Over The Hill
One of our award winning films
Over The Hill
a Spool Films/ Split Second Films production of Peter Baynton's comedy animation
The Story
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!
Cast & Crew
Written Directed & Animated By: Peter Baynton, Produced By: Margaret Milner Schmueck & Ian Culbard, Composer : Oliver Davis, Sound Designer : Tom Russell, Script Editors: Paul Welsh & Tristan Goligher, Animators: Wip Vernooij & Yasmeen Ismail & Ian Culbard, SPOOL Head of Production: Penny Linfield, SPOOL Production Coordinator: Mary Kearns, Executive Producers: Paul Welsh, Rebecca Mark-Lawson
Production Notes
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
Screenings
- 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