'' Up There '' is a 2011 British feature film comedy-drama , written and directed by Zam Salim and starring Burn Gorman , Kate O'Flynn , Aymen Hamdouchi , Chris Waitt , Jo Hartley and Warren Brown . It is financed by the UK Film Council , BBC and Creative Scotland . It is based on Salim 's short film " Laid Off " . The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival of Mannheim-Heidelberg on 18 November 2011 . It won the award for Best Feature Film at the 2012 British Academy Scotland Awards , and was broadcast on BBC Two in August 2015
2012 British Academy Scotland Awards
2012 British Academy Scotland Awards
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