Projects in genres: Comedy

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For almost thirty years Ned Randall has been trying to make it as an actor. Now in his forties his biggest claim to fame is playing a corpse in Taggart. Always believing that his big break is just around the corner he is affectionately referred to as Next Time Ned by his friends, family and the local community. However 'lady luck' may be on Ned's side as a documentary crew have decided to spend a week in his life in order to discover what drives his pursuit of a career in an industry that's doors seem forever closed to him. Over the course of the week we follow Ned to several amusing but disastrous auditions, witness his first attempt at stand up comedy, follow his attempt to find a theatre willing to produce his one man show of Reservoir Dogs: The Musical. We also join him as he attempts to reconcile his relationship with his son and deal with his ill mother. Often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking but always entertaining Next Time Ned is a story about a man refusing to give up on his dream.

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Sometimes you just have to try something new! With work taking over her life, Jane had missed out on meeting that special someone. After a number of forgettable dates with colleague, she decides to see if the latest craze of speed dating is the solution. Based on his own experience of speed dating, writer and director Leon Chambers leads Jane (Hilary Maclean) through a rollercoaster ride of dates. Will any of them be her Mr Right?

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Protesting his sanity and denying his name, a mental asylum inmate, 'Ray', is being transferred to another facility. He escapes from the ambulance and flees into the woods. Pursued by Randall, the delusional ambulance driver, the heavily sedated Ray undergoes a suburban trial by ordeal before finally making it home to his wife. But why does she call him Ian? And where's he been for the past year? Last time she saw him he said he was just popping out for some milk. Randall curses his bad luck again. But there's more than one Ray to fill an asylum.

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A beautiful woman surrounds herself with beautiful smells which she enjoys savouring, but beauty really is in the Nose of the Beholder.

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Occasional Monsters is a comedy documentary that follows the attempts of two friends to establish a monster-hunting business. Along the way they endure mockery, misunderstandings and the consequences of their own general incompetence - plus make a few horrifying discoveries.  

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Married to his wife and his mundane office, Owen's routine is the same day after day - until today. When his boss and his secretary push his patience to the limit he runs away to Blackpool with Cherie, the girl from the video shop. He shouldn't - but he's off on one.

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Andy and Ronnie are removal men. Andy owns the van and Ronnie lifts the heavy stuff. They have been doing this job for several years and nothing interesting has ever happened. That is, until the events of One Day Removals start to unfold. Follow the adventures of two unremarkable Scottish men who are forced to deal with events of a quite extraordinary nature. Events that will take them into parts of Scotland seldom seen. Events of a very dark kind. It just takes one bad day to change everything, and no-one is safe. In a case that will rock the very foundations of the Scottish legal system, Andy Watt is telling the truth - but no living soul will ever believe him.

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One Minutes, an epic exploration into the world of cinema, is comprised of a series of films all exactly one minute in length. Each film either spoofs, satirises or homage's a different style or genre. One Minutes; traces the origins of cinema back to the 1890’s as we spend an afternoon with Douglas Wilson and his gardner; features early cinematic story telling from the 1910's with the rags to riches tale of a Victorian chimney sweep; goes back to the 1930’s following Gangsters armed with violin cases; fires with all guns blazing in a classic spaghetti western stand off; relives gory shock-horrors in a 70’s style gore fest; refreshes the 1980’s re-recurring slasher serial killer as demonic librarian Mrs. Burrows kills the offending teens who haven't returned their library books on time; cruises with two guys in their car as they get into an argument over Ninja Turtles in a tribute to American independent films from the early 90's; travels through world cinema visiting Modern German Cinema, Danish Dogme, Bollywood, the French New Wave and beyond. Horror, drama, thriller, comedy, war, animation, film noir - One Minutes covers as many genres and styles as the hour hand will allow.

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A restaurant owner buys a revolutionary machine that makes customers taste food, without actually eating it. But the disgruntled former chef has plans to sabotage the opening night.

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Made up entirely of stills, Paintbrush presents portraits of ten users of a fictitious online social networking website. By detailing the information given by each user on their profile, the film explores themes surrounding identity, while also serving as a satire of online social networking.

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Young lovers Julius and Fiona witness the 'birth' of Salvador Dali in a field one summers day. They follow him to his studio, but Julius and Dali are destined to clash over ideals.

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Michael Hallam marries into one of the richest and most powerful families in New York. Neither this nor running one of the largest companies in the big apple is enough for him. Bored with a life that few of us could only dream of, Hallam spends his time using his money, power and charm to predatorily lure countless women into bed. Unbeknown to him, and as a result of a single decision he makes, his life takes a significant turn for the worse. Everything he has slips away at breakneck speed.