News
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Another screening for Zombie Asockalypse as The Whirlygig team in London have
selected your favourite zombie sock-puppet horror comedy for screening at
their Halloween event 'Contains Mild Peril'
Whirlygig
Friday 01 July 2011
Scoop of the Year screens at the Portobello Film Festival in London
on Monday 5th September at the Westbourne Studios, check out the
full programme..
Portobello Film Festival
Friday 01 July 2011
Oaty Hill Productions makes a film festival debut in the US as Zombie Asockalypse is
selected for screening at the Mohegan Lake Film Festival in New York State. Let's hope
we win the top prize!
Mohegan Lake Film Festival
Friday 24 June 2011
Scoop of the Year has also been selected for screening during the always-excellent
Deep Fried Film Festival on Monday 15 August 2011!
Deep Fried Film Festival
Saturday 17 June 2011
Scoop of the Year selected for screening at the all new Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2011!
The film was very well received by a large and appreciative audience at the Granary screening on Friday night.
Click
here for info!
Friday 20 May 2011
Zombie Asockalypse is to be screened during the Wychwood Festival
in Cheltenham on Saturday 4th June 2011!
Friday 06 May 2011
Five of our recent short films have been snapped up by Jump Start Distributions and
are now on sale! Check out the link for full details along with some nice stills of the
various stars we have had the pleasure of working with!
Jump Start Distributions
Monday 25th April 2011
Zombie Asockalypse has been selected for screening at the Stuttgart Animation Festival 2011,
one of Europe's biggest animation festivals!
The film is screening as part of a British Short Film programme on Saturday May 7th, see the link
for more details.
Stuttgart Animation Festival 2011
Tuesday 18th April 2011
Sensoria, the UK's premier Music and Film festival has selected The Karaoke Killers for their 'Sensoria
Shorts' programme on Tuesday May 3rd. So it's Sheffield for another outing for Babymaker Barclay and the Karaoke People!
Sensoria Shorts
Monday May 2nd sees Zombie Asocklaypse being screened at the East End Film Festival in their Movie
Madness Monday event curated by Whirlygig Cinema!
Wednesday 16th March 2011
Zombie Asockalypse seems to have gone down very well at the Whirlygig Cinema even in
London on March 11th, there's even a review!
Click
here for the full review!
Also 'Zombie Asockalypse' is being screened as part of the East End Film Festival comedy showreel night
also in London. Looks like the old smoke is partial to a bit of Oaty Hill! It'll be on the
Movie Madness Monday event on May 2nd!
Friday 04 March 2011
My Channel (Sky Channel 219) have been screening The Karaoke Killers, The Buckshee
Countess and Zombie Asockalypse as part of their 'Super Shorts' strand on Monday & Friday
nights.
Click
here for more details!
Also 'Zombie Asockalypse' is being screened at Whirlygig Cinema comedy night in London
at The Horse Hospital the 11th March 2011.
Check
here for screening info!
Thursday 27th January 2011
2 more screenings for Oaty Hill films coming up this month, first
'The Buckshee Countess' is screening at the Phoenix Cinema,East Finchley in London
during the 'Shorts Cinema' programme:
Click
here for more details!
Also 'Zombie Asockalypse' is being screened at the CineMe animation night in Bristol
at The Bocca Bar in Bristol on the 8th February 2011.
Monday 10th January 2011
We just got back from the London Short Film Festival 2011, our short film 'Zombie Asockalypse' was an offical selection and screened
on Friday January 7th, the opening night! There were about 100+ in the venue, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and
am pleased to say the film went very well! We had a great time thanks to Chris & Martin for putting us up
and for the fine curry! This month we are into pre-production on the follow-up 'Sockzilla!', so watch this space!
Friday 17 December 2010
We're thrilled to announce that The Buckshee Countess has been selected for screening at the Short Cinema
event at The Phoenix Cinema in London! So that will be Oaty Hill Production's 3rd screening in as many months down
in London!
They've even made their own trailer!
Click
here for all the info!
Thursday 18 November 2010
We're delighted to announce that Zombie Asockalypse has been selected for screening at the London Short Film Festival 2011!
We'll provide all the relevant screening info soon as we get it!
Looks like we might be breaking big in the Old Smoke as
In addition to that, our favourite sock puppet horror film is also being screened at a special
best of festival screening night at Cinefringe's Christmas Party in London on 19 December.
Wednesday 27 October 2010
Zombie Asockalypse is broadcast on My Channel (Sky Channel 219) on
Wednesday 27th October 2010 at 01:25am! They've also confirmed that
they will broadcast several other Oaty Hill shorts during November. More
details to follow when they have scheduled the films.
MY Channel schedule
Saturday 9 October 2010
The latest Oaty Hill short is all wrapped up and ready to
screen! 'Scoop of the Year' about a loner journalist and his love
for a missing girl gets a cast and crew screening at The Banshee Labyrinth
in Edinburgh's underground city on Saturday 16 October at 8pm.
Wednesday 06 October 2010
Zombie Asockalypse is selected for screening at the Village of the Damned
Horror Film Festival in November 2010! Click
here for info!
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Zombie Asockalypse is to be broadcast on My TV, Sky Channel 219 on
Wednesday 20th October 2010 at 01:40am!
Sunday 26 September 2010
The Loch Ness Film Festival screened no fewer than 4 Oaty Hill shorts today!
The Karaoke Killers, Dark Harbour, Zombie Asockalypse & The Buckshee Countess all
screened today at Scotland's newest film festival! Free barbecues thrown in!
It's a great wee festival folks..
check it out next year!
Saturday 28 August 2010
Zombie Asockalypse wins BEST FILM award at the 2010 Cinefringe Film Festival,
at the Edinburgh Fringe!!
The team were delighted to received the Judge's award for best film at
the Cinefringe award ceremony on August 28th, this is excellent news as we
faced some very stiff competition. That's two best film awards and a runner-up
place in only 2 months!
Plans already afoot for a follow-up animated short - Sockzilla!
Thursday 26 August 2010
The Loch Ness Film Festival is having something of an Oaty Hill Retrospective as they
are screening no less than 4 of our shorts!
Dark Harbour, Zombie Asockalypse, The Karaoke Killers
and The Buckshee Countess are all being screened on Sunday 26th September.
Check out the link for full screening details.
Loch Ness Film Festival
Friday 20 August 2010
The Buckshee Countess is being screened at the Portobello Film Festival in London
on Thursday 9th September and Saturday 11th September at the Westbourne Studios.
For full details see their programme. Entry is free and the Westbourne Studios is an
excellent screening facility!
See
Portobello Film Festival
for the full programme
Friday 30 July 2010
The Buckshee Countess is being screened at the
Deep Fried Film Festival on Friday August 6th.
See
Deep Fried Film Festival
for more details.
Also:
Zombie Asockalypse has been selected for screening at the
Cinefringe, The Edinburgh Fringe's very own film festival!
Programme details will be announced shortly on their website
Cinefringe
Check it out soon for screening info!
Wednesday 07 July 2010
The Oaty Hill crew celebrates another magnificent triumph as
Zombie Asockalypse wins the Team Fudge Short Film challenge!
See
Team Fudge
for a grand photo of Mags and Gregor!
Big it up for the sock puppet posse!
Wednesday 03 March 2010
Zombie Asockalypse wins the first heat of the
Edinburgh short film competition,
Short Film Feast. Onward to the final in July!
Saturday 27 February 2010
The Buckshee Countess has a successful cast and crew
screening at the Filmhouse, followed by drinks and networking
at the Traverse Bar.
December 2009
We are currently preparing to go into pre-production
on a new short film, 'Scoop of the Year' - a comedy thriller
which follows a young local news reporter in his search for
a missing girl.
Casting is still being undertaken for a number of key roles and location
scouting is underway. The film will be shot on HD in colour in Edinburgh and the Lothians as well as in Perthshire.
October 2009
Short film 'Dark Harbour' has been acquired by American Distribution outlet Indieflix for on-line commercial distribution.
www.indieflix.com/film/dark-harbour-27931/