BBC COMEDY SHORTS

Thursday 20 November 18.45 Watershed Cinema 3
£6 (conc £4.50)

BBC Films and BBC Comedy in association with Film Network, approached filmmakers and comedy writers with the challenge to make 5 original new comedy short films. The chosen projects received a co-production budget of up to £20,000 to create a new innovative film, and include star turns from Derek Jacobi, Matthew Horne, Imelda Staunton, Nic Burns and James Corden, plus sumptuous 3d animation from Smith and Foulkes (Nexus). Some of the winning Directors will attend the film screening for a short Q and A afterwards.

More info and all the films can be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork

WHERE HAVE I BEEN ALL YOUR LIFE

Dir: Jim Field Smith
UK 2007 20 mins
Producer: Alan Traquair

In a quest to track down his biological Dad, a young man inadvertently uncovers a series of dark secrets.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A27137243

 

ALBERT'S SPEECH

Dir: Richard Fenwick
UK 2008 15 mins
Producer: Shane Walter

GBH, murder, nuclear strike - just one man's desperate quest to avoid delivering the best man's speech.
World Premiere

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

Dir Hattie Dalton
UK 2008 14 mins
Producers: Kelly Broad and Ed King

Howard and Jean are the victims of a bureaucratic cock-up on one of the busiest days since... well, ever.
World Premiere

TRIMMING THE FAT

Dir: Matt Huntley
UK 2008 16 mins
Producer: Alan Traquair

When a hotel barman discovers a guest is an old school friend he becomes determined that they hang out for the night. As boundaries are crossed it can only be a matter of time before it all ends in tears.
World Premiere

THIS WAY UP

Dir: Smith and Foulkes
UK 2008 8 mins
Producers: Charlotte Bavasso and Christopher Reilly
Co-Producer: Christine Ponzevera

Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble.

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