Sasha is 13 years old and wants nothing more than to become a stand-up comedian. She wants to make everyone laugh, especially her father, who cries in the shower when he thinks no one is listening. Behind her eyes, the unhealed tears also burn on Sasha, but she refuses to mourn her mother, who has passed away in tragic circumstances. Instead, she secretly writes a list of everything she must do to survive—shave her hair, stop reading books, say no to the world’s cutest puppy and above all—become a Comedy Queen.

Balancing humour with heartbreaking loss, ‘Comedy Queen’ delicately deals with grief, denial and ultimately acceptance of a tragic death in a family. Too young to fully understand her feelings and unable to open up to her father or therapist, Sasha rebels against everything and everyone around her. Suffering from immeasurable sorrow, she finds a creative outlet for her grief and anger in the form of comedy. An outlet that allows her to finally come to terms with her loss and re-establish a relationship with her father in this touching coming-of-age drama.