The Laughable English premiere at Leeds International Film Festival

November 2025
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The English premiere of The Laughable will be at Leeds International Film Festival. This Leeds-set experimental documentary by Sarah Browne explores what is laughed at and who gets to laugh.

Six disabled comedians perform on a bare sound stage, confronting taboo subjects from transphobia to religion. With no laugh track or live audience, the onus falls on cinema-goers to decide what is laughable. Commissioned by the research project Imagining Technologies for Disability Futures, a LIFF partner in 2022, The Laughable radically reconsiders the ethics of laughter.

The screening on Thu 13 Nov will have a Q&A with director Sarah Browne, host Stuart Murray, and performers Sam Judd, Hollie Noble, Sherman Rabbit, Zee Younus, Jamie Preece, and Emma Sullivan. BSL for the intro and Q&A will be provided by Vicci Ackroyd (BSL/English Interpreter).

"Browne’s mission statement on laughter was charmingly realised and permeated the entire piece with a haunting, hilarious reverence." — Neil Cadieux, Film Ireland  

Cinematography by Cathy Dunne. Composition and sound design by David Donohoe.

           

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