Projects in genres: Comedy

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In 1919, a tea lady eavesdrops on a top secret government meeting called to solve the latest, gravest problem facing the British Empire... A satirical comedy which wryly suggests that today’s obsession with female appearance was borne out of one official government meeting.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand

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When a middle aged couple decide to attend the local swingers party, in the hope to save their frozen marriage, they are disappointed to see they are the only attendees, worse yet the hosts are a couple of stuck up liberals who have a opposed their planning permission. What follows is a night of brutal honesty and small town politics.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand - World premiere

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Stanley finds himself in prison for a crime that he believes that he didn’t commit. After many years in solitary confinement he begins to talk to his comedy heroes from the past as each one tries to help him remember what he has done. We follow Stanley through his journey of hallucinations as he faces up to his unusual upbringing and his parents’ bizarre religious beliefs.
Stanley becomes desperate to learn the truth about what happened to his daughter and what lead to having this ordinary life he has already dreamed of.
Award-winning actor Timothy Spall plays Stanley and all the characters in his hallucinations; from the flamboyant Noel Coward to the grotesque Max Wall to the ukulele king George Formby, to Egor in a Transylvanian castle.

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Escorting the fiery young Annie Blake and her gang to the sheriff in Blood Gulch, bounty hunter Dalton discovers the remains of a horrific massacre and rescues its sole survivor, a preacher. Before long the group are fighting for their lives against a zombie horde that walks the desert plains eating all flesh in their path. And as the preacher’s secret unravels, Dalton realizes what he’ll have to do to prevent his wife being resurrected as one of the living dead.

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Naomi, a young homeless girl with mental issues discovers something supernatural and strange in the woods of a cemetery. She gets the local priest to help her investigate. What they discover is surprisingly dangerous.

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Down in Pussy Willow a challenging conversation is happening between two generations.
A satirical animated comedy web series set in the fictional town Pussy Willow, which celebrates queer, feminist and absurdist themes. Using real actors with animated worlds it is a portrayl of contemporary Britain.

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When Karen develops a crush on the postman delivering to her road it becomes clear she has to come up with a plan to get his attention. Spurred on by his daily visits she slips into a vivid fantasy world, Sticky is a tale of sexual awakening set in early 80s Britain against a backdrop of obsession, awkwardness and teenage angst.

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Oscar thinks he's special. (He's not.) Oscar thinks it's everybody else's fault. (It isn't.)
Moving to London, he gives himself a year to break into acting, only to find himself waylaid by the same old problems. As he starts to become typecast as the unattractive but funny 'best friend' and struggles to make ends meet, his oldest friend and roommate Charlie starts to see his career take off, leading to things taking a turn for the worst.
Say what you like, but it's tough being chubby funny.

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The continuing adventures of British publishing executive Bridget Jones as she enters her 40s... Bridget Jones finds herself unexpectedly expecting.
The third film instalment of Ms Bridget Jones's story, based this time on novelist Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones newspaper column stories.

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Johnna's dad talks too much, and Johnna herself lives inside her head. 'Your Mother and I' looks at the small moments that belie the larger tensions between families and generations, whilst Johnna's dad recounts all the ways he and his wife changed the world. Or so he says.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Short Cuts - World premiere

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Set entirely in a police car we follow two new partners officers Gary and Jenny. Their evolving relationship is an emotional rollercoaster ride that stands in often-comedic contrast to the procession of thugs and criminals filling the back seat.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Short Cuts - World premiere

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A British film crew attempts to boost morale during World War II by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg. A young woman screenwriter experiences the reality of filmmaking under the threat of invasion whilst negotiating her way in matters of life, death and the heart. A screwball and yet moving portrait of the topsy turvy world of wartime London.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017 - Spotlight programme