Projects in genres: Comedy

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Unable to fly the nest due to the economic crisis that grips Spain, a
penniless, young couple have trouble consummating their fledgling
relationship in their parents’ homes. As they become increasingly desperate to make love and with no money to afford a hotel, they are forced to look to popular public hotspots commonly used for sex among young people, known by the locals as “pikaderos”. However, things are never as easy as they seem, and their relationship is quickly tested as they try to break free from the shackles of a crumbling economy.

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Roger, a documentary director and his crew follow the whimsical street magician Vincent Legrand as he plans to perform an epic final trick before retiring. However, things go out of hand and they realise that the whole plan could be an act to fool the crew, the world, and maybe even himself.

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After being sacked as a team member of spray tanning company Powell's, local lad Tim Lyons is placed in the spotlight, when an opportunity arises to go back to where it all started for him and make amends for previous failures.

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Edmond goes on a reverse journey through his life, revisiting every defining moment in order to locate the origins of his desires.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Short Film Competition

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It's been over a year since Anna broke up with John and life is only getting harder for him. Life for Jean seems stable as he settles down with French partner Philippe. When Anna arrives unexpectedly in Paris, the three confront the daily dramas life challenges us with and those they have themselves created.

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Making It is an original and quirky comedy-drama following one man’s search for love, creative fulfilment and a pencil sharpener. Making It provides a uniquely British take on the challenges faced by today’s thirty-somethings as they try to make their mark on the world.

George Banbury is a 33 year old struggling actor best known for having appeared alongside a troll in a Wine Gums advert. Stuck in a rut and living with his parents, George is going nowhere fast. An unexpected pregnancy and a chance encounter with an ex-girlfriend sees George attempt to expose his inner leading man to a world that has already cast him as a supporting artiste.

Funny and painfully honest, MAKING IT will resonate with anyone who has ever asked themselves, "is this really it?"

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Ritchie is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city life, he goes undercover at a Highland conservation centre to make his fortune as an illegal pearl fisher with the help of his two hapless and accident prone mates, Danny and Fraser. Here he meets Beth, a pretty English conservationist passionate about saving endangered mussels from the clutches of pearl thieves in the Scottish Highlands. Falling for her instantly, Ritchie must beat off competition in the form of Highland Ranger Ethan, a smooth talking American Adonis convinced that Beth can't resist his charms forever. After the success of pearl fishing attracts the unwanted attentions of old school Glaswegian mobster Gavin and his work at the centre leads him to question his true motivations, Ritchie must risk life and limb to save the Highlands from ecological disaster and win Beth's heart.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Lisa and Claire, a pair of on-the-run sisters assume the identities of poets and find refuge at a poetry/camping weekend in the Welsh Black Mountains. They meet another poet who comes between them.
The culmination of director Jamie Adams's improvised ‘Modern Romance Trilogy’ alongside 'Benny & Jolene' and 'A Wonderful Christmas Time'
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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How do I love thee? Let me count the likes... A romantic social media satire for the online age.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Laugh Strand

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Barney Thomson, an awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity. His uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he accidentally enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Barney's mother Cemolina isn't much help either, she has a dark secret of her own to keep hidden. And what about police inspector Holdall who's started to sniff around the case?
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Maisie and Daisy McCormack are two ordinary 12-year-olds finding their way through life in the 21st century. Oh, and they may have just hijacked a movie.

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A black comedy about a Californian geek in search of his horror hero Boris Karloff.