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Title: PIG STORY

Reference number: 7659

Date: 2003

Director: d. Stephen Bennett

Sponsor: Film Council and Cineworks presents in association with the Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund

Producer: Stephen Bennett

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 10.30 mins

Description: After nine years of insomnia a man decides enough is enough. He goes to meet the very things which help him get to sleep at night - three flying pigs. But will this lead to a permanent cure? [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2003"]

Screened at 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2003.

Cineworks: Commissions five short films a year by new filmmakers in the genres of drama, documentary and animation. Funded by Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, UK Film Council and BBC Scotland. Includes a training programme.

Credits: Film Council and Cineworks presents in association with the Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund

exec. p. David Smith
ph. Andy Murray
camera ass. Keith Ingram
location sd. Simon Winter
animat. Martin Tierney
ed. Bert Eeles
online ed. Jonathan Seal
composer Iain Cook
dubbing mixer John L. Cobban
add. m. "633 Squadron" music publishing courtesy of EMI Music Publishing, music recording courtesy of Candle Music. Clips of Zurich "New Dawn" courtesy of Zurich and Joshua Agency. Clips from "Transition" by Andy MacKinnon courtesy of Phoenix Films and Wark Clements.
Thanks Caroline Bennett, Beckwiths, Joyce Murray Campbell, Gerry Clark, Mark Dorris, David Fine, Alan Fountain, Judy Hancox, Shu Lorimer, Professor Kevin Morgan, Sirkka Moeller, Barbara Orton, Tracey Pryor, Alice Stilgoe, Peter Swarbrick and Nick Velody. Axis Glasgow and Arnold Clark Car and Van Rental.
camera equipment supplied by Panavision Digital Imaging.
tape stock supplied by Sony
technical support by Hammerhead Facilities

Made with the support of the Lottery through the Film Council New Cinema Fund and Scottish Screen. GMAC, Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, Cineworks, BBC Scotland, Film Council, Edinburgh Mediabase

© GMAC (Cineworks 2003) Stephen Bennett