Projects in genres: Comedy

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Three phone calls on the streets of London are unified by the theme of revenge.

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An older man meets a strange and possibly dangerous young kid on a train, following the death of his wife that morning. They also meet a couple in the same carriage also touched by death that day. The kid's outlandish behaviour sparks a chain of events that lead inexorably to a major showdown. A dark but brutally funny Irish comedy by one of the greatest contemporary Irish playwrights, Martin Mcdonagh, here making his film debut.

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It's the summer of 66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12-year-old Bernie, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man. However, Bernie's family are increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their wayward older son, and the scale of Bernie's Bar Mitzvah diminishes daily. Worst of all the Cup Final is scheduled to take place on the same day and when England makes it through the qualifying rounds, Bernie's longed-for Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a complete disaster.

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A young man is unhappy with his newly bought football and returns to the shop where he bought it to complain.

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A boy takes a bike ride through the forest - Two naïve newly weds are on an adventure road trip - Together they find themselves in the land of Grockleton, where the colourful inhabitants seem friendly and all too eager to please. But as time passes by, things change. In Grockleton there is an ancient tradition - a hunting game, with an unsuspecting prey. 
 

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A short story about two homeless boys, a girl, a bag of money and a better life.

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Jason's outdoor masturbation excursion is interrupted by the crash landing of a spaceship in the woods. He takes the lost astronaut home to use the phone, but the lines are down so his new American friend has to stay for food, a bath, sleep and maybe more.

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Special People is an improvised comedy following a neurotic film-maker's latest project - a pretentious film featuring disabled kids climbing a mountain. Jasper slowly cracks up as he is bombarded with flak by his unco-operative students. In the end, however, we all need to find a way to work together.

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Deep in the woods outside London, an ancient evil lies undisturbed for centuries. Until now.  In the middle of nowhere it was to be the perfect Stagknight - strippers, pranks, drugs, booze and paintball!  But for bridegroom Brian and his team of Weekend Warriors, Happy Valley Paintball Farm isn’t all that happy. As the party hots up and tensions in the group simmer, the lads face off for a night game - blissfully unaware that a far greater foe is waiting for them in the dark.
 

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Early morning and hung over, a man's journey to find the motivation to get up from the sofa.

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An extraordinary day in a very ordinary place.

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A sweet young Japanese girl, Sayuri, separately seduces three English guys in this stylised Japanese short.