Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee

A film that packs true insights into human behaviour into a clever short, witty, well acted and directed delight. If you enjoy thought proving cinema don't miss Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee.

The choice of black and white as a medium, Eastern Europe as a setting and a storyline that exposes human frailties of greed and gullibility, seem remarkably prescient today. This short film that's cleverly written and beautifully cast is both thought provoking and funny. Can you really get people to believe anything you tell them?

Small but perfectly formed, this film manages to explore a surprising number of issues during its short time span - politics, organised religion, death, greed, the inadequacy of the patriarchy and the economic fragility of organised farming. As in their earlier work, Jones have injected some dark humour into the script as well as squeezing some rather impressive performances from their small cast. Cinema never exists in a vacuum and this short remind us of the frailties of human nature under whatever political ideology. As if we currently need a reminder...

We currently live in a world where believing something is true, just because you want it to be, is pervading every area of our lives.

This small, beautifully cast and acted film uses character and humour to make a universal and unsettling point- that hope usually trumps truth.

Beautifully shot, adeptly directed, this may be a short film, but it packs a deceivingly delicate, yet simultaneously hard punch. Repeat something often enough, never leave your own echo chamber, and it's amazing how you can string people along. How very well done, and how very timely. As Orwell said, ""In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."