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Comedy Cuts

Eight of this year’s funniest films with comedy that cuts and laughter that relieves, whether it’s family disputes or relationship dynamics, misunderstandings or genuine scams.

Curator: Christoffer Ode

Screened:
FRE 24/10, 21:00 REGINA
SÖN 26/10, 15:00 REGINA

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TEA

While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.

United States 2024 / 12:25 / Director: Blake Rice

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THE SLIP-UP

Paul Sérédat, a member of parliament campaigning for reelection, panics as he listens to the radio; he has slipped up. And apparently, not just a little! What on earth could he have said to deserve such a media storm?

France 2025 / 14:59 / Director: Aurélien Laplace

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BAA-BAA!

A family that just moved to their new city apartment has to figure out what to do with the goat that was suddenly gifted to them as part of a charitable program.

Estonia 2025 / 14:00 / Director: Teresa Juksaar

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CANDY BAR

When a young girl in the candy bar line mistakes a man for her dad, a brief encounter unfolds. As she says goodbye in the cinema lobby, she leaves him with more than just a warm feeling.

Australia 2025 / 6:17 / Director: Nash Edgerton

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YOKO POCO MA YOKO - HOW TO TRANSLATE A MIRACLE

During her holiday in fictional 90s Palermo, a Japanese tourist unexpectedly loses her beloved dog. Alone and struggling to navigate the language barrier, she embarks on a surreal journey through a world of folkloric oddities and colourful characters, where the boundaries between cultures, reality, and fantasy blur.

Italy 2024 / 21:00 / Director: Andrea Vinciguerra, Alessandro Albanese, Carlo LoForti, Gemma Margherita Randazzo

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BABY TOOTH

A young woman posts an ad to sell her grandad’s boat and to find someone willing to pull out her baby tooth. When a man shows up for the boat, flirtation turns strange as she offers a discount if he yanks the tooth. Disturbed, he storms off. Then someone else arrives, this time for the tooth.

United States 2025 / 5:32 / Director: Olivia Accardo

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HEARTSICK

In an attempt to get the upper hand post break-up, Jess sends an e-mail to her ex detailing just how ‘fine’ she is.

Ireland 2025 / 8:33 / Director: MK Quane

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UNCLE MORRIS

A hit-and-run, a cryptic man in the road, and the inheritance of a strange, possibly sacred crown. As reality bends into the surreal, the film explores the mythology of family, the cultish undercurrents of millennial domestic life in East LA, and the quiet horror of becoming exactly who you were destined to be.

United States 2025 / 9:10 / Director: Max Azulay, Victor Tadashi Suarez