Head over Heels (2012)

HEAD OVER HEELS (2012)

Head over Heels is a 2012 British stop motion animated short film written and directed by Timothy Reckart. The film was nominated for Best Animated Short Film for the 85th Academy Awards. It also won the first Annie Award for Best Student film and the Cartoon d'Or for Best European Animated Short. After being nominated for an Academy Award the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.

Directed by Timothy Reckart
Produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Voices by Nigel Anthony, Rayyah McCaul
Music by Jered Sorkin
Animation by Timothy Reckart, Sam Turner

In March 2015, the film was posted online together with special features at www.headoverheels.tv.

"Of the animated shorts, [Head Over Heels is] the cleverest." -Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"The attention to detail is staggering, particularly for a stop-motion animated movie... There may be an impressive crop of animated shorts this year, but Head Over Heels is the most fully realized of the whole bunch. Flawless." -William Bibbiani, CraveOnline.com

"This beautifully animated film is also a wonderfully unique story... Both whimsical and deeply felt... Simply extraordinary." -Richard Propes, theindependentcritic.com

"The true charmer of the screening... The understated nature of the central couple's struggle calls for repeat viewing." -Ben Mitchell, skwigly.co.uk