Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels (2011)
Model Maker and Animation Assistant

NFTS – Stop-motion short animation directed by Tim Reckart

Technique:
Stop motion

Synopsis:
After many years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, their equilibrium comes crashing down, and the couple that can’t agree which way is up must find a way put their marriage back together.

Awards:
Oscar Nominee 2013 – Best animated short
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival, Cinefondation 2012
40th Annie Awards – Best student film
Cartoon D’Or winner 2013
Anima Mundi 2012 – Best film; Audience prize; Audience Best Student Film
Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2012 – Audience Prize
Galway Film Fleadh – Cartoon Saloon Best First Animation Award
Royal Television Society UK – Student Television Award 2013
Heartland Film Festival 2012 – Vision Award Best Short Film
Austin Film Festival 2012 – Best Animated Short
Cinanima 2012 – Special Jury Prize
Encounters International Film Festival 2012 – Cartoon d’Or Nomination
Bath Film Festival 2012 – IMDB New Filmmaker Award
Motion Picture Sound Editors – Verna Fields Award
Red Rock Film Festival Utah – Audience Award
RiverRun International Film Festival 2013 – Jury Prize
Dinard Festival of British Film 2012 – Best Short Film
Animage Festival 2012 – Audience Award for Best Film
St Petersburg Beginning Film Festival – Diploma for work of the animation artist
Animage Festival Pernambuco –Audience Award for Best Short Film
Fancine Málaga – Best Animated Short (Jury, Audience and Youth Jury Prizes)
Brazil Stop Motion Pernambuco – Best Student Film (Prix du Public)
Animpact Max Seoul – Audience Prize
Animateka International Animation Film Fest – Best European Student Film

Official Selection:
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Nominated for Best British Short
Seoul International Animation Festival (SICAF) 2012
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2012 Official Selection Short Animation
Warsaw International Film Festival – Short Grand Prix
Molise Cinema Festival – Short Animation
KROK International Animated Film Festival – Short Animation
World Festival of Animated Film of Varna – Short Animation
Raindance Film Festival – Short film
Hamptons International Film Festival – Short film
Anim’est Bucharest – Audience Competition
Colchester Film Festival – Short Film
Kerry Film Festival – Short Animation
Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival – Short Animation
Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival Bruges