Projects in genres: Comedy

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Euan MacInnes prepares to run for the Scottish Parliament. Standing in 2007 for Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party, if elected Euan promises to turn up to Parliament with a white face and a black cloak. Does he have a ghost of a chance or is he just a good dancer?

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An authored comedy documentary about what becoming a brown bloke with a beard reveals to the filmmaker about Britain after the July 2005 London bombings. Part of BBC3's 'Mischief' strand.

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Confetti is a sharp and affectionate comedy that charts the journey of three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of ‘Most Original Wedding of the Year’.

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Following London's bid for the Olympic Games, sport is once again gaining popularity here, producing newly energised competitors.
In this brief 'documentary' we are introduced to Colin Sprockett - one such committed athlete, as he prepares for the UK National Championships in that most difficult of modern sports.
Sudoku.

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Gregg is a shy supermarket shelf-stacker with a stutter.

Hoping to impress sexy checkout girl Sarah, he joins her drama club and lands a small part in their next play.

His determination to overcome his affliction and perfect his performance gets him noticed and leads to an unforgettable first night.

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Three stories in a launderette over one washing cycle. The first is about a bride and a young boy. The second about an unhappy married woman and her daughter. The third about a young couple.

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One continuous five-minute take of escalating human drama, captured unwittingly on a camcorder.

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Keith who just had an accident and was in a panic state, suddenly gets his mobile out and randomly presses down on the buttons hoping to ring his house, the phone rings. A young girl of 12 years old, Fiona, picks the phone up and speaks to Keith. Keith tells her to go and tell her mum that dad just had an accident. Her mum then reacts wildly with Uncle Tom.

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Paul has discovered he's starting losing his hair. He's worried because he thinks he will lose Sarah, his girlfriend, too. He runs to visit a pharmacist and tries a new product, but he will forget to read the small print and the problems will begin.

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'When I was drinking I thought drink was God. But the truth is, God don't need no alcohol'.

Forced into sobriety, Vinny has had to re-invent his very sense of himself. He fully embraces the 12-step programmme of AA and makes it no secret that he owes his newfound strength and direction to allowing it into his life. But in dedicating himself to AA, he has also found the perfect, protected environment for his own twisted ego to flourish and thrive.

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Fabia is insane from lack of sleep. She sets off to buy a large bottle of sleeping pills and a hat for the Easter Fancy Hat Competition. Every sound she hears is amplified and grates on her nerves but unknown to her, other people in the town are suffering too.

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Set in modern-day Glasgow, Absolutely Wasted is a dark, character-based comedy that follows Davy, an alcoholic, whom we first encounter as he attempts to clean himself up at the end of a ten-day binge. Determined to prevent himself from continuing on his marathon booze session, he employs desperate measures which lead him into a harrowing predicament.

While tracing the highs and lows of Davy's drunken experiences, the film also introduces us to his manic group of acquaintances, each of whom has been affected by alcohol abuse in different ways.

Walter, the heavy-drinking, Viagra-popping pensioner is trying to recapture his youth, while trying to rebuild his relationships with his sons.

Louise has just given Tam, her one-night stand, the cold shoulder. She does not know why, as she really likes him. Her growing anger at her own impetuosity, fuelled by copious amounts of vodka and wine, lead her into a heap of trouble.

Tam usually restricts any feelings he has for a woman to his penis, but there's something about Louise that has touched his heart.

Angus should be running a sophisticated wine bar in the gay district of London's West End. He's not though. Somehow he has found himself in the less than revered position of landlord of the dilapidated Admiral pub in one of Glasgow's less than salubrious areas.

Eddie has two big problems. His first is that he is a complete moron and his second is that he is the only one on the planet who does not realise this.

What penniless Christie sees he must have, even if it belongs to someone else.