Notice Me, executive produced by Lena Dunham, is one of 10 feature comedy projects selected for Glasgow Film Festival’s (GFF) second iteration of the Funny Features Lab.
The BFI Creative Challenge Fund supports the lab that forms part of GFF’s industry focus, which runs from March 2 to 6. It will culminate with a live pitching session.
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Notice Me follows a proudly queer ex-radio host who goes viral for refusing to apologise on air. She moves to London to rebuild her career and entangles herself in a love story. It is helmed by director Amy Leonard, writer Jody Wiltshire and producer Emily Sky Hickin, who also produced Venice 2025 premiere Bearcave.
Also taking part is Lyssa And Maxine, produced by John Pocock, whose credits include the film Polite Society and Channel 4 series We Are Lady Parts, I Am… and Chewing Gum, with writers and directors Anna Brook-Mitchell and Angela Nesi. Lyssa And Maxine is billed as “Thelma And Louise… if one of them sprouted werewolf fangs and tore through the patriarchy”.
How To Survive A Complete Obliteration Of Your Heart is produced by Shona Mackenzie, who has co-producer credits on California Schemin’ and Harvest. After being unceremoniously dumped, a woman discovers falling apart might be the only way to put herself back together again. Sophie Peacock is writing the script.
Mentors for the lab include UK producers Debbie Gray, Yvonne Ibazebo, Jon Finn, Brian J. Falconer, Tom Wood and Emma Norton, as well as George Hamilton, chief commercial officer of Protagonist Pictures and writer-director Campbell X.
Curzon will present one project with the Curzon Creates award and the opportunity to meet with Kristian Brodie, head of development at Curzon, to discuss their project.
Animatic and New Talent Mentorship Scheme
Also returning is the Animatic talent lab and live pitch event for Scotland-based creatives and studios developing an animated feature film, series or short film returns, with cash prizes in each category of £6000, £3000 and £1500 respectively. Participants include Reality Is Not Enough filmmaker Paul Sng with his latest documentary, Arist Mother Seer.
Brenda Chapman, the Oscar-winning director of Brave, Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen and Julie Lockhart, co-founder of Locksmith Animation, will mentor the lab’s programme of events.
Additionally, the sixth iteration of the New Talent Mentorship Scheme returns with mentors such as Scrapper filmmaker Charlotte Regan, animation studio Cartoon Saloon and 100 Nights A Hero director Julia Jackman.
The full programme for the 11th edition of GFF will be announced on January 28.
Glasgow Film Festival Funny Features 2025-26 selection
Doom Scroll
Project creators: Josie Charles, Nathan Miller, Rami Sarras Pantoja
Gro(ceries)
Project creators: Catherine Joy White, Sophie King, Rosanna Eden-Ellis, Chinenye Clarissa Ezeudu
How To Survive A Compelte Obliteration Of The Heart
Project creators: Sophie Peacock, Shona Mackenzie
Kidding Not Kidding
Project creators: Gina Lyons, Natalie Malla, Xara Higgs
Long Shadows
Project creators: Helen Price, Celia Jennison
Lyssa And Maxine
Project creators: John Pocock, Anna Brook-Mitchell, Angela Nesi
Notice Me
Project creators: Jody Wiltshire, Emily Sky Hickin, Amy Leonard
Pont Brec
Project creators: Kate Heggie, Briony Redman, Damian Evans
Silk Road
Project creators: Brian McIver, Rachel Flynn
The Flynn Family Wake
Project creators: Jai Vir Rodgers, John Cooney
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