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Title: Prevenge
Director: Alice Lowe
Year: 2016
Length: 88 minutes
Language: English
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Films
(https://kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com/films/prevenge/)
Synopsis: A pitch black, wryly British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe, Prevenge follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree. It’s her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth’s actions, holding society  responsible for the absence of a father. The child speaks to Ruth from the womb, coaching her to lure and ultimately kill her unsuspecting victims.

Struggling with her conscience, loneliness, and a strange strain of prepartum madness, Ruth must ultimately choose between redemption and destruction at the moment of motherhood.

Having shown at Venice, Toronto the London International Film Festival, Prevenge marked the directorial debut from Lowe, who is a true triple threat, writing, directing, and acting in the film during her own real-life pregnancy.

Join Exeter Comedy Festival for a special screening of the viciously funny Prevenge, Alice Lowe’s directorial debut, ten years after its initial release.
After the screening,  Alice Lowe – director, writer and star of Prevenge – will be live in conversation with her frequent collaborator (and Prevenge victim), the comedian, actor and writer Mike Wozniak.

Alice Lowe is an actress, screenwriter and director. After winning the Perrier Award for comedy, Alice moved into television comedy and drama as an actress and writer. After co-writing and starring in Sightseers (which was Empire‘s Best British Film), she moved into directing with Prevenge. Her directorial debut, in which she also starred whilst heavily pregnant, centred around a pregnant revenge spree. The film premiered at Venice and Toronto. Her second feature film, the rom-com Timestalker, was released in 2024. She is currently developing drama projects for television to write and direct and is still acting in films such as Greatest Days, TV such as Black Mirror, and is a writer on films such as Paddington 3.

Mike Wozniak is an Exeter-based comedian, actor, podcaster and writer. His TV credits include Man Down, Would I Lie To You, We Are Not Alone, Horrible Histories and Taskmaster. Film credits include Prevenge (directed by Alice Lowe). Writing credits include Man Down and Small Scenes. He also wrote and directed the short film Sump. As a stand-up Mike has been a comedy festival regular for many years and has penned numerous award-winning solo shows.

7.45pm at Studio 74 (Phoenix Cinema)

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