Tickling Giants
Synopsis
This fascinating, fearless and often very funny documentary charts Youssef’s incredible late-career shift, detailing his and his team's determination and courage in standing up to successive totalitarian regimes, reminding us just how potent and dangerous comedy really can be.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 111 mins
- Director
-
Sara Taksler
- Producer
- Sara Taksler, Frederic Rose, Maziar Bahari, Monica Hampton
- Editor
- Jamie Canobbio, Thomas M. Vogt, Tyler H. Walk
- Screenwriter
- Sara Taksler
- Director of Photography
- Wail Gzoly
- Composer
- Paul Tyan
- Principal cast
- Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
US, Egypt, UK coproduction
Tickling Giants
c/o Sarkasmos ProductionsSara Taksler
Sales Company
Ro*Co Films International
80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 594965 Sausalito
USA
Page updates
This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.
See also
You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.
I Didn't Want To Be Here
Director: Fionnuala McCormack
Year: 2026
An intimate portrait of a women's group in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The documentary follows the women as they collaboratively create a stage production. Through writing sessions, rehearsals, and candid conversations, the women craft a performance rooted in their lived experiences - stories shaped by addiction, family fracture, and encounters with the justice system. The documentary follows the evolving group dynamic, capturing moments of vulnerability, frustration, and unexpected humour as the women negotiate what it means to share such personal stories in a public space for the first time.
The Archivist
Director: Rob Curry, Tim Plester
Year: 2026
In a battle against time and technology, can Britain's greatest living folklorist find a home for his vast archive of irreplaceable audiovisual material?
Hematology
Director: Ben Young
Year: 2026
The alien cosmos of microscopy becomes the setting for a posthumous dialogue: an exploration of the unspoken fallout of the pandemic years.