The Comedian is the most independent and gentle movie of the 2014 festival; a visual exercise and clean narrative that effectively tells the story of the existentialist drift of a comedian trapped in his own ambiguity.

Ed (Edward Hogg) is at a key moment of his life: he's in his thirties and has no idea where he is going. He moves between a dead-end job as a phone operator, a fumbling career in stand-up comedy, an ambiguous relationship with his female roommate, and his aimless wanderings through London; expressions of his emptiness. It is in this state that he meets Nathan, who falls in love with him and questions his apathy and lack of confidence. Ed, this awkward but charming comedian, embodies a contemporary loneliness, reminiscent of Winterbottom's Wonderland.