Comedy Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

A Dead Body Forces Co-Workers to Contemplate Life & Death in Shalini Adnani’s Darkly Comic ‘Something More Banal’

DN speaks to writer/director Shalini Adnani about turning the bizarre ways we react to death into existential black comedy short 'Something More Banal'.

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Animation, Asides

Life in Vertical

Motion design studio Parallel reformat the world to match the ever present vertical frame in playful Instagram Creators animation 'Life in Vertical'.

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Animation, Film Festival

Chris Shepherd Embraces Stereotypes in his Satirical Animated Short ‘Brexicuted’

Filmmaker Chris Shepherd returns to Directors Notes to discuss the inspiration & process behind his topical animated short 'Brexicuted'.

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Animation, Asides

Link

Robert Löbel makes any bad hair day problems you may have experienced pale into insignificance with the conjoined follicle challenges of new short 'Link'.

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Asides, Live Action

Lobsters

A twisted romance blooms between holiday park neighbours in Matt Huntley’s darkly comedic short 'Lobsters', starring the ever entertaining Steve Oram.

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Asides, Live Action

The Very Near Future

Sebastian Egert’s 'The Very Near Future' sees a man’s efforts to order a pizza frustrated by his digital assistant and newly updated T&Cs.

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Asides, Live Action

Thawed

Jon Drever's comedy short 'Thawed' imagines what the future of cryogenics might look like for those of us who only have a limited budget to work with.

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Asides, Live Action

The Meeting

Welcome to Yum Yuck, the setting of Simon K Matthews’ 'The Meeting' and a company where murder, blackmail and a shit sandwich are par for the course!

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Live Action

It’s a War of Parenting Opinions in Marley Morrison’s Comedy Short ‘Baby Gravy’

Director Marley Morrison tells DN how her journey of becoming a parent in a same-sex relationship influenced her comedy short 'Baby Gravy'.

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Asides, Live Action

Pink Trailer

A pair of best friends find themselves trapped in the boredom of a cabin fever enforced by the overtures of an overeager neighbour in 'Pink Trailer'.

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Live Action

A Group of Friends Attempt to Ditch the Asshole in Their Midst…Permanently in Comedy Short ‘Must Kill Karl’

DN caught up with Joe Kicak and Karen Moore to learn how they made the insufferable hilarious in darkly funny comedy short 'Must Kill Karl'.

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Asides, Live Action

Overtime

An overworked office worker has to make it home or risk exposing his co-workers to a deadly secret in Craig D. Foster’s horrifically fun short 'Overtime'.

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