Projects in genres: Comedy

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Every small town has its secrets and Little Wallop is no exception. In a lovely little house, on an idyllic English country lane, live the Goodfellows: Walter, the bumbling town vicar (Rowan Atkinson), Gloria (Kristin Scott Thomas) and their children, Holly and Petey. Gloria tries desperately to keep up appearances, but she knows the whole charade is about to blow to bits: brazen, rebellious Holly has a new boyfriend every week; shy little Petey is the whipping boy for the school bullies; Walter is too busy writing sermons to notice Gloria's fetching new lingerie, or realise that his family is in crisis; and Gloria is so fed up with all of them that she's ready to run off to Mexico with Lance (Patrick Swayze), her rakish American golf instructor. Each night, Gloria prays for salvation or, at the very least, for the neighbour's dog to stop barking. Enter Grace (Maggie Smith), the answer to Gloria's prayers: a charming, discreet housekeeper with her own unique definition of keeping house - and an unusual knack for problem-solving. Thanks to Grace, Gloria's woes magically begin to evaporate: no more barking dog, no more prying neighbours, no more bullies tormenting her son. But Gloria soon realises everything comes at a price, and there may be more to her capable new housekeeper than meets the eye.

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Inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots sees Charlie Price set about rescuing his dad's ailing Northampton shoe factory, which has been the pride and joy of his family for generations. Facing the imminent closure of the factory, Charlie begins to feel all is lost. A chance encounter with sassy, flamboyant Soho cabaret star Lola provides a glimmer of hope and a surprising last chance for the factory and its employees. Lola's quest for stylish, kinky women's boots (for men) might just provide the answer to Charlie's prayers but is Northampton open-minded enough for the likes of Lola?  

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A journey home is often the most relaxing and sweet. For Oishii Tori; a young woman catching the last train home, the journey becomes one of unsought attention, angst and horror as she finds that sometimes the Last train home may not be the best one to catch after all.

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Described as a 'Waiting for Godot with Chavs', this dark comedy centres around four teenage rudeboys who find themselves in purgatory, having stolen a car and passed into the void by way of a fatal car crash.

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Out from the deep, dark woods, creep, creep, creeping come the Hobyar men. Woodcut animation makes a traditional tale to keep children awake at night. Winner of Best Animated Film, Dokufest 2005 Kosovo, and Best Children's Animation, London IMAF 2004.

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Making Waves is a romantic comedy about a group of disparate ham-radio enthusiasts. These include a lonely video-store owner, a drunken Russian cosmonaut marooned on the space station Mir, a paranoid conspiracy nut, a Californian surfer and an elderly Welsh priest. Two of them exaggerate who they are on the air-waves assuming they'll never actually bump into each other. Unfortunately, when they fall in love with each other's imaginary personas things start to get complicated - especially when they find themselves having to meet face-to-face and are forced to try and live up to their fictitious alter-egos.  

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A space probe sent from Earth arrives on Mars to explore. What does it discover? Is there life on Mars? Houston, we have a problem.

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A boy's dreams of becoming a great filmmaker a brought to an abrupt end by nightmares suffered after making a monster movie starring his pet dog Max.

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Mischief Night is an exuberant, wild and contemporary comedy drama about two families (one white, one Asian) who come together unexpectedly on a local night of carnival trickery and festivity.

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A man sits down to watch television, but his TV has other ideas. First it floods his picture with static - then when the man gets violent, the picture dissapears completely. When it returns, everything is different.

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Celia came to London to make her fortune but then she met her boyfriend Rob. He lives his life to a different tune. And there's also the problem of his brother Conrad. A short film about the inconsistencies of love.

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A wannabe filmmaker Ben at the Cannes Film Festival pretends to be a yacht owning big producer in order to try to impress a hopeful actress Laura. His plan works well to start with, but she eventually sees through his facade, and he discovers that she has a secret as well.