Projects in genres: Comedy

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A comedy about an argument that has spiralled out of control. Colin accuses David of lying, he claims to have had an affair with Colin's wife, Mary. So Colin does what any reasonable, sane man would do in such a situation. He challenges David to a duel. David accepts.

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When a popular VIP is assassinated there is public outrage. A historian has unearthed a 400 year-old law that makes clear the assassin must be executed. Angus Angus a bright young politician is against the execution. However This generates media heat, and an unpopular government, only seven weeks from an election, sanctions the execution to win public favour. They decide to privatise it. Hugo is a prison governor beset with crises; career, money & marital. He is passed over for promotion, his much younger boss Mike Smith wants him out and his wife’s spending is pushing him towards bankruptcy. The American company operating the prison is granted the tender for the execution and Hugo is given the task by an area manager who wants Hugo to fail. Maurice is a conman who has intermittently spent almost thirty years in Hugo’s prison – they know each other well. Maurice has a proposal - a way to solve Hugo's money worries; pay-per-TV. The execution will be the biggest reality television event the world has ever seen!

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Emily Beecham stars as Lulu, an up and coming painter standing on the brink of fame. As she careers towards her first solo exhibition, she struggles to deal with outside pressures distracting her from her work. Success comes at a cost as Lulu battles her Father (Paul McGann) lying ill in a hospital nearby, her uncompromising filmmaker boyfriend Daly (Will Bliss), and her agent Simon (Sean McConaghy) who wants something from Lulu she's unable to give. Gary Kemp plays the mysterious Collector who only engages with the world through fine art and is desperate for one of Lulu’s works. Art Is…. a unique musical feature film; from the makers of Godard & Others, Poppies and Voices from Afar.

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An hilarious cartoon assemblage, starring Joan Of Arc, Emmeline Pankhurst and Boris Johnson. "Exquisite Corpses" is an animated version of an old Surrealist game and is a group-project by members of London Animation Club. Each contributor makes a four-second animation, making sure that the last frame of their animation becomes the first frame of the next contributor's.

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Murder sparkles in a glass of champagne, lovers plot and scheme. Foolproof is a story full of intrigue and surprise, with more than one twist in the tale.

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Gwyn is confused. Who is he, how should he act? He’s 15 and neither of these things are clear. He’s on the edge of being eased-out from his visits to see his best-friend’s girlfriend, he’s on the verge of getting beaten-up. Can he survive and protect his most important relationship?

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A man in a circular room explores a curious phenomenon, in which 8 synchronised versions of himself temporarily form to create a rotationally symmetric, kaleidoscopic world.

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A spoof documentary outlining the use of a live cloned donor for organ transplants.

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A modernization of the classic Western The Magnificent Seven, in which the "Cowboys" are a local amateur soccer team, the "Villagers" are the owners of a local Tandoori restaurant, and the "Bandits" are a gang of menacing thugs led by a maniac known simply as American Bob.

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Two brothers, both wonderful chefs, fall out catastrophically. At the climax of their dispute they rip the family recipe book in half – one brother gets the starters and the other gets the main courses. They set up rival restaurants, on opposite sides of the same road, and spend the next twenty years trying to outdo each other. Neither brother will admit it but they both know they are not entirely successful in the ‘other half’ of the menu. It takes a daughter – a successful London lawyer, Shalini, marrying a man from a different ethnic background – to reunite them. She is planning her marriage and is determined that they will both attend. Can the men bury the hatchet without actually burying the kitchen knife?

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A richly enjoyable exploration of the life of the unforgettable legend and born performer Bette Bourne.