Projects in genres: Comedy

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A burglar, a kid, a homeless man and a film star run into one another on the eve of Christmas. Follows a series of life-altering events. Things don't necessarily happen for a reason but in real life but in this film, they do.

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Orissa, India - where tribal people fight with their bows and arrows against multinational mining moguls from London. The filmmaker, aided by two endearing, bumbling local guides, searches for answers amongst conflicting allegations, as the truth becomes more and more elusive. A humorous film about a serious subject.

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One man contemplates becoming a vigilante to try and escape his banal existence.

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Sixteen year old Lem lives on Planet 51, a white picket-fenced world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950's America. He is happy in his safe, predictable world and spends his time daydreaming about running the local planetarium and dating the girl next door, Neera. The only thing that rocks the idyllic life of the planet's green-skinned inhabitants is their fear of 'alien' invasion. No-one is more fearful of this than Lem's best friend Skiff, who is certain that the government is hiding the truth that aliens really do exist! One day, out of the blue, and millions of miles from his own planet, astronaut Captain Charles 'Chuck' Baker crash lands in Neera's backyard. Unaware of his surroundings, he disembarks the ship revelling in his Big Moment. He plants his flag triumphantly and turns - only to find a Planet 51 inhabitant staring back at him bemused!   From here we join Chuck, Lem and the gang in a spectacular comic adventure which is sure to delight the whole family - whatever planet you are from!

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This five piece glam-rock band go on a UK tour for one week gigging every night until they give up and cancel half way through. This is a comical 'behind the scenes' look at a journey of hopes and dreams smashed by reality. Musicians bonding and ultimately falling out all in one week of rock n roll.

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Francis Cooper had always assumed his father would die before his mother. Emily Maddison never thought she would be the woman responsible for ending anybody's life. Craig MacKay always believed his girlfriend dismissing him for his lack of responsibility was nonsense.

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A dying psychic, consumed with bitterness, corrupts the naïve inhabitants of a small, sea-side village and in the process, alienates her daughter. Can the dying commune with the dead? Noir-influenced black comedy.

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The bride and groom to be arrive at the hotel to finalise the details for their wedding. During the meeting with the wedding arranger (the fourth emergency service) things take a turn for the different.

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A bankrupt Countess broods alone amid the isolation of her decaying mansion, consumed with an obsession for the servants she can no longer afford. She enslaves her visitors and forces them to work as her domestics, overseen by her menacing Butler, who gradually falls for one of the captives.

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Bill and Karl, a father and son outfit, have just got out of jail free - but all is not well in Down Terrace - For Karl, life in Billworld has become intolerable and he's close to the edge, in fact, he's falling over it. A darkly comic and deeply disturbing slice of social surrealism featuring the cream of British comedy character actors, 'Down Terrace' is the debut feature film from director Ben Wheatley. Think Ken Loach on Acid - the new wave of kitchen sink starts here.

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Prepare for a night of total terror, as a band of misfits hidden in an isolated farmhouse, face the onslaught of an army of sock puppet zombies! Will they survive or will they become 'zombified'? Comedy-Horror from the bottom drawer!

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Bentley and Millicent are a married couple separated by the Great War. They are reunited in a mental institution were Millicent is a nurse and Bentley a sad casualty of war and a psychologically disturbed patient.