Milla, a 16-year-old cancer-stricken teenager, is shedding off her girly skin into womanhood, just as her life is flickering away. Unfortunately, her highly-strung mother and her emotionally blocked father, beaten by premature grief, can’t bring themselves to treat their daughter as a normal adolescent. Milla’s random acquaintance with good-for-nothing Moses, a drug-dealing drifter, provides a yet refreshing antidote to her parents’ walking-on-eggshells considerateness. Brushed with love, Milla rediscovers her lust for life, forcing conventional morals out the window. A family portrait of comic beats and dramatic counter beats, which dares to let go and indulge in life’s splendid chaos.
Babyteeth
Babyteeth
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Shannon Murphy
- Script: Rita Kalnejais
- Cinematography: Andrew Commis
- Editing: Steve Evans
- Sound: Angus Robertson
- Music: Amanda Brown
- Actors: Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn
- Production: Whitefalk Films
- Producers: Alex White
- Art Direction: Bill Goodes
- Costumes: Amelia Gebler
- Executive producer: Jan Chapman
- Sets: Sherree Philips
- Camera: Joel Eames, Pernilla Finne, Emma Paine, Thomas Rolfe
- Make Up: Angela Conte
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Australia
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 117´
- Contact: Celluloid Dreams, info@celluloid-dreams.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Young Actor or Actress (Marcello Mastroianni Award) – Venice FF 2019
Shannon Murphy
Raised in Hong Kong, Singapore, Africa and Australia, Shannon Murphy is an award-winning theater and cinema director. She is a graduate of both the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sidney and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), where she majored in Directing. Her graduating short film Kharisma was screened at numerous festivals, including Cannes and Toronto International Film Festival. Her debut feature Babyteeth premiered at the competition section of the Venice Film Festival.
Filmography
2013 The Comeback (short)
2014 Love Me Tender (short)
2015 Pineapple Squat (short)
2016 Eaglehawk (short)
2019 Babyteeth
2014 Love Me Tender (short)
2015 Pineapple Squat (short)
2016 Eaglehawk (short)
2019 Babyteeth