British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Hiccup

Synopsis

A young thief looks through his victim's handbag and finds her mobile phone, Filofax and . . . her winning Lottery ticket. He needs her to claim the jackpot; she needs him to hand over the ticket. With millions at stake, they'll have to work together - but can thief and victim ever trust one another?

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Philip Traill
Producer
Philip Traill, Sophie Kent
Director of Photography
Chris Preston
Principal cast
Celia Imrie, James D'Arcy
Film Stock
Kodak Screen Writer: Philip Traill

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Lucky Man Productions Ltd 6 Agates Lane, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2NF Tel: 01372 272684 Fax: 01372 272684

Sales Company

Jane Balfour Films Burghley House, 35 Fortess Road, London NW5 1AD Tel: 020 7267 5392 Fax: 020 7267 4241 Email: jbf@janebalfourfilms.co.uk

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

A small, cute, orange blob character is sat in a simple flat pink environment, looking at the viewer. Above them is a text box, floating Poob

Director: AJ Jefferies

Year: 2026

POOB is ready to LEARN and have FUN! An exploration into control, detachment and agency in an abusive relationship.

Comedy
Two young girls sit accross from each other at a table Backwoods

Director: Aminah Alhamdu

Year: 2026

Two estranged friends miss the last bus home after a rave and are forced to stick together to make it home before dawn.

Adventure Comedy Drama Woman Director
A dog in a crudely made fox costume is sat being fed by a yellow marigold glove on the end of a wooden pole. A Skulk in London

Director: Polina Chizhova, James Stephen Wright

Year: 2018

The work “A Skulk in London” explores the human projections onto animal life from a satirical perspective. Its aim is research the life of urban foxes amid the Anthropocene environment of central London and the mythologies surrounding them to highlight the human tendency of understanding and perpetually interpreting the natural world limited by the point of view of “man”. The main character is a city man who becomes fascinated with finding nature in the city and is following urban foxes to fulfil his dream of wilderness. The character lives in a world of fantasy and does not consider the perspective and agency of urban wildlife. His obsession is so blinding and absorbing that he doesn’t realise that the fox he finds is, in fact, a dog in a costume.

Climate / Environment Docufiction Experimental Fantasy