2014 Musical Comedy Awards winner David Elms has made a short film entitled Swag about a man whose life is changed when he buys a new hat. There will be a screening of the film at the Pleasance in London on September 29 followed by a fundraising comedy gig.

The 12-minute silent film has just been completed and after this screening the plan is to submit it to festivals all over the world. The aim of this event is to help to pay for production costs and festival submissions.

Swag is directed by Matt Holt and produced by Sara Shulman, who runs the comedyblogedy.com website. The cast includes Mark Davison, Ellie White, Lolly Adefope, Natasha Demetriou, Patrick Turpin, Alex Owen, Ben Ashenden, Orry Gibbens, Lizzie Daykin, Adam Lawrence and more names from the comedy circuit.

After the screening the live gig will be headlined by Josie Long with support from a number of comedians who are also in the film – Adam Hess, Rhys James, Pierre Novelli and Phil Wang.

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