Projects in genres: Comedy

Synopsis

GHOSTS OF SOLID AIR is an experiential Augmented Reality (AR) story that you do on your phone - Voices guide you on a journey from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament. As you move, you encounter a ghost world layered right on top of us all the time - shadows who shimmer in and out vision, haunting the streets and whispering messages into the air. These are people from across time who were radicalised through personal experience and forced into disobedient action.
Obey those in charge at your peril, they say. Speak up! And you will be heard. Through an encounter with those who have been pushed beyond their tipping point - this experience asks: where does disobedience come from? And is it for love or rage that we break peace with the conditions of now? Walk with the ghosts - and decide for yourself.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

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At Rodeston High School’s leaving do, Mo has one last chance to tell the girl of her dreams how she feels. Will she be able to tell her how she feels before it's too late with one eyebrow and an assortment of classmates who hinder more than help.

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Rock band Stack of Corpses need a hit song and everyone thinks they know how to get one. Band members Bass and Drums hatch a plan to steal a dead rock star’s song from under his widow’s nose. Lead singer Brian and manager Larry think they have the answer too – turning to a Russian gangster for help. Caught in the middle is Keys, a classical pianist who literally fights off the competition to join the band before realising how lazy and feckless they all are.
Through six chapters, interspersed with advice from rock legend Richard O’Keefe, the band go from nobodies to superstars. But can they really hold onto their fame and how far are they willing to go to keep their secrets from coming out?

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Wheelchair-user Angel joins an eco-commune in search of a more meaningful existence, though bumping into an old flame means she gets more than she bargained for on her quest for inner peace.

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One man’s obsession with crisps becomes unhealthy... and it’s not because he’s eating them. Tom’s all-consuming quest for the truth takes him on a journey into the unknown in this animated comedy short about nostalgia, corporate conspiracy and bear-shaped potato snacks.
Official Selection Cardiff Animation Festival 2023

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Following a surprisingly successful date, a lonely man faces a race against time to rid his apartment of a dark secret.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the tale of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival - In Competition - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

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In the mid-2000s student Oliver Quick is struggling to find his place at Oxford University and finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Opening Night Gala - International premiere

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Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids' TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024
Official Selection SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival 2024
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Awards 2024 - Winner - Best British Short Film
BAFTA Film Awards 2025 - Winner - Best British Short Animation
Academy Awards 2025 - Oscar Nomination - Best Animated Short Film

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A young surfer grieves the loss of his father A contemporary adolescent tale of surfing, sex and hellfire set on an island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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An action packed tale straight from the palms of a Nigerian mother, who on one fateful night serves her son a set of slaps so powerful that it will change his life forever. FESTIVAL OF SLAPS explores the misconceptions of Pan African parenting and the clash of modern life.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023
BAFTA Film Awards 2024 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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Out of money and out of luck, Danny is determined to turn his life around, but the interventions of his anarchic mum and the reappearance of figures from his past threaten to derail him at every turn.