will next direct Descendants: Wicked Wonderland for Disney+.
Brendan Halloran
Writer
Brendan Halloran is a writer, producer, and showrunner whose career spans both scripted and unscripted comedy. He is the creator and showrunner of JFL Pilots 2025 Finalist Dying Seconds, a sharp and irreverent scripted comedy series.
Brendan is also an executive producer and writer for the cult favorite, Space Janitors, for which he won the WGC Screenwriting Award for short form comedy in 2025. Throughout his career, Brendan has written and produced comedic content across many major sports networks including Fox Sports, TSN, and Rogers Sportsnet.
Brendan Halloran is a writer, producer, and showrunner whose career spans both scripted and unscripted comedy. He is the creator and showrunner of JFL Pilots 2025 Finalist Dying Seconds, a sharp and irreverent scripted comedy series.
Brendan is also an executive producer and writer for the cult favorite, Space Janitors, for which he won the WGC Screenwriting Award for short form comedy in 2025. Throughout his career, Brendan has written and produced comedic content across many major sports networks including Fox Sports, TSN, and Rogers Sportsnet.
Nelu Handa
Showrunner
Nelu is an award-winning Writer, Actor and Showrunner based in Toronto. She has written for, and performed on, multiple seasons of award winning comedy series' including: Sort Of, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Jann, Odd Squad, Tall Boyz, The Beaverton, and Baroness Von Sketch Show. She was a Writer and Producer for all 3 seasons of Run The Burbs and became its Co-Showrunner in its finale season. She most recently served as Co-Showrunner on season 3 of Late Bloomer.
In 2021, she earned a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy for Baroness. In 2022, she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as a Best Supporting Actor on a Web Series for her performance in Avocado Toast. For her work on the premier season of Sort Of, Nelu received a Writer’s Guild of Canada nomination for her script, in addition to a prestigious Peabody Award for her contribution.
Nelu is an award-winning Writer, Actor and Showrunner based in Toronto. She has written for, and performed on, multiple seasons of award winning comedy series' including: Sort Of, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Jann, Odd Squad, Tall Boyz, The Beaverton, and Baroness Von Sketch Show. She was a Writer and Producer for all 3 seasons of Run The Burbs and became its Co-Showrunner in its finale season. She most recently served as Co-Showrunner on season 3 of Late Bloomer.
In 2021, she earned a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy for Baroness. In 2022, she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as a Best Supporting Actor on a Web Series for her performance in Avocado Toast. For her work on the premier season of Sort Of, Nelu received a Writer’s Guild of Canada nomination for her script, in addition to a prestigious Peabody Award for her contribution.
Paul Rabolino
Showrunner / Writer / Head of Development, Dropout
Paul Robalino is a showrunner, writer, and the head of development at Dropout, a comedy streamer known for hits like Game Changer, Make Some Noise, Smartypants, and Very Important People.
Paul Robalino is a showrunner, writer, and the head of development at Dropout, a comedy streamer known for hits like Game Changer, Make Some Noise, Smartypants, and Very Important People.
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24 July 2026 • 7:00 PM
Montréal
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25 Juily 2026 • 1:00 PM
Montréal
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[email protected]
24 July 2026 • 7:00 PM
Montréal
Cinémathèque
25 Juily 2026 • 1:00 PM
Montréal
Cinémathèque