The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival

Nominees for the 2025 TOsketchfest Film Festival‘s Outstanding Comedy Short are here!

The 8th annual TOsketchfest Film Festival presented by New Metric Media kicked off the 2025 edition and 20th Anniversary of The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival on March 5th. It was a packed house with filmmakers and fans walking the blue shag carpet for a fantastic evening of laughs!

We’re thrilled to partner with New Metric Media in presenting some of the best comedic shorts anywhere.

2025 Nominees for Outstanding Comedy Short

Cuhz

These Triggas

Fam, you can’t just have an American cousin drop in like that!

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These Triggas is Canada’s answer to In Living Color. Irreverent, daring, and hilarious. This show will utilize the power, the insecurities, and the injustice of being Black in Canada to generate hilarity. Comedy BY Black Canadians, ABOUT being Black in Canada, FOR everyone in Canada. Cuhz is written by the show’s creator Anthony Q. Farrell and directed by Cory Bowles. It features the performers Ajahnis Charley, Brandon Hackett, Dayton Sinkia, Hannan Younis, and Jonathan Langdon. The sketch was produced by Canfro Productions and LetterFIFTY Productions.

IG: aqfarrell
TT: @TheseTriggas
YT: @TheseTriggas

Maple, She Wrote

Yes, Let’s! Media

Seasoned detective Detective Michelle Agave is called to uncover the truth as a scandal unfolds amongst maple syrup giants. From ex-employees, to heirs of maple royalty; everyone wants a piece of the pancake. As interrogations ensue, more layers are peeled back as we see into the cutthroat world of the maple syrup industry.

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Yes Let’s Media is a collective of female filmmakers, comprising of Krystle Meixner, Kayla Subica and MK Morris with Joanne Gnatek. With a focus on comedic storytelling, Maple, She Wrote was born out of the Fire Cracker Igniter series, an initiative to have more women and non-binary people step into the world of creating comedic short films! Maple, She Wrote was chosen to premiere at the 2024 Canadian Film Festival, a real accomplishment for the collective first short film! Top to bottom, our cast, our crew, and all the helping hands that shaped this short film are to thank for solving this mystery of a murder.

IG:

@yesletsmedia
@mk_morris
@joannegnatek
@kaylasubica
@frickstle

The Perfect Bite

Mike Mildon & Bryan Nothling

Two rival foodies crash the same party, fueled by whispers of an epic charcuterie board, turning their hunt for the perfect bite into a hilariously high-stakes battle of taste and ego.

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Mike Mildon is an award-winning filmmaker and comedian living in Toronto, Ontario. His passion for film and comedy is the driving force behind each project he does. 2021 marked his TV debut with For Heaven’s Sake, a true-crime comedy series produced by Muse Entertainment and Funny or Die. He executive produced, wrote, and exploited his entire family for the series, which aired on Paramount+ and CBC. The series was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Series – Factual and Best Writing – Factual.In addition to his work on For Heaven’s Sake, Mike directed Season 1 of Ghosting for CBC in 2024 Before TV, his claim to fame was his comedy sketch troupe, Trophy Husbands, where he wrote, directed, and released over 40 shorts onto the World Wide Web. His short films have attracted millions of views online and have been featured on top platforms, including Amazon Prime, Funny or Die, and Huffington Post. He continues to implement his genre-bending style and sense of humor in the television and commercial spaces, having directed spots for some of the biggest brands in Canada (Tim Hortons, RBC, McDonald’s, etc).

IG: @mikemildon
TT: @thebnoth
W: mikemildon.com
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TrophyHusbands

Something Bad That Happened in My Past

Mike Mildon and Clare Mcdonnell

As they embark on their most ambitious crime yet, a seasoned criminal must confront the shadows of his past.

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Mike Mildon is an award winning filmmaker and comedian living in Toronto, Ontario. 2021 marked his TV debut with For Heaven’s Sake, a true crime comedy series produced by Muse Entertainment and Funny or Die. He executive produced, wrote, and exploited his entire family for the series, which aired on Paramount+ and CBC. The series was nominated for 3 Canadian Screen Awards (which included ‘Best Series – Factual’ and ‘Best Writing – Factual’). Before TV, his claim to fame was his comedy sketch troupe, Trophy Husbands, where he has written, direct­ed, and released over 40 shorts onto the World Wide Web. His short films have attracted mil­lions of views online and have been featured on some of the top websites including Amazon Prime, Funny or Die, and Huffington Post. He continues to implement his genre-bending style and sense of humour in the television and commercial spaces, having directed spots for some of the biggest brands in Canada (Tim Hortons, RBC, McDonalds, etc).

Clare McConnell an actor and comedian best known for portraying ‘Effie Newsome’ on the popular CBC series Murdoch Mysteries and Klingon Leader ‘Dennas’ on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Discovery. Additional television credits include American Gods (Starz), Coroner(The CW), Killjoys (Syfy), Nurses (Global/NBC), Wynonna Earp (Syfy) and Hudson & Rex (Citytv). I’m also an alumna of the Second City Mainstage, and was nominated for “Breakout Artist” at the 2018 Canadian Comedy Awards.

IG: @mikemildon @itsclaremcconnell
W: mikemildon.com
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TrophyHusbands