Teething Problems (2022)
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Tired of her housemate stealing her toiletries, Darcy takes a twisted revenge in this darkly comic parody of a 'How To' video. Filmed chronologically on a single roll of 8mm film as part of the Straight8 Film Competition, where it premiered as part of the Top 25 London Screening.
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Awards and Nominations
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Absurd Film Festival 2023
Winner: Best Comedy Film (April/May Award) - Kristian Fitsall
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Austin Micro Short Film Festival 2022
Nominee: Best Comedy Film - Kristian Fitsall
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Georgia Comedy Film Festival 2022
Winner: Best Comedy Micro Film - Kristian Fitsall
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IndieX Film Festival 2022
Winner: Best Microfilm - Kristian Fitsall
Winner: Best Producer - David Freedman
Winner: Best Production Design - Zoe Cavendish
Winner: Outstanding Achievement Award for Production Design - Zoe Cavendish
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Oregon Short Film Festival
Nominee: Best Micro Comedy Film - Kristian Fitsall
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Stranger Days Independent Film Festival
Nominee: Best Micro-Short (Jury Award) - Kristian Fitsall
Nominee: Best Horror-Comedy (Jury Award) - Kristian Fitsall
Nominee: Best International Short (Jury Award) - Kristian Fitsall
Credits
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Starring Lydia Hourihan, Georgina McGuigan and Richard Savage.
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Written and Directed by Kristian Fitsall
Produced by David Freedman
Original Music by Danyal Dhondy
Cinematography by Nicolás Lejtreger
Production Design by Zoe Cavendish
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Makeup Prosthetics Design by Amanda Mason
On-set Make Up by Teryne Philip
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Script Supervision by Abdoulie Mboob
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Assistant Camera: Charlie Cookson
Lighting Technicians: Pauline Gefin & Benjamin Hart
Production Assistant: Tyra Hartman
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Teething Problems screened at the following festivals/Competitions:
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Absurd Film Festival
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Anatolia International Film Festival
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Austin Micro Film Festival
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Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
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Azure Lorica Film Festival
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Bedford International Film festival
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Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival
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Brighton Rocks Film Festival
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Die Laughing Film Festival
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Essex Film Collective
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Georgia Comedy Film Festival
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Hex After Dark Film Festival
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Houston Comedy Film Festival
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IndieX Film Festival
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International Sound & Film Music Festival
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International Shorts
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London International Monthly Film Festival
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London Rocks
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Midnight Soul Film Festival
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Oregon Short Film Festival
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Shorts on Tap London
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Short Sweet Film Fest
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Sofia Art Film Awards
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Simply Indie Film Festival
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Spark Micro-Short Film Festival
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Straight 8
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Stranger Days Independent Film Festival
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Southend on Sea Film Festival
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Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival
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United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival
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