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Slapstick Festival is an annual celebration of silent, visual and classic film comedy held every year inBristol,Southwest England. It is an annual event that is dedicated to showcasing silent visual and classic comedy. It features rare, archived films from around the world. The festival aims to source original film prints and present them, accompanied by live improvised music. These events take place in key venues in Bristol, such asThe Bristol Old Vic, The Bristol Beacon, and The Watershed.
Since 2009, the festival has awarded the Aardman Slapstick Awards, which were developed in 2008. Notable recipients includeEric Sykes,Ken Dodd, andFrench andSaunders.
Slapstick Festival presents this award in collaboration withAardman Animations. Winners are selected by a panel of comedy heroes, previous recipients and festival patrons. This award is dedicated to honouring contemporary comedians who have left an lasting mark on the realm of onscreen and live comedy. The trophy itself, featuring the belovedAardman character Morph is sculpted by Aardman's model shop to capture the essence of the awardee.[1]
Past winners:
Created to recognise the excellence of comedians and film makers in the field of visual comedy. The award is aMorph sculpted to resemble the recipient.[7]
Past winners:
This award is given to performers and filmmakers who have created Slapstick and Visual comedy onscreen work worthy of mention alongside the original performers in early silent comedy.
The Slapstick Festival is committed to presenting silent films and classic comedies as they were originally experienced. Every silent film screening is accompanied by live music, with pianists improvising scores to match the mood of each film. Additionally, the Slapstick Silent Comedy Gala at Bristol Beacon features live orchestral scores.
Regular musicians include Günter A. Buchwald, John Sweeney, Stephen Horne, and others.
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