Room on the Broom | |
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Based on |
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson |
Written by |
Julia Donaldson Axel Scheffler |
Directed by |
Max Lang Jan Lachauer |
Starring |
Gillian Anderson Rob Brydon Timothy Spall Martin Clunes Sally Hawkins David Walliams |
Narrated by | Simon Pegg |
Theme music composer | René Aubry |
Country of origin | United Kingdom Germany |
Original language(s) | English, German |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Martin Pope Michael Rose |
Running time | 27 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Orange Eyes Limited Magic Light Pictures Studio Soi |
Distributor | Magic Light Pictures |
Release | |
Original network | BBC, BBC One, PBS Kids Sprout (United States) |
Original release |
8 November 2013 (With Thor: The Dark World) 30 October 2013 (United States) |
Room on the Broom is a 2012 British-German 3D stop motion computer animated short TV film based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The film was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film at the 2014 Academy Awards.
Directed by Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, the film was produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures, London, in association with Orange Eyes Limited.
It was first seen in theaters with Thor: The Dark World. It was first broadcast on BBC One, Tuesday 25 December 2012. It then aired in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout as a Halloween special, on 30 October 2013.