Comedy Cuts

We have selected seven of the year’s funniest, but above all the dumbest, films in this programme that we hope will give you in the audience a proper comedy cut.

Curator: Sigrid Hadenius-Ebner

Screened:
FRI 25/10, 21:00 REGINA
SUN 27/10, 17:00 REGINA

BIBI’S DOG IS DEAD

When Bibi’s dog dies, there is only one shoulder she wants to cry on. It just happens to belong to her hot-tempered ex-boyfriend.

Canada 2024 / 12:43 / Director: Shervin Kermani

FIXETTE

Apollon and Apolline have a perfect love. One day, Apolline cuts her hair. Faced with this sudden change, the couple’s harmony is disturbed. Apollon starts to develop an obsessive fixation with Apolline’s hair.

France 2024 / 19:25 / Director: Eliott Margueron, Lucie Bourdeu

CONTAINER SCANNING

A film set in a world without conflict, where constant dialogue is one of the cornerstones. As well as Peter Mjärde’s interest in music, Niklas Leke’s corporate commitment, Viveka Benke’s ergonomic solutions, Peter Konström’s risk calculations and the conditions for an energy-efficient exhaust air system.

Sweden 2023 / 12:38 / Director: Anton Hellström, Edvin Hallberg

TRUE LIES

In a world full of lies, Julie takes her boyfriend, Anthony, to a specialist. This appointment is her last hope to cure him of the strange illness tormenting him: he has stopped lying.

France 2024 / 8:51 / Director: Roni Levkowitz

THE TERRORIST

Vidar lives in a shared flat. One day he starts to get suspicious about his new flatmate. Could he be a terrorist?

Norway 2024 / 11:16 / Director: Meena Rathore

UNHINGED

Following a recent sighting of her crush on a dating app, an overthinking millennial searches for reassurance that her feelings are reciprocated.

Ireland 2023 / 16:40 / Director: Zoe Brennan-Whitmore

NOT SURGERY HOURS

Dr Goldsworth is on an idyllic marathon training run when she’s derailed by anxious patient Geoff, who’s desperate for medical advice for his intimate problem and won’t take no for an answer.

United Kingdom 2023 / 7:03 / Director: Tia Salisbury

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