Tickled

Tickled

While surfing on the Ιnternet, New Zealand reporter David Farrier stumbles upon a bizarre“competitive endurance tickling” video, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled. Soon enough, he gets in touch with the producing company. Instead of receiving answers he is mocked for his sexual orientation and warned that extreme legal action will be taken should he dig any deeper. Of course, he does exactly the opposite, by uncovering a network of blunt extortion and defamation. Armed with courage and humor, he is determined to get to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

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Direction: David Farrier & Dylan Reeve
Cinematography: Dominic Fryer
Editing: Simon Coldrick
Music: Rodi Kirkcaldy, Florian Zwietnig
Actors: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
Production: A Ticklish Tale, Fumes Production, Horseshoe Films
Producers: Carthew Neal
Executive producer: Justin Pemberton
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: New Zealand
Production Year: 2016
Duration: 92΄
Contact: Magnolia Pictures, international@magpictures.com
Awards/Distinctions: Best Documentary Editing – New Zealand Film and TV Awards 2017

David Farrier

David Farrier (born 1982) is a New Zealand journalist. He is the co-director of the documentary film Tickled, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, receiving both critical acclaim and litigation threats. In 2018, he created the Netflix documentary series Dark Tourist, in which he visits obscure, peculiar, or dangerous tourist spots.

Filmography

2016 Tickled (doc)
2017 The Tickle King (short doc)
2018 Dark Tourist (TV series doc)

Dylan Reeve

With a background in graphic design, marketing, and information technology, Dylan Reeve is currently working as a post-production supervisor in the New Zealand TV series Shortland Street, which is broadcast for 27 consecutive years. In 2016, he teamed up with David Farrier to co-direct the acclaimed documentary Tickled.

Filmography

2008 The End (short)
2012 Tilting at Windmills (short)
2013 Incredibly Advanced Robotics (short)
2014 Morgan's Time (short)
2016 Tickled (doc)
2017 The Tickle King (short doc)