short films – Brian Luff

Monday Tuesday Banana (2020)

“Intelligent, fun and fresh” New Cinema Festival, Lisbon 2020

Sowerby & Luff’s award-winning web series has now been selected for screening at nine film festivals around the world – from London to Rome, Lisbon to Sydney.

Winner: Best Web/TV Series New Cinema Lisbon Film Festival 2020, Finalist: Flickfair 2020, Official Selection Prisma Rome Independent Film Awards 2020, Official Selection: London Short Series Festival 2020, Official Selection: Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival 2020, Official Selection: Screenpower Film Festival 2021, Honorable Mention: London Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival 2020.

This selection of material from Sowerby & Luff’s animated sketch series Monday Tuesday Banana has been specially versioned for the international film festival circuit. The film was produced at Studio Senseless and features a ramshackle cast of animals, insects, germs and humans who perform in a variety of surreal and often confusing sketches. The film was created by Brian Luff, who also directed and animated it and co-wrote the script with partner Georgina Sowerby. Brian and Georgina also supply the voices for the characters. Sowerby & Luff’s short-form animated comedy shows are distributed by Twisted Mirror TV in London and NovoComedy in Paris.

Space Planet (2020)

Award-winner Prague International Film Festival 2020. Finalist, New Cinema – Lisbon Film Festival 2020. From the creators of award-winning Monday Tuesday Banana comes Space Planet – an action-packed, short-form comedy series – produced by Sowerby & Luff at Studio Senseless in London. The show features a foul-mouthed crew of colourful aliens who steal a starship from Earth and use it to sell carpets around the universe. Yes, you did hear that right. You can watch a compilation of episodes 1 and 2 right now in this exclusive video – specially packaged for the film festival circuit. The rest of the series is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Space Planet is directed by Brian Luff, who also co-writes it with Georgina Sowerby. He and Georgina also supply the voices for some of the characters. Sowerby & Luff’s short-form animated comedy shows are distributed by Twisted Mirror TV in London and NovoComedy in Paris.

Mutant Disco Robots (2020)

An official selection for screening at the Lift-Off Sessions 2020, this action-packed short film is a brand new festival compilation of best bits from our award-winning sketch show Monday Tuesday Banana, which picked up Best Web/TV Series at the New Cinema Lisbon Film Festival in May 2020.

The Man Whose Head Was a Big Teapot (2020)

From the award-winning creators of Monday Tuesday Banana comes a brand new romantic comedy – an official selection for the Screen Power Film Festival 2020 and the New Cinema Lisbon Film Festival 2020. The film’s hapless eponymous hero has been dumped by his girlfriend. But this is the least of his problems, because his head is a big teapot. After downloading a dating app and going on several disastrous dates, he meets the girl of his dreams, entirely by chance. “Happily Ever After” beckons. But life still has a few surprises in store. Note: Studio Senseless have also produced a mesmerising silent version of this film, in black and white.

Olwyn (2020)

An official selection for the Bucharest Short Cut Festival, this action-packed little animation proves that a garden swing can be a very dangerous piece of equipment in the wrong hands. But don’t worry, the universe is keeping a watchful eye. A brand new animation from Brian Luff at Studio Senseless in London, with sincere apologies to Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg.

Vetraio (2020)

A brand new short film from Brian Luff. Following a thunderstorm, a haunting bell draws a young lad called Vetraio inexplicably to the village church. Written by Brian Luff, Georgina Sowerby & Cameron JL West. A Fit2Fill Production. Duration 6 mins.