Lady and the Tooth
In a remote village where teeth are sacred, a toothless man named Jack fears ritual sacrifice. Isolated and desperate for love, Jack kidnaps a young man, believing that stealing his teeth will grant him freedom and acceptance in the village. But is this enough to fool the villagers?
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Shaun ClarkDirector
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Shaun ClarkWriter
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Shaun ClarkProducer
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Kim NoceProducer
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Melvyn TernanKey Cast
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Benjamin GersteinEDIT
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Chris WhiteMUSIC
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Alison BownSOUND
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MAry MiltonADDITIONAL FOLYES
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Project Type:Animation, Short, Other
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Genres:Animation, horror, fairy tale, folk horror
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Runtime:8 minutes
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Completion Date:June 1, 2012
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Production Budget:0 USD
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013Edinburgh
World Premiere -
Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival
Jury Special Mention -
CINEMA UNDER THE STARS
Best Animation -
FlickerfestAustralia
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Ars Cinema Short Film Festival,
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Landshuter Kurz Film Festival
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Boston Underground Film Festival
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Mecal International Short Film Festival,BArcelona
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Buried Alive Film FestivalAtlanta
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Atlanta Horror Film Festival,
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The Oshkosh Horror Film Festival,
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Court Metrange Film Festival,Rennes
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L’Etrange Festival,PAris
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The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK)belgium
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TabakaleraSpain
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17th Sofia International Film Festival
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Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest 2013
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Festival AltovicentinoVenice
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8th ATHENE ANIMAFESTathens
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BETHERE,Corfu, greece
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ANIMATED EXETERUk
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BRISTOL ENCOUNTERS,
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POZNAN AnimatorPoland
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RAVENNA NIGHTMARE FILMFEST,
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BANJA LUKACroatia
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ANIMALDICOADOS-Barzil
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ISTANBUL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
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FESTIVAL CINE B,Chile
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HORROR ON THE SEA,Uk
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Strange beauty film festivalNorth Carolina, USA
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Strawberry shorts film festivalCambridge, uk
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Rabbit festPerugia, italy
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Fanta film festivalRome, italy
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Cine fringe film festivalEdinburgh, scotland
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FanTasia film festivalMontreal, canada
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Koroche russian short film festivalRussia
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B movie underground and trash film festivalBreda, holland
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Diy film festivalWarsaw, poland
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Aesthetica short film festivalYork, uk
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Slimebone city horror film festivalCanada
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Cornwall horror festivalCornwall, uk
1st prize festival winner -
Three corpse circus international horror festivalAnn arbour, usa
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Cut out festivalMexico
Shaun Clark graduated from The National Film and Television School England in 2005 with the short film called “Lightman”. A manic tale about a man who is scared of the dark and tries at all costs to recreate the sun in his loft to make the dark vanish from his life forever. The film was screened at over forty film festivals and went on to win numerous awards. In 2005 Shaun was recognised by Aardman animations in an exhibition of work from the uk’s most recent fresh talent. Shaun went onto produce a series of short films between 2006 and 2011 which used experimental storytelling and abstract techniques. In 2010 his film Home?, Won the best experimental audience prize at the London International Animation Festival. Lady and the Tooth sees Shaun return to narrative based themes exploring a grotesque village full of teeth worshippers.
Shaun resides in London, England and is a Director at Flicker Mill
www.flickermill.com
Filmography
2013 The Foggiest Ideal (work in progress)
2012 Lady and the Tooth (Digi Beta, 8min)
2012 High Above The Sky (HD Cam, 3min)
2011 Looking Glass Music (DVD, 3 min)
2011 Unearthing Shadows (DVD, 6 min)
20008 Home? (Digi Beta, Mini DV, 6 min)
2007 Origin (8mm, Mini DV, 3 min)
2006 Philophobia (Mini DV, 1 min)
2005 Lightman (Digi beta, Beta sp, 7min)
"Lady and the Tooth" is a short animated folk horror film, created from a series of ongoing sketchbook studies featuring life drawings of passersby. The drawings were cut up and reassembled in After Effects to create the animation.
The film was inspired by the folk horror genre exploring an isolated community and the ritualistic ceremonies they believe in.
The full production was self funded and it was made possible thanks to the generosity of the crew.