Saturday 27th March @ The Theatre Royal Margate

Kent media company Beeping Bush Productions is bringing the sound of laughter back to the British seaside with the return of its exciting comedy shorts competition.

The team behind the incredibly successful 2 Days Later Short Film Competition are setting their sights once again on making audiences scream with laughter with The 2 Days Laughter Short Film Competition. The event, now in its third year, aims to give filmmakers, comedians and writers the opportunity to produce a comedy short in a total of only 48 hours. Showcased to a public audience, and competing for prizes, judged by a panel of film and media & entertainment industry professionals, that include Time Out’s comedy editor Tim Arthur, television and radio comedy writer Jon Holmes and University of Kent’s Dr Oliver Double.

With over 500 downloads for this year’s competition brief, the competition received 25 film entries from all over UK. 11 comic entries are from Kent – based filmmakers, and four have made it to the Judges’ Competition Screening, to face stiff international humorous competition from as far away as Swansea, Sheffield and Switzerland!

‘We have had a great response to this year’s competition and the standard is as high as ever, with some real belly chuckles thrown in there. It’s going to be great free night out at the theatre; and It's a rare opportunity for comedians, filmmakers and the public to all come together and actually see how an audience will react  to their own creativity, in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.’
says Mick Etherton, Competition Co-Director

Four films were entered from Thanet, with Ramsgate based filmmaker Nick Johnson’s hilarious “Love Letters”, making the final Judges’ Competition Screening, with a weary comic tale of lust, love and videotape!

Equestrian film finalist Edward Hancock and David Dickinson came down from North London to Margate beach to film“Mick: an ex-Police Horse,” that depicts the hilarious antics of an ex-Police horse’s retirement years living by the sea.

Other films screening include Canterbury based filmmaker Philip Benedict‘s fantastically dry - 3 Dimensional - parody of a 1960’s classic Canterbury Tourist Information film -“Visit Canterbury in 3D!”

Canterbury filmmaker Przemek Konieczny, has produced “Left Handed”, a lovely comic vignette into the minds of a married couple, unknowingly nearing the end of their relationship.


Still from Aaron Mercer and Mark Slaughter's The Bizarre Friendship of Tom & Carl (2010)

Edenbridge filmmaker’s Aaron Mercer and Mark Slaughter film “The Bizarre Friendship of Tom & Carl” proves that bizarre isn’t always bad.

Just when thought it was safe to use a cliché, Chatham based comic dynamic duo, William Thomas and Ben Worsfield have once again come up with a refreshing fast paced post-modern powerhouse cliché slasher movie entitled “The Which Film Project”

ALL 25 film submissions will be shown at the April Fools' Screening on Saturday 27th March 2010 at the Theatre Royal Margate, and hosted by stand-up comedian Laura Lexx

To get a flavour of the competition why not check out last year's entries and short documentary of the Screening night.

2 Days Laughter 2010 Screening & Awards Night

6.30pm         Doors Open
7.00pm         Welcome
7.15pm         Just for Laughs - FilmScreening
8.40pm         Judges’ Competition - Film Screening
10.00pm        Awards Ceremony
10.30pm - Late   Afterparty @ The Westcoast Bar, Margate Harbour (www.westcoastlive.co.uk) featuring live music from the Westcoast Soulstars + “Legend Live” playing Bob Marley

To book your free tickets please fill in online request here.

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