A person is transformed from an individual into part of the crowd, and in the end, is killed for dubious ideas. A man goes for a drink, but is stalked by the manifestation of his grotesque masculinity. Meet ICan`t, the most useless vacuum cleaner ever invented. “Mogu Mogu” is an original song written for children, sung by children! A robot tries to break into a human facility, and is asked a security question. “ZO” represents the story of a young rapper from Bogotá who lives in the underground, facing hostile situations in the city where drug consumption, conflicts with criminals and police make this story a rather dark chapter of his life. The man, now in the seagull’s body, wanted to get his own body back, but the seagull, in human form, retained its seagull habits. An experimental short that explores visible language, neurodivergence, and constructed meaning, through an innovative blend of color, imagery, and typography—texts, phrases, direct messages, fragments, lists. The lyrics to ‘Banned From The USA” are based on a true story. In “The Music Factory” we meet Herbert, who has synesthesia; a cross-sensory condition that makes him see shapes and colours when he hears sound and music and we are presented with the story of how he found his way to the music factory. A boy Elephant, trying to get some peace from his baby sister, comes up with a plan to distract her, which backfires in spectacular fashion. A woman and a man display clear signs of agitation toward each other while inside a car. The age-old question, “why did the chicken cross the road?”, can finally be put to rest. Guys and girls are having fun at some lounge place. The respective heirs of two warring kingdoms fall in love. A declaration of self-worth and a proclamation against abusive relationships in whatever form they appear. A grizzly bear escapes from the city zoo. A man works late on his wedding anniversary. All of these fantastic films at this choc-a-block edition of the UK Animation & Music Video Festival!
Two drug dealers quit selling drugs to sell candy to children. In the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wayward celestial being finds companionship in a jaded, out-of-work life coach. A waiter’s second shift at a coveted soup restaurant in London gets stranger and stranger the closer it gets to the end of shift. A local Hawaiian hero fights to save his culture by teaching traditions, sustainability and life skills to disadvantaged indigenous kids. A knock at the door leads to an unexpected encounter with an “unusual” church. Charlotte is hosting a singles party and you’re invited. A comedy about lonely hearts, unrequited love and toxic masculinity. When a paper dragon escapes from his little friends, cow Moo, bear Bee and rabbit Doo have no idea that in searching for it they’ll discover a secret garden. What lies behind the closed doors?
Sporting comedies that cross continents, warm interpersonal dramas, exuberant youthful satires, slick social critiques, bleak animations, generational tensions, uplifting social issue documentaries, beautifully vivid fantasy worlds, idiosyncratic sci-fi farces and knowing meta humour. All coming your way in January!
A real pleasure to screen this line-up this edition. A great variety of films that invoked a great variety of emotions in our audience members. We’d like to thank all of those who came to the fest and the filmmakers who poured their heart and soul into making the works. Salut!
We had winning English bleak surrealist humour, knowing French farces, moving documentaries from the Dominican Republic, experimental animation that deals with an important issue, darkly humorous shorts from Kazakhstan and uplifting Aussie fare that warmed the heart.
Here are the medal winners in our film categories for the 1 World Comedy Film Festival | 2024. It was a fantastic night of huge laughs derived from comedy creations from all over the planet and even Swindon (probably). Congratulations and salutations to our Official Selections and we wish them nothing less than their continuance of practicing the art that creates the greatest gift of all; making audience members snort their soft drinks up their nasal passages from belly laughs!
