Slapstick Festival
@slapstickfest.bsky.social
🎭Bringing the best in silent and visual comedy since '05
🗓️ Slapstick Festival 4th to 8th Feb 2026
https://linktr.ee/slapstickfestival
🗓️ Slapstick Festival 4th to 8th Feb 2026
https://linktr.ee/slapstickfestival
What a turnout at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social for the Silent Comedy Gala last week!
Thank you to our host, @stephenmangan.bsky.social, special guest Rick Wakeman, and live music accompaniment from maestro Guenter A. Buchwald, the Bristol Ensemble, and the European Silent Screen Virtuosi.
Thank you to our host, @stephenmangan.bsky.social, special guest Rick Wakeman, and live music accompaniment from maestro Guenter A. Buchwald, the Bristol Ensemble, and the European Silent Screen Virtuosi.
February 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
What a turnout at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social for the Silent Comedy Gala last week!
Thank you to our host, @stephenmangan.bsky.social, special guest Rick Wakeman, and live music accompaniment from maestro Guenter A. Buchwald, the Bristol Ensemble, and the European Silent Screen Virtuosi.
Thank you to our host, @stephenmangan.bsky.social, special guest Rick Wakeman, and live music accompaniment from maestro Guenter A. Buchwald, the Bristol Ensemble, and the European Silent Screen Virtuosi.
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Thank you @slapstickfest.bsky.social and @robinince.bsky.social for a fantastic evening + screening of One Cut of the Dead 🧟
The Boomsatsuma student films really made the evening special. All the submissions were excellent 📽️
An honour and a pleasure to be involved 💜
The Boomsatsuma student films really made the evening special. All the submissions were excellent 📽️
An honour and a pleasure to be involved 💜
We loved partnering with Bristol Film School boomSatsuma to showcase three one-minute, one take horrors at our One Cut of the Dead screening!
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
February 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Thank you @slapstickfest.bsky.social and @robinince.bsky.social for a fantastic evening + screening of One Cut of the Dead 🧟
The Boomsatsuma student films really made the evening special. All the submissions were excellent 📽️
An honour and a pleasure to be involved 💜
The Boomsatsuma student films really made the evening special. All the submissions were excellent 📽️
An honour and a pleasure to be involved 💜
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Submissions for our Genre Film-Makers of the Future: Shorts Showcases are still open… however the final deadline is this Friday (13 February)!
Move quickly if you're still hoping to submit your short film!
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Move quickly if you're still hoping to submit your short film!
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
February 9, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Submissions for our Genre Film-Makers of the Future: Shorts Showcases are still open… however the final deadline is this Friday (13 February)!
Move quickly if you're still hoping to submit your short film!
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Move quickly if you're still hoping to submit your short film!
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
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Don your shades, unleash the doves and prepare to dive in slow motion as on 27 March, @wshed.bsky.social is hosting a John Woo double bill of @arrowvideo.bsky.social's new restorations of The Killer and Hard Boiled!
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Don your shades, unleash the doves and prepare to dive in slow motion as on 27 March, @wshed.bsky.social is hosting a John Woo double bill of @arrowvideo.bsky.social's new restorations of The Killer and Hard Boiled!
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...
We loved partnering with Bristol Film School boomSatsuma to showcase three one-minute, one take horrors at our One Cut of the Dead screening!
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
February 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
We loved partnering with Bristol Film School boomSatsuma to showcase three one-minute, one take horrors at our One Cut of the Dead screening!
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
A BIG thank you to everyone who helped make Slapstick Festival 2026 a huge success!
We really appreciate our special guest speakers, musicians, partners, patrons, volunteers, the venues, and all the team behind the scenes who organised these events.
📸 David Betteridge Photography
We really appreciate our special guest speakers, musicians, partners, patrons, volunteers, the venues, and all the team behind the scenes who organised these events.
📸 David Betteridge Photography
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A BIG thank you to everyone who helped make Slapstick Festival 2026 a huge success!
We really appreciate our special guest speakers, musicians, partners, patrons, volunteers, the venues, and all the team behind the scenes who organised these events.
📸 David Betteridge Photography
We really appreciate our special guest speakers, musicians, partners, patrons, volunteers, the venues, and all the team behind the scenes who organised these events.
📸 David Betteridge Photography
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2026 Watching #33: Laurel and Hardy’s Yorkshire Adventures. Engaging film by Dean Sills and Rebecca Sills which follows the comedy duo around Yorkshire on their 1950s tour. One audience member called it moving. Part of @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2026.
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures trailer
YouTube video by Dean Sills
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
2026 Watching #33: Laurel and Hardy’s Yorkshire Adventures. Engaging film by Dean Sills and Rebecca Sills which follows the comedy duo around Yorkshire on their 1950s tour. One audience member called it moving. Part of @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2026.
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2026 Watching #36: The Kid plus Slapstick gala. Evening at @slapstickfest.bsky.social with one of Chaplin’s best (though I still find him overly sentimental). The gala is always a remarkable evening and we had Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, live music, Rick Wakeman and more.
February 11, 2026 at 6:58 AM
2026 Watching #36: The Kid plus Slapstick gala. Evening at @slapstickfest.bsky.social with one of Chaplin’s best (though I still find him overly sentimental). The gala is always a remarkable evening and we had Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, live music, Rick Wakeman and more.
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This was a highly enjoyable way to spend Sunday afternoon, listening to the brilliant Armando Iannucci being interviewed about his work in radio, TV and film:
The inaugural 'Golden Baz' award, presented to @aiannucci.bsky.social from @bobbicee.bsky.social and Chris Daniels, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social!
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This was a highly enjoyable way to spend Sunday afternoon, listening to the brilliant Armando Iannucci being interviewed about his work in radio, TV and film:
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A big thank you to the @slapstickfest.bsky.social team for a great festival. It was a delight to be part of it and to present two Keaton films - many thanks to musicians John Sweeney 🎹 & Frank Bockius 🥁, BSL Paul Mancini 🧏🏻
and to Buster's granddaughter Melissa Talmadge Cox for joining us!
and to Buster's granddaughter Melissa Talmadge Cox for joining us!
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
A big thank you to the @slapstickfest.bsky.social team for a great festival. It was a delight to be part of it and to present two Keaton films - many thanks to musicians John Sweeney 🎹 & Frank Bockius 🥁, BSL Paul Mancini 🧏🏻
and to Buster's granddaughter Melissa Talmadge Cox for joining us!
and to Buster's granddaughter Melissa Talmadge Cox for joining us!
An honour to have @bobbicee.bsky.social present the inaugural ‘Golden Baz’ award to @aiannucci.bsky.social!
A tribute to Patron Barry Cryer, we thank Armando for accepting the award and sharing incredible insights with us and presenters @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @andrewkelly.bsky.social.
A tribute to Patron Barry Cryer, we thank Armando for accepting the award and sharing incredible insights with us and presenters @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @andrewkelly.bsky.social.
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
An honour to have @bobbicee.bsky.social present the inaugural ‘Golden Baz’ award to @aiannucci.bsky.social!
A tribute to Patron Barry Cryer, we thank Armando for accepting the award and sharing incredible insights with us and presenters @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @andrewkelly.bsky.social.
A tribute to Patron Barry Cryer, we thank Armando for accepting the award and sharing incredible insights with us and presenters @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @andrewkelly.bsky.social.
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My favourite first watch at last week's Slapstick festival was this gem. Buster Keaton with sound, in French, but with comic inventiveness and timing as sharp as his silent heyday. Thank you for treating us with it
@slapstickfest.bsky.social
@theflyingeditor.bsky.social
@slapstickfest.bsky.social
@theflyingeditor.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
My favourite first watch at last week's Slapstick festival was this gem. Buster Keaton with sound, in French, but with comic inventiveness and timing as sharp as his silent heyday. Thank you for treating us with it
@slapstickfest.bsky.social
@theflyingeditor.bsky.social
@slapstickfest.bsky.social
@theflyingeditor.bsky.social
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Enjoyed hugely my @slapstickfest.bsky.social five days. I’m delighted they took up my suggestion of a short Adolphe Menjou season. And very pleased to have my silent pass with the fine actor on it.
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Enjoyed hugely my @slapstickfest.bsky.social five days. I’m delighted they took up my suggestion of a short Adolphe Menjou season. And very pleased to have my silent pass with the fine actor on it.
An incredible turnout for our final event, @aiannucci.bsky.social and @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social introducing In The Loop at @wshed.bsky.social 🎬
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
An incredible turnout for our final event, @aiannucci.bsky.social and @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social introducing In The Loop at @wshed.bsky.social 🎬
The inaugural 'Golden Baz' award, presented to @aiannucci.bsky.social from @bobbicee.bsky.social and Chris Daniels, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social!
February 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The inaugural 'Golden Baz' award, presented to @aiannucci.bsky.social from @bobbicee.bsky.social and Chris Daniels, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social!
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My penultimate film for this year’s @slapstickfest.bsky.social is the better than its reputation Atoll K aka Utopia aka Robinson Crusoeland. Laurel and Hardy’s final film and parody of geopolitics, boarders, governance and… the Libertarian Seasteading movement?
boxd.it/d2VbJR
boxd.it/d2VbJR
A ★★★ review of Robinson Crusoeland (1951)
So to finalise their Laurel and Hardy strand in Slapstick 2026 we got to see a new restoration of the last Laurel and Hardy feature made, a film this is rich in alternate titles but poor in reputation...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My penultimate film for this year’s @slapstickfest.bsky.social is the better than its reputation Atoll K aka Utopia aka Robinson Crusoeland. Laurel and Hardy’s final film and parody of geopolitics, boarders, governance and… the Libertarian Seasteading movement?
boxd.it/d2VbJR
boxd.it/d2VbJR
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Finally got to see One Cut of the Dead thanks to @slapstickfest.bsky.social
The best zombie film that I’ll tell everyone to watch but never say why. But I will say that it is one of the most original takes on the genre I have ever seen. Plus it’s really funny.
boxd.it/d2QsBb
The best zombie film that I’ll tell everyone to watch but never say why. But I will say that it is one of the most original takes on the genre I have ever seen. Plus it’s really funny.
boxd.it/d2QsBb
boxd.it
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Finally got to see One Cut of the Dead thanks to @slapstickfest.bsky.social
The best zombie film that I’ll tell everyone to watch but never say why. But I will say that it is one of the most original takes on the genre I have ever seen. Plus it’s really funny.
boxd.it/d2QsBb
The best zombie film that I’ll tell everyone to watch but never say why. But I will say that it is one of the most original takes on the genre I have ever seen. Plus it’s really funny.
boxd.it/d2QsBb
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The ever amazing @sanjeevbhaskar.bsky.social at @slapstickfest.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The ever amazing @sanjeevbhaskar.bsky.social at @slapstickfest.bsky.social
An historic day for @bristolbeacon.bsky.social and Slapstick Festival as we witnessed a proposal at Lee Mack’s 20 Years of Not Going Out 💍
Congratulations to the happy couple Kerry and James 🥂
Thank you to @alexlovell.bsky.social and #LeeMack for being so accommodating💐
Congratulations to the happy couple Kerry and James 🥂
Thank you to @alexlovell.bsky.social and #LeeMack for being so accommodating💐
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
An historic day for @bristolbeacon.bsky.social and Slapstick Festival as we witnessed a proposal at Lee Mack’s 20 Years of Not Going Out 💍
Congratulations to the happy couple Kerry and James 🥂
Thank you to @alexlovell.bsky.social and #LeeMack for being so accommodating💐
Congratulations to the happy couple Kerry and James 🥂
Thank you to @alexlovell.bsky.social and #LeeMack for being so accommodating💐
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I’ll be there. I’m hosting The Thick of It at 15.00. I’ve rewatching all the episodes this week and what a week in politics to do this. Mind you, it feels like we’ve had weeks like this every month for a decade.
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I’ll be there. I’m hosting The Thick of It at 15.00. I’ve rewatching all the episodes this week and what a week in politics to do this. Mind you, it feels like we’ve had weeks like this every month for a decade.
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Thanks to @slapstickfest.bsky.social I made Doncaster Free Press. I am the one in a Sons of the Desert Fez.
Doncaster film making duo share Laurel & Hardy film at comedy convention
A Doncaster father and daughter film-making duo have shared their documentary chronicling comic legends Laurel & Hardy in Yorkshire at a prestigious comedy convention.
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Thanks to @slapstickfest.bsky.social I made Doncaster Free Press. I am the one in a Sons of the Desert Fez.
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Thank you to everyone who came to a *bonkers* Day 4 of #SlapstickFest26 at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social!
Keep an eye on socials tomorrow for the context behind this photo of #LeeMack and @alexlovell.bsky.social 👀
Keep an eye on socials tomorrow for the context behind this photo of #LeeMack and @alexlovell.bsky.social 👀
February 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to a *bonkers* Day 4 of #SlapstickFest26 at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social!
Keep an eye on socials tomorrow for the context behind this photo of #LeeMack and @alexlovell.bsky.social 👀
Keep an eye on socials tomorrow for the context behind this photo of #LeeMack and @alexlovell.bsky.social 👀
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I rarely post, but just want to say thank you to audience and the students that contributed super cool short films and @robinince.bsky.social for being so kind and generous. Thank you @slapstickfest.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I rarely post, but just want to say thank you to audience and the students that contributed super cool short films and @robinince.bsky.social for being so kind and generous. Thank you @slapstickfest.bsky.social