Projects in genres: Comedy

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Holy Flying Circus is a fantastical re-imagining of the events leading up to Michael Palin and John Cleese’s appearance on the BBC’s Friday Night Saturday Morning to defend their film Life of Brian against charges of blasphemy. Not only is it a bold and entertaining homage to one of the world’s greatest comedy teams but it is also incredibly pertinent as the debate about freedom of speech and what is an acceptable subject matter for comedy rages on.

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Doctor Williams, a psychiatrist, is called to a prison to examine Voorman – an inmate with a peculiar affliction – he believes he is a god. The problem is, though, he’s managed to convince the rest of the prison population that he is indeed telling the truth.

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As darkness falls across the city, a blonde with a gun investigates a noise - but all is not what it seems...

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Ewan McGregor stars as a fisheries scientist who finds himself saddled with the task of introducing salmon fishing to the Highlands of Yemen. Director Lasse Hallström adapts this charming British comedy from Paul Torday’s acclaimed novel.

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Behold the Lamb is darkly comic road movie that follows Eddie, a fifty year old overweight and depressed accountant and Liz, a young tearaway as they travel across Northern Ireland to pick up a lamb.

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Best friends for life, Jonny and Joe are two young shadows who have detached themselves from their bodies in a bid for fun and adventure. But with no direction from their bodies, a life of aimless freedom may not be enough to keep these best friends together.

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When bullied Molly Flowers declares a dislike for boys, her boozy and self-medicated mother invents a story to shock her into a more sympathetic view…the tale of how Molly was born a boy called Bradford Dillman but had her willy chopped off – takes on a life of its own.

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Andrew is about to travel the world with his buddy Steve, but there's something he has to do first: break up with his girlfriend Emily and delete her on Facebook. Andrew is in for a big surprise though, and things aren’t so simple when dating and social networks combine. A topical comedy about what it means to delete those close to you.

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The Morrisons' lives are turned upside down whan a 7 year old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep...

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Like many who grew up in the 1980s, John Tavish enjoyed the music of Roxy La Che. After two platinum albums, Roxy suddenly disappeared in 1994 and his whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Now fifteen years after his disappearance, John Tavish tries to solve the mystery of what happened to Roxy La Che.

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Jenny Ringo returns from a trip away to find that her slacker flatmate Gavin has somehow obtained a monkey’s paw with which he has made some very ill-advised wishes. It’s up to Jenny to figure out how to reverse the wishes and save the day.

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Infinite Finity. Thunder Racers. Milieu Man. Rat Warriors. Junk Comics’s library of titles has been referred to as the ‘worst material printed since Mein Kampf’.

Tony Leary, the nice-guy owner of Junk Comics, is gearing up for one last roll of the dice. His new superhero title, The Sodomizer, launches at the British International Comic Show, and nothing will stop Tony from making it a success.

Nothing except a gang of Geordie criminals who are using another comic company to launder their dirty money. Tony is drafted by the police to identify the culprits and bring them to justice.

Aided by his trusty geek sidekicks, Rick and Keith, Tony must defy the odds if he is to become a real life hero.