LOCO Film Festival 2013

We had a great time at the London Comedy Film Festival. LOCO’s only just finished its second year but it has the slickness of an established veteran festival. As well having a packed programme there’s a friendly buzz about the entire time, making it a pleasure to mingle and chat to anybody.

We had the honour of judging and presenting the LOCO Discovery Short Award. Our agenda was based on how strong the entries were as “films” as well as how funny they were. That’s an almost impossible balance to strike so we had a huge amount of respect for everyone who made the shortlist. In the end Tooty’s Wedding was the winner.

Here’s us on stage with Ben Thompson (Executive Producer), LOCO’s Denise Hicks, Ben Willbond (Producer/Writer/Actor), Fred Casella (Producer/Director), and a plate.

Here’s the trailer for Tooty’s Wedding:

Earlier on in the week I also went along to a preview screening and Q&A of A Liar’s Autobiography. The film is a sweet animated tribute to Graham Chapman, voiced by the late-parrot himself, along with most of the Python crew. As far as I know it is the biggest animation collaboration of its kind for a feature film.

There’s more details about the making of at ProjectChapman3D.com. We’ve also managed to help organise a Liar’s Autobiography event as part of the Flatpack Festival. More details this way.