Life in Over the Hill rest home is rosy and slow, until one particularly cunning trio of grannies discover a secret so sinister that everyones lives are changed forever!
Submitted to Acadamy Awards for 2009 Oscar Awards Consideration
Rushes Film Festival UK 2007 RUNNER-UP BEST BRITISH ANIMATION
RHODE ISLAND International Film Festival USA– Aug 2007
Edinburgh International Film Festival UK 2007 – WINNER MCLAREN ANIMATION AWARD
The Magic Lantern Glasgow UK – Sep 2007
LA Intern’l Short Festival USA– Sep 2007
Raindance Film Festival UK 2007 – NOMINATED BEST UK SHORT
Chicago Intern’l Children’s Film Festival USA 2007
AustinFilm Festival USA 2007 – WINNER ANIMATED SHORT JURY AWARD
Anim’Est Festival ROMANIA– Oct 2007
Uppsala Intern’l Short Film Festival SWEDEN– Oct 2007
Kyiv Intern’l Film Festival Molodist UKRAINE – Oct 2007
Curtocircuito Intern’l Short FilmFestival SPAIN– Oct 2007
CINANIMA PORTUGAL 2007 – WINNER PRIZE RTP2 – ONDA CURTA
Encounters Short Film Festival UK 2007 – NOMINATED COSGOVE HALL CHILDREN’S AWARD
Istanbul Intern’l Short Film Festival – Nov 2007
Bradford Animation Festival UK – Nov 2007
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, TAIWAN 2007 WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD
Seagate Foyle Film Festival, UK 2007 WINNER BEST ANIMATION AWARD
I CASTELLI ANIMATI,ITALY– Nov 2007
EMIRATES Film Competition – Feb 2008
Singapore Short Film Festival – March 2008
NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL, USA – April 2008 WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD BEST SHORT ANIMATION
INTERNATIONALES TRICKFILM ANIMATED FILM STUTTGART, GERMANY – May 2008
DELRAY BEACH FILMFESTIVAL USA– May 2008
MOVIEUM FILM FESTIVAL UK – June 2008
Cannes in a Van – May 2008
Animadrid SPAIN – Sep 2008
La Boco del Lobo SPAIN – Oct 2008
Animacor SPAIN – Nov 2008
Oxford Film Festival USA – Feb 2009
The film was produced by Spool Films in association with Split Second Films.
The film was realised via the DV Shorts training and production scheme for filmmakers in the East Midlands. The scheme was co-financed with Lottery funds via the UK Film Council and European Regional Development Funds via EM Media. EM Media received over 70 applications for DV Shorts 2006/07. Sixteen promising regional writers and writer/directors were selected to go through to the next stage where they were encouraged to develop and build on their submitted ideas, outlines and scripts, 6 projects were commissioned.
Length – 7’40” (7 minutes 40 seconds)
Originating Format – Computer 2D Flash Animation using After Effects and Photoshop.
Screening Format- DigiBeta PAL & NTSC/ BetaSP PAL/ 35mm Print
PRINT DETAILS – 8’30” long, 1 reel, 800 feet, stereo sound
Completed – May 2007
The British Council and EM-Media financed transfer to a 35mm print
