Stiffy is a 2005 short film directed by Jacqueline Wright

Jacqueline Wright

Jacqueline Wright is an English director of film, TV and music promos.Wright’s short films include David the Great, a comedic homage to magician David Blaine; Out of Water, which was funded by the UK Film Council; and Stiffy, a comedy with a necrophiliac theme which premiered at the Cannes Film...

 and written by and starring Alice Lowe

Alice Lowe

Alice Lowe is an English actress and writer mainly in comedy, from the English Midlands.Lowe attended a comprehensive school and graduated from Cambridge University. She began her career co-devising and performing in surreal experimental theatre shows such as City Haunts, Snowbound and Progress In...

. It also stars Steve Oram

Steve Oram

Steve Oram is an English comedian, actor, writer and musician.Steve's screen work has included the feature film "It's All Gone Pete Tong" which also starred Paul Kaye, "Tittybangbang" series 2 and 3 on BBC Three, "Suburban Shootout" on Five and the 2nd series of "People Like Us" on BBC Two...

 and James Bachman

James Bachman

James Bachman is an English comedian, actor and writer.He has written for many U.K. radio and television programmes, including That Mitchell and Webb Look , That Mitchell and Webb Sound , Popetown , and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway...

. "Stiffy" subverts the taboo of necrophilia by depicting a hospital orderly falling in love with a corpse and then courting it with old-fashioned romance.

"Stiffy" was one of the winners of "Straight 8

Straight 8

straight 8 is an independent filmmaking event founded in 1999 and based in the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the medium and editing style used to create the short films...

", a competition which states that all entries must be filmed on 8 mm, with single takes for each shot and no editing. "Stiffy" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

2005.