Projects in genres: Comedy

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Rose, a former actress turned stay-at-home mom, struggles to reconcile her new life with her past. As she prepares for an important cocktail party hosted by her husband, Sammy, a lost elderly woman named Helen arrives, claiming to live in Rose's house. This unexpected guest disrupts Rose’s evening, adding chaos and hilarity to her attempts to balance domestic duties.
Helen, also a former actress, mirrors Rose’s struggles with aging and lost identity. Alongside Delia, a young ingénue, the women represent different stages of womanhood within Hollywood's societal expectations. Adding to the mix, a movie star who’s also Rose’s ex-lover, and a famous film director attend the party, further complicating the night. The event becomes a stage for unfolding drama, rekindled romances, and revealed secrets.
A poignant and introspective comedic drama exploring female identity, motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

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A group of friends attend a house party. Waiting through the doors is a wild night, an ex-girlfriend, and… Zombies?!
A film that explores serious youth violence, numbness to Black death, violence against women and young male mental health, created by young Black Londoners.

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Grace is ecstatic about her new love, Jacob, but is frantic as she prepares for a major performance. Minutes before going on stage, Jacob doesn't reply to her message, plunging Grace into a spiral of self-doubt and chaos. Her friends struggle to help, until Jacob finally responds.

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What if it isn't "Just a Joke"? A young Black employee strains under the constant workplace banter he faces from the senior members of his team, whilst his Black co-worker seems to have taken a very different approach. Can a young Black man survive a day at work?

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Dee wants to clean the kitchen and manage her anger problem. It feels impossible until she gets advice that changes everything.

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Following a film director's journey from London to Los Angeles to meet a storyboard artist, Janet, who storyboards the journey the director has made to meet her.
Searching for movie-worthy encounters, the director pursues epiphanies and main character moments while walking in the canyons and driving on the freeways of the cinematically saturated city. The storyboard sequence is altered when Janet unveils a shocking story of her own. Humorously riddled with digressions, PREVIS is at first an enlightening insight into the mysterious mechanics of movie-making, told through the collaborative dynamic of director and storyboard artist.
Official Selection Visions du Réel Festival 2024 - International Medium Length & Short Film Competition

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A young woman is alone in her room when her boyfriend asks permission to send her nude. As he sends them, each one appears, coming to life in front of her. But just when things are getting exciting, she starts being harassed when unwanted nudes from other men arrive.

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It's election season at Morris Brook Academy and the candidates will do anything they can to win. From in-fighting within the campaign teams to spreading conspiracy theories, chaos ensues... but is there a real conspiracy at work?

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From the creative team behind PREVENGE comes... TIMESTALKER, a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs of history right into the future.
TIMESTALKER follows hapless heroine Agnes (Alice Lowe) through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew. It is one story told over many periods, all with the messy thrills and spills that come with daring to follow your heart. Or maybe your loins...
Agnes’ only hope in avoiding this violent fate is by finally reaching spiritual enlightenment; but how can she ever wise up when she’s destined to be a fool for love? Some lessons are just too hard to learn in one lifetime.
Official Selection SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2024 - European premiere
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024

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When an egotistical tattoo artist tries to get a selfie with an international popstar who shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the night, his refusal to take no for an answer embroils him in a nightmarish battle of wills that threatens to destroy his business, his relationships, and his sanity.
Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

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Lorrie is miserable at school, bullied for her severe vitiligo. She steals the school’s talking goldfish, escaping school and briefly enjoying freedom. However the pair run into danger, putting their new friendship under threat.

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A telemarketer with a severe anger problem accidentally calls into a radio show. He wins a radio contest and enters a standoff with the unhinged host.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2024 - Narrative Short Competition- World premiere