Topsoil

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Synopsis

Topsoil is a darkly comic film noir. Told partly in voice-over, the action of this short seven and-a-half minute film unfolds as Mike explains how he's come to be buried alive. This is a tale of the underworld, in more ways than one, as cross and double-cross lead to a trip to the countryside that is anything but a picnic.

Festival Screenings

Winner - Best Foreign Short, Santa Cruz Film Festival, USA Official Selection, Palm Beach International Film Festival Official Selection, Memphis International Film Festival, USA Official Selection, Empire Film Festival, USA Official Selection, New Orleans Film Festival , USA Official Selection, Ohio Independent Film Festival, USA Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival, USA Official Selection, Bite the Mango Film Festival, UK

2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005

Credits

Cast

Mike	Martin Griffin
Angela	Becky Pennick
Pierce	Robert Patton
Poker players	Dean Cooper
	Simon Sinfield
	Steve Gough
Barman	Jonathan Burdge
Bouncer	Nick Beresford-Davies
People in bar	Dave Glover
	Jenny Glover
	Steve Simmons
	Benjamin Sullivan
	Phil Husband
	Pat Roberts

Crew

Production Assistant	Karen Havercan
Assistant Producer	Martin Griffin
Assistant Producer	Robert Patton
Topsoil theme and incidental music by	Simon Sinfield
Produced, written, shot, and directed by	Simon Cooper

Thanks to

Brian Goodall

The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton

Roger Figgures

Jonathan Burdge and The Thomas Tripp

Jane Havercan

Molly and John Cooper

Hazel and Peter Havercan

The Technical Bit

Running time:		7 minutes 40 seconds
Shooting format:		miniDV (CanonXL2 - 16x9 anamorphic)
Screening format:		miniDV, DVD, VHS, BetaSP, Digibeta - available in PAL and NTSC
Aspect ratio:		16x9 (1:1.85) anamorphic (squeezed) or letterbox (bars top and bottom on 4:3)
Audio:		Stereo
Colour/B&W:		Colour