"Fun With Hackley: Axe Murderer" Texas Independent Film Wins Best Feature Film at the Houston Comedy Film Festival

    HOUSTON, TX, May 18, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- At the 2016 Houston Comedy Film Festival, "Fun With Hackley: Axe Murderer", an independent feature film comedy from the Austin based production company Slash Consortium premiered at the Houston Comedy Film Festival at the 14 Pews venue in Houston, TX. The film, directed by T. E. Sanders and written by former National Lampoon writer Garrett Hargrove, represented itself well at the festival by taking home four of the Festival's top awards.

Awards Won at the Houston Comedy Film Festival by "Fun with Hackley":
Best Feature Film
Best Director (T.E. Sanders)
Best Cinematography (Director of Photography Larry McKee)
Best Actor (Lead Actor Allen Hackley)

"Fun with Hackley" screened alongside a number of other independent films from across the globe including other award winners "Think Twice" from Chicago based filmmaker Eliaz Rodriguez and "Get the Hell Out" from the Comedia A Go-Go comedy group out of San Antonio, Texas.

"It was fantastic to have 'Hackley' premiere with so many other great films at an awesome venue like that as part of a really fun festival that has a goal of shining a bright light on independent cinema that might get missed at places like Sundance or SXSW." - Trey Huguley, Co-Producer of "Fun With Hackley: Axe Murderer"

Watch the trailer for "Fun With Hackley" at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9-aaF0vAQw

Voting for the Houston Comedy FIlm Festival is conducted by twelve industry professionals from across the USA. Submission totals for the festival were upwards of 100 feature films and more than 400 short and micro-short films. Other feature film selections that were in consideration for the Best Feature Film and other feature film accolades were the award winning feature, "Driving While Black" and the international sensation "Just Like In the Movies" from Lima, Peru.

"Any time you get to create a feature film, it's a blessing. But also getting to create a film you are genuinely a fan of is just amazing." said Award Winning Director, T. E. Sanders. "And to have that hard work and love of this film pay off with four awards at the Houston Comedy Fest is truly an honor."

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About "Fun With Hackley: Axe Murderer"
"Fun With Hackley" is an independent comedy feature film made in Texas from award winning Director T. E. Sanders and former National Lampoon writer, Garrett Hargrove that chronicles the adventures of Hackley. Since 1980, Hackley has personified fear. This prolific masked serial killer has axed his way through hundreds during his reign of terror. He doesn't kill because he's crazy. It's just his job. The film follows him in the current day as he stumbles at the office and rethinks his life, love and career. Hackley struggles with an incompetent manager, rival serial killers and antiquated rules as he tries to regain his love of killing.

About the Houston Comedy Film Festival
The Houston Comedy Film Festival is a unique forum for comedy filmmakers from around the world to showcase their creative works in Houston, Texas. Since 2009 the Houston Comedy Film Festival has sought out funny and engaging short, micro-short and feature films by filmmakers from the USA and beyond to entertain a comedy loving audience. Each year a panel of 12+ judges choose from hundreds of entries to narrow down top programming and select award winners in 16 different categories. Submit to Houston Comedy Film Festival on Film Freeway and Withoutabox.

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