Babyteeth

Babyteeth

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

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.

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