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Title: BIRTHDAY

Reference number: 7281

Date: 2000

Director: d. Morag Mackinnon

Sponsor: BBC Scotland and the Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund

Producer: Hannah Lewis, Gaynor Holmes

Production company: HoppIA film in association with Antonine Films

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 18.00 mins

Description: A little girl finds her way into a strange and magical world… It's a special day for Annie, but things don't go to plan and a nasty incident with the pet budgie forces her to run away from home. Synopsis taken from http://www.filmcentre.co.uk [last accessed 10/6/2008]

Production file and script held by National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. A clip from this film can be viewed online at http://www.kennethsimpson.com/movie_pages/birthday.html [last accessed 27/1/2010]

Tartan Shorts: A joint short film initiative funded by BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund. Three films per year commissioned for theatrical release and broadcast.

Credits: BBC Scotland and the Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund present

Annie Danielle Hutchison
Mother Anita Vettesse
Malcolm Russell Anderson
Nelly Mary Sutherland
Council workers Davey Hough, Tony Sheridan
Extras Lauren McSporran, Roddy McSporran, Corinne McSporran, Ellen Dunn, John Fletcher, Stevie Woods, Shugie McHugh, Charlie Chapman, Andrews Cashley, Demi Cunningham

1st ass. d. Michael Queen
2nd ass. d. Mark Murdoch
3rd ass. d. Judith Milne
location man. Duncan Muggoch
sc. supervisors Avril Watt, Karen Wood
p. accountant John McKain
p. co-ordinator Abigail Howkins
p. ass. Gillian Tod
focus puller Scott Ward
clapper loader Stephanie Bates
video assist. Jonny Kerr
grip Lucien Grieve
gaffer Stuart Farmer
electricians Arthur Donnelly, Frank McConalugue, Grant MacLean
sd. rec. Robert Anderson
boom operator Graham McCormick
stills ph. Charlie Crawford
dubbing mixer John Cobban
art. d. Laura Donnelly
ass. art d. Lee Porter
props buyer Ann Marie Coulter
stand-by props Tony Sheridan
props Ewan Roberston
art dept. ass. Reshad Ramjan, Craig Thomson, Chris Wilby
costume designer Louise Noble
make-up designer Fiona Maynard
make-up ass. Kari-Ann Johnston
wardrobe ass. Denise Coombes
stunt co-ordinator Andreas Petrides
special effects Ralph McNeill
special effects technician Peter Akass
chaperone Jean Cashley
unit nurses David McPherson, Lorna Morgan
m. composed and performed by Sandy Nelson
ed. Bert Eeles
p. designer Ursula Cleary
d. ph. Kenneth Simpson
w. and d. Morag Mackinnon
p. Hannah Lewis, Gaynor Holmes
exec. p. Victoria Evans, Dan MacRae
with special thanks to Colin McLaren, Sergio Casci, Panavision Scotland, Lee Lighting, Canniesburn Hospital

No animals were harmed or mistreated during the making of this film

A HoppIA film in association with Antonine for BBC Scotland, Scottish Screen
Copyright BBC 2000