Projects in genres: Comedy

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Zohra is a coming of age short film about family independence and growing up. Based on a real event – in 1960 it follows the an 18 year girl, Zohra, from Karachi to London. Under pressure from her brothers, looking for “a better life at her Majesty’s invitation” Zohra arrives in Britain. She soon realises the chasm of culture between and the England and the rest of the world and how it can be bridged. The film is based on the true experiences of young settler, Zohra Naseem Akhtar Bem, in sixties London who was a leading figure for race relations in the seventies.

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Zonad is a comedy about an escapee from a rehab facility who hides out in a village in rural Ireland and fools the locals by pretending to be a visitor from outer space.

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A tale of two down at heel friends, killing time bickering, playing games and trying to become rich and famous with a brain reading machine.

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A couple’s post-coital bliss is shattered when his sexy Ex appears in bed with them - but she's just the first...

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Niall, a naive and unsuccessful local news reporter, is under pressure to get results on a 'death-knock' from hardened-pro reporter, Tammy. He gets more than he bargains for when Mrs Wright - the grieving mother of a boy killed in a road traffic accident - appears to mistake him for somebody else.

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'Like Me, Only Better' is a laconic comedy about Neuroses, Catholicism and Prozac.

Clive tries to become a better person and to overcome his various Obsessive Compulsive disorders. The film establishes a link between his Catholic upbringing, his childhood imagination and his adult phobias and compulsions.

A hand-drawn animation in pencil, it moves between the inner and outer worlds of the main character.

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Phil is an amateur paranormal investigator. Benny is a professional slob. They may be worlds apart, but unite to explore a world beyond ours.

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A magic realist comedy with strange characters and highly surreal touches. Set in East Sussex.

Inspired by M.Duchamp and Jacques Tati

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At a school reunion dinner in a remote country mansion, a dozen people are offered the chance to collect a million pounds each. The only catch is that they must all remain on the estate - cut off from the outside world - for 96 hours.

As events begin to conspire against them, can they stay united, or will they turn on each other and lose the cash?

12 in a Box is a tightly orchestrated comedy which barely pauses for breath as it heads towards a 'Will-they-or-won't-they-succeed?' climax.

With deaths, sexual intrigue, kidnapping and spiralling levels of farce and confusion, the film follows in the best traditions of British black comedy.

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Mini Mayor is a short film focusing on the issues of power and popularity through the eyes of London's youth. The main character goes through a rollercoaster-like experience with authoritative powers as he finds himself in the shoes of the Mayor of London for a day. As he soon discovers, power and popularity have their pros and cons as he experiences the trials and tribulations of dealing with the public in various situations. With it's fresh take on a modern mayor, Mini Mayor hopes to educate both the viewers and filmmakers on what would could happen if today's youth were in the shoes of big decision-makers.

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A nervous young American flees a psychotic girlfriend and escapes to London. Befriended by an 'Artful Dodger' charity worker, will he be able to get escape the crazy ex, battle his way through putting the pieces of his life back together and find the girl of his dreams?

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Bored at home, a young teenage girl resorts to playing with an apparently normal wind-up toy car, only to find herself being driven on an unexpected adventure!