Short film

The Jillon
2026 · 15 min
A short, gleefully weird dark comedy that keeps you off-balance with deadpan absurdity and quietly unsettling turns.
- Directed by
- Arthur Studholme
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Richard Ayoade, Flip Webster, Richard Syms
- Overview
- From the mind of Harry Hill, starring Richard Ayoade, Richard Syms and Flip Webster comes a gloriously absurd dark comedy about an 86-year-old woman whose desperate wish to become a mother is granted, with consequences nobody could have imagined.
- How it feels
- Absurd, dark, whimsical and eerie. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Parenthood, aging, obsession, identity
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Arthur Studholme
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Richard Ayoade, Flip Webster, Richard Syms



