Year: 2005   Length: 5 mins   Format: Super-16mm   Country: New Zealand   Writer/director: Jim Flewitt   Producers: Jim Flewitt, Mike Hallett   1st AD: Mike Hallett   DoP: Ian MacCarroll   Editor: Daniel Habedank   Cast: Eddie Hughes, Rachael D'Aguiar, Emma Aubin   © 2005 FAB Productions/Mica Films   Full Cast & Crew
		Rolly is a co-production between FAB Productions and Mica Films.
Rolly originated in 1999 as an entry for a 1-minute screenplay competiton which funded one of Jim Flewitt's earlier works,   Errol the Moron Goes Shopping. Jim later felt Rolly's story was incomplete and fleshed it out to the length seen in the film.   Mike Hallett read the screenplay after meeting Jim at an Auckland screenwriters' group and offered to co-produce. It took   some time to find a location with the spiral staircase central to the story, but the office of the Auckland Alzheimer's support   group was ultimately hired and shooting took place in August 2004.
There are several visual allusions to Roald Dahl's works in   the film, such as this peach (James and the Giant Peach).   We also had a globe positioned on Norway and some mice   with spinning wheels but these never made it into the film.
Rolly was well received on the festival circuit, appearing   on the poster for the 2005 Belladonna Short Film Festival.   This picture was taken at the 2005 Richmond Road Short   Film Competition at Ponsonby's Richmond Road School in   the heart of Auckland's film district.   L-R: Mike Hallett (co-producer/1st AD), Jim Flewitt (writer/   director/co-producer), Sally Pugh (art design) and Marilyn   Flewitt (location/catering) →   Through a London film contact of Jim's we were invited to   submit to the Halloween Short Film Festival, screening at   the Curzon Theatre in Soho.
	In 2009 Rolly was selected as course material by Western Springs College in Auckland, New Zealand. The Head of Media Studies described the film's appeal:
	"I’m interested in narrative... they get to make their own short films next term and this term are looking at a whole bunch of short films to learn about narrative. I’d like them to see yours because it’s a simple (and funny) idea, well executed. I’ve also been talking to them about building tension by cross-cutting between locations and this is a good example. Plus the sting in the tail."
	Rolly Dial's Defining Moment can be viewed at NZ Short Film.
	2005 Richmond Road Short Film Competition, Auckland, New Zealand   Finalist.
	2005 Flying Fives Short Film Competition, Nelson, New Zealand   Finalist.
	2005 Belladonna Short Film Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand   A still from Rolly featured prominently on the festival's flyer.
	2006 Halloween Short Film Festival, London   Screened in the Late Night Fortean segment.
	2005 Sky TV, New Zealand   Screened on the Sky 1 channel in a programme showcasing the finalists of the 2005 Nelson   Flying Fives Short Film Competition.
	2009 Takes, Kilburn, London   A New Zealand-flavoured screening night organised by Last Night Productions.
	Rolly's gob- smacked face stares from the flyer for the 2005 Belladonna Short Film Festival in Christchurch, NZ		Rolly screened in the Late Night Fortean segment of the 2006 Halloween Short Film Festival in Soho, London
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