For its 10th edition, the Liège International Comedy Film Festival will be pulling out its fangs (and zygomats) for a Round Table that promises to make you think as well as smile: “Filmer sans froisser: la comédie en terrain miné” (“Filming without offending: comedy in a minefield”).
Today, more than ever, creators are faced with contradictory injunctions: artistic freedom on the one hand, societal pressures and heightened sensitivities on the other. This meeting will bring together filmmakers and scriptwriters who practice humor in all its forms: satirical, black, absurd, irreverent… They will share their experiences, their limits, their transgressions… and their doubts.
Self-censorship, political correctness, fear of shocking, the return of “good taste”, epidermic social networks: how do you make people laugh in a world where everything can be a subject for controversy? How do we deal with these new unspoken rules? And above all: how far can we go without denying ourselves or being censored?
This Round Table promises to be a highlight of the festival, exploring the shifting boundaries of on-screen humor and bringing together authors’ views, first-hand experience and visions of the future of comedy at the heart of an event that for 10 years has celebrated the freedom of tone and the impertinence of laughter.