Themes: Humour

Eva 42 Years Old

“Laure Prouvost’s film opens with… the words, softly spoken, ‘My name is Eva, I am 43 years old’. A few seconds later we find ourselves

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Animal Tragic

An unsettling take on the ‘natural history’ of our contemporary urban environment, recreating three reported incidents where humans and ‘friendly’ animals interact badly – a

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Encounter in Space

‘Encounter in Space relates the story of a man and his alter egos, abandoned in the midst of an unknown extraterrestrial region, immersed in the

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Walking Off Court

“Walking Off Court concerns a story I saw in the Times about a tennis coach called James Goodman who had a nervous breakdown around about

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X Requests

Written and produced: Andrew Fisher, Ed Devereaux, Brain Tapply, John Peel. This film, a short comedy, is a sequel to The Adventures of X, by

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Nine Jokes

A series of very short films, joined together in a single roll for consecutive showing one to nine. A typical film consisting of a 10

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Ransom Note

“An animated note to the audience. In a way an experiment in audience participation since it asks the audience to perform certain tasks.” – H.L.

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Going For Goldfish

Comic computer graphics with a sideswipe at the pretensions of athleticism, Going For Goldfish is a stylish spoof. “Figures are put on pedestals just to

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The Telling

‘THE TELLING shows McGuire telling two acquaintances a secret about her past using a three camera set-up in the Desi Arnez style. That intimacy is

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Evangelust

‘Neurosis and sexual fervour spread like influenza in this Lorimar style satire on the devious practices of television evangelists, Jim and Tammy Baker. Kuchar expresses

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