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From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots by Geoff Deane extract: Cannes we kick it?

It's 2008. Another largely unplanned, career swerve and I’m now earning an artisanal sourdough crust as a screenwriter. Have just written a film for Sir Elton John so pop over to Cannes for a screening. EasyJet rather than private, sadly. Geoff Deane

My film It’s a Boy Girl Thing is being screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Not as part of the festival, I hasten to add. A high-school body-swap movie replete with a king’s ransom of knob gags was never going to be a serious contender for the Palme d’Or. One of the film’s executive producers, Sir Elton John, has also very generously offered to host a party and screening for the film at his chateau in Nice. All in all, I decide an EasyJet return is a solid investment.

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