Films in Laugh
From laugh-out-loud through romantic comedy to dry and understated – humour in all its forms.
Laugh gala
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The Dude in Me
Dir Hyo-jin Kang | South Korea
A ballsy gangster accidentally possesses a timid schoolboy in this sassy body-swap comedy from South Korea.
Feature films
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Arab Blues
Dir-Scr Manele Labidi Labbé | France
In this provocative culture clash comedy, Golshifteh Farahani (About Elly, Paterson) plays a Parisian psychoanalyst attempting to set up a practice in a post-Arab Spring Tunis.
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Axone
Dir-Scr Nicholas Kharkongor | India
This bittersweet comedy follows migrants in Delhi who are attempting to organise a wedding party, but soon find everything going wrong.
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The Climb
Dir Michael Angelo Covino | USA
The vertiginous ups and downs in two men’s friendship spans several years and outrageous events in this award-winning US indie comedy.
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Days of the Bagnold Summer
Dir Simon Bird | UK
Simon Bird’s directorial debut is a warm and witty graphic novel adaptation about a single librarian trying to reconnect with her introverted, metalhead teenage son.
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The Father
Dir Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Bulgaria-Greece-Italy
After the funeral of Vasil’s wife, the belief that she has phoned from beyond the grave leads to a journey both touching and absurd.
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It Must Be Heaven
Dir-Scr Elia Suleiman | France-Qatar-Germany-Canada-Turkey-Palestine
Acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman returns with another deadpan take on life in exile with the typically assured and moving It Must Be Heaven.
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The Lost Okoroshi
Dir-Prod Abba Makama | Nigeria
A man who wakes up to discover he has undergone a transformation takes a revelatory journey to see if ancestral tradition has a place in modern life.
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Lucky Grandma
Dir Sasie Sealy | USA
A crafty Coen-esque black comedy about an elderly widow who inadvertently steals from the Chinese mob and subsequently takes on the gangs to secure her fortune.
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Maggie
Dir Yi Ok-seop | South Korea
Prepare to have your pants charmed off by this quirky freeform journey through a Seoul beset by mysteriously appearing sinkholes – all narrated by a catfish.
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Rare Beasts
Dir-Scr Billie Piper | UK
Billie Piper stars in her own directorial debut, a no-holds-barred anti-romcom about a modern woman’s struggles in work and love.
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The Unknown Saint
Dir-Scr Alaa Eddine Aljem | Morocco-France
Alaa Eddine Aljem’s darkly comic feature debut is smart, refreshing, original and an astute reflection on the human need to believe in something.
Short films programme
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Joy to The World...
Joyful films! Triumphant films! Funny films!
