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Title: TOTH - TOP OF THE HILL

Reference number: 7873

Date: 2005

Director: d. Dylan Drummond, Blair Scott

Sponsor: Scottish Screen, BBC Scotland

Producer: Dylan Drummond, Blair Scott

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.16 mins

Description: TOTH, a depiction of life lived at the Top of the Hill, Dundee's infamous Hilltown district. Can ex-TOTH gang member Steve Martin find a way to connect with his son and prevent him from trying to follow in his footsteps? [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2005"]

Founding member of the TOTH gang, Steve Martin, reflects on his life at the Top of the Hill in Dundee’s notorious Hilltown area.

Now in his forties, Steve is trying desperately to make a connection with his fourteen-year-old son and prevent him from being drawn into a similar lifestyle of violence and alcohol abuse. His greatest wish for his son is that he can get him away from the bad influences at the Top Of The Hill and try and prevent him from making the same mistakes that he himself made in the past. [Synopsis from Top of the Hill website at http://www.toththefilm.co.uk/, last accessed 15/2/2010]

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: GMAC presents a Cineworks production in association with Scottish Screen and BBC Scotland
sd. rec. Cat Lee
p. ass. Ruth Fisher
original m. Chris Marr
online ed. Guido Schneider
filmed and ed. Dylan Drummond and Blair Scott
mentor Pauline Law
exec. p. for GMAC David Smith

Thanks to everyone at The Top of the Hill
BBC Scotland, Edinburgh Mediabase, Scottish Screen Lottery Funded, Cineworks, GMAC