Feature Film
SCREEN AUSTRALIA presents in association with CREATE NSW and SPECTRUM FILMS, WEIRANDERSON.COM & JAN CHAPMAN FILMS a WHITEFALK FILMS production starring Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder with Essie Davis and Ben Mendelsohn.
DIRECTOR Shannon Murphy
WRITER Rita Kalnejais
PRODUCER Alex White
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jan Chapman
DOP Andrew Commis ACS
PRODUCTION DESIGN Sherree Philips
COSTUME DESIGN Amelia Gebler
EDITOR Stephen Evans
MUSIC Amanda Brown
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR Angus Robertson
CASTING Kirsty McGregor CGA, CSA & Stevie Ray CGA
STILLS Lisa Tomasetti
INTERNATIONAL SALES Celluloid Dreams
When seriously ill teenager Milla falls madly in love with smalltime drug dealer Moses, it's her parents' worst nightmare. But as Milla's first brush with love brings her a new lust for life, things get messy and traditional morals go out the window. Milla soon shows everyone in her orbit - her parents, Moses, a sensitive music teacher, a budding child violinist, and a disarmingly honest pregnant neighbour - how to live like you have nothing to lose. What might have been a disaster for the Finlay family instead leads to letting go and finding grace in the glorious chaos of life. Babyteeth joyously explores how good it is not to be dead yet and how far we will go for love.
WORLD PREMIERE:
In Competition 76 Venice International Film Festival 2019.
SCREENINGS:
BFI London Film Festival, Zurich International Film Festival, FilmFest Hamburg, Istanbul Filmekimi, Pingyao International Film Festival, La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival, Mostra de sao Paulo, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Minsk International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival, Ljubljana International Film Festival, AFI Fest, Castellinaria Film Festival, International Film Festival of India, Around the World In 14 Films, Singapore International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival.
AWARDS:
2021 Nominated: BAFTA Awards for Best Director and long listed for Best Adapted Screenplay & Best Casting.
2020 Winner: Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Leading Actress and Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Actor, Best Casting and Best Original Score.
2020 Nominated: Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Sound, British International Film Award (BIFA) for Best International Film.
2019 Winner: Venice Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Award Best Young Actor or Actress for Toby Wallace, Pingyao International Film Festival People's Choice Award Gala-Best Film, São Paulo International Film Festival New Directors Competition Best Film, Zurich Film Festival Won, Special Mention International Feature Film.
2019 Nominated: London Film Festival Sutherland Award First Feature Competition, Gijón International Film Festival Grand Prix Asturias Best Film, Hamburg Film Festival Young Talent Award Best Feature Film, Marrakech International Film Festival Nominated, Golden Star Best Feature Film, Mumbai Film Festival Nominated, International Competition Golden Gateway Award, Warsaw International Film Festival Nominated, Audience Award Feature Film.
PRESS:
A fearless debut about young love.
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- The Guardian
Shannon Murphy’s drama about a teenage cancer patient is a magnificent piece of character work by all four of its leads.
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- The Telegraph
It has great vitality for a film about the shadow of death. But it’s not really about death. It’s about the art of freshening up the familiar by giving it a new aspect. It’s about life in all its tantalising messiness.
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- The Sydney Morning Herald
The Venice competition gets a bracing blast of air from Shannon Murphy's freshman feature, a dynamic, devastatingly curtailed coming-of-age dramedy... An arresting feature debut... A balance of fluorescent stylistic edge and broad emotional accessibility... Honest, lyrical...A fully fledged coming-out ball for 20-year-old star Eliza Scanlen...Brilliantly performed by the film’s well-matched quartet of thesps...A remarkable debut."
- Variety
Vibrant and Touching... Ben Mendelsohn, Eliza Scanlen, and "Babadook" star Essie Davis bring heartbreaking truth and realness to a film with shades of Jane Campion... Primal and surefooted... Murphy has a firm hold on every beat... Off-kilter but always raw; delicate, but never precious... Scanlen is sensationally feral and resilient... A film with a wicked sense of humor... Honest and moving.
- Indiewire
With dazzling colour choices, off-key wit and a wild sense of mischief, this was the freshest discovery here.
- The Guardian
A surprising and beautifully acted exploration of the pain and absurdity of young love... Murphy’s debut captures the humanity of suffering while resisting the need for sentiment or mawkish pandering... Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis are so charismatic in their roles... Unlike its namesake, Babyteeth isn’t just a fleeting experience. Murphy’s debut avoids the usual growing pains of first features to capture the transcendent and yet excruciating kind of first love that stays with you long after your adult teeth have all finally come in.
- Sight & Sound
Charming… Eliza Scanlen confirms her status as one of the world’s most promising young actors… Intensely touching… Murphy has marked herself as one to watch for sprightly direction and storytelling.
- The Financial Times
Funny, affecting... Ben Mendelsohn – in what might be his best performance since Animal Kingdom – and Babadook star Essie Davis, are utterly convincing.
- Screen
A blast... Kinetically directed with touches of visual flourish and scored to a wonderfully youthful, kaleidoscopic soundtrack... A vibrant, bittersweet ride... Both leads Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace are terrific and strong contenders for the most promising actor award of the festival.
- Awards Daily
Shannon Murphy's eloquent comic debut offers a unique take on terminal illness and drug addiction... This is a notable first feature from Murphy, who exudes a supreme confidence in her deployment of crisp visuals and the lightly bifurcated manner in which she unfurls this eccentric yarn... The cast are strong across the board and, crucially, they are all tapped into the director’s wavelength.
- Little White Lies
Feature Film
DIRECTOR Simon Stone
WRITER Simon Stone
PRODUCERS Nicole O’Donohue & Jan Chapman
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Alex White
DOP Andrew Commis ACS
PRODUCTION DESIGN Steven Jones-Evans
COSTUME DESIGN Margot Wilson
EDITOR Veronika Jenet
MUSIC Mark Bradshaw
CASTING Nikki Barrett
STILLS Mark Rogers
Set in the last days of a dying logging town, Christian (Schneider) returns to his family home for his father Henrys (Rush) wedding. Reconnecting with his childhood friend Oliver (Leslie) and Olivers family, wife Charlotte (Otto) and daughter Hedvig (Young), he unearths a long-buried secret. As he tries to right the wrongs of the past, his actions threaten to shatter the lives of those he left behind years before.
WORLD PREMIERE:
Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Short Film
A woman walking her dog alone in the bush has a strange encounter.
CAST Maya Stange & Sara West
DIRECTOR Mirrah Foulkes
WRITER Mirrah Foulkes
PRODUCER Alex White
DOP Ari Wegner
PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN Sophie Fletcher
EDITOR Nick Meyers
STILLS Mark Rogers
World Premiere:
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016
Screenings:
Melbourne International Film Festival 2016
London International Film Festival 2016
Busan International Film Festival 2016
Flickerfest International Film Festival 2016
St Kilda International Film Festival 2016
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2017
Bali International Films Festival 2017
Awards:
Winner Best Short Australian Film Melbourne International Film Festival 2016
Winner Best Short Film 2017
Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere 2017
Short Film
Returning to his hometown to claim his inheritance, a young man is caught between picking up where he left off, or cutting ties altogether. A short film loosely based on the short story "Climbing to the Window, Pretending to Dance" by Dave Eggers
WORLD PREMIERE: Flickerfest 2018
Cast: Ian Meadow, Eamon Farren & Mirrah Foulkes
WRITER Eden Falk
DIRECTOR Eden Falk
PRODUCER Alex White
DOP Joshua Aylett
PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN Sophie Fletcher
EDITOR Simon Price
SOUND DESIGN Thom Kellar
STILLS Tom Wilson and Jensen Cope
Funded by the Screen NSW Emerging Filmmakers Fund
Short Film
Florence is a foul-mouthed resident of a nursing home trying to escape. She gets her chance with the help of a washed-up Elvis impersonator.
Cast: Jacki Weaver, Justin Rosniak, Julian Crotti & Eden Falk
WRITER Mirrah Foulkes
DIRECTOR Mirrah Foulkes
PRODUCER Alex White
DOP Jeremy Rouse
PRODUCTION DESIGN Karen Murphy
COSTUME DESIGN Sophie Fletcher
EDITOR Katie Flaxman
SOUND DESIGNER Sam Petty
STILLS Spencer Susser
WINNER:
AACTA Award for Best Short Fiction Film 2015
WORLD PREMIERE:
Melbourne International Film Festival 2014
Funded by the Screen NSW Emerging Filmmakers Fund
Short Film
The lives of two very different people collide in a suburban bathroom. Based on a short play by Rita Kalnejais.
Premiered at Fickerfest 2016
Cast: Lorena Arancibia & Luke Mullins
WRITER Eden Falk
DIRECTOR Eden Falk
PRODUCER Alex White
DOP Joshua Heath
PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN Sophie Fletcher
EDITOR Miska Mandic
SOUND DESIGNER Glen Slough
STILLS Eden Falk and Joshua Heath
Funded by Metro Screen Breaks Initiative
Short Film
Where is Mr Bubbles?
CAST Socratis Otto, Vanessa Moltzen, Olive McKinnon, Kick McKinnon
DIRECTOR Eden Falk
WRITER Eden Falk
PRODUCER Tim Russell
DOP Grégoire Lière
PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN Mel Page
EDITOR Stewart Arnott
STILLS Julian Tynan
World Premiere Flickerfest 2020
Dance Film
Featuring pieces from Bianca Spender's 2015 Spring/Summer Collection
Music 'The First Stand' by Jane Tyrrell
Performed by Geraldine Hakewill and Elizabeth Blackmore
Directed by Laura Scrivano
Produced by Alex White and Lizzie Cater
Cinematography by Ross Giardina
Production Design by Sophie Fletcher
Stills by Emma Furno
Virgin Australian Melbourne Fashion Festival Film Series // RUSSH Magazine // 10 Magazine // Fashion Journal // CREM, Japan // VOTD Award Winner
Music Video
Music ‘Blood and Bone’ by Buffalo Tales
Directed by Alyssa McClelland
Produced by Alex White
Cinematography by Jeremy Rouse
Stills by Cara O’Dowd
