Screen Australia has announced major production funding for BABYTEETH, a film that is being described as “a bittersweet comedy.” Starring Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis, directed by Shannon Murphy in her feature film directorial debut.
Based on the successful 2012 play by Rita Kalnejais, it follows the potential disaster for the Finlay family as Henry (Mendelsohn) and Anna (Davis) realise their seriously ill teenage daughter Milla has fallen madly in love with a drug dealer, Moses. This romance is Milla’s protective parents’ worst nightmare – but Milla doesn’t want to play it safe anymore. Things get messy and morals go out the window, as the lives of those around the family – their disarmingly honest pregnant neighbour, a brilliantly flawed music teacher, a child violin prodigy and Moses’ family – become intertwined.
BABYTEETH is the first feature for Australian development and production company Whitefalk Films following the success of short films Trespass (Winner of Best Australian Short Film, MIFF 2017) and Florence Has Left the Building (Winner of Best Short Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts Awards 2015).
Create NSW are also investing in the title, with Australian distribution by Entertainment One (eOne) and international sales by Celluloid Dreams.
