Now a crowd-funded spoof film fest!

New Delhi: The capital`s movie and comedy buffs are in for a treat with SpoofhMania, an international short film festival of spoofs.

The event will be organised here around October or November by Filmbooth, a Delhi-based short film organisation to celebrate creativity in humour and entertainment, said a statement. A first-of-its kind festival, SpoofhMania marks spoof as a distinct genre of cinema and will reward independent and mainstream filmmakers for their creations. Filmbooth, a platform with over 500 independent filmmakers and over 3,000 young creative artists and professionals, has taken the crowd-funding route to raise funds and nurture the support of its fans to make the fest a success. Apart from the short film competition, SpoofhMania promises to have retrospective on spoof cinema, stand up gigs, spoofy art exhibition and sessions by `The Ministers of Spoof`. IANS