Micmacs - showing with Toothpix short in Derby's QUAD
The short film ‘Labyrinth Derbicus‘ which won first prize at the 5 Lamps 24 Hour Film Competition, directed by Owen Tooth, has been selected to screen at the QUAD cinema in Derby before each screening of the new feature ‘Micmacs‘ by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Jeunet has directed some breathtaking films including Amelie, City of Lost Children, A Very Long Engagement and Delicatessen. His visual style is unmistakable and his choices in casting are uniformly quirky and inspired.
Owen is thrilled to be able to see his work on the big screen alongside such brilliant European cinema.
Micmacs, by all reports, is a true return to form and one of Jeunet’s best films to date. Screening times to be announced.
This weekend, Owen Tooth (directing) teamed up with James Knott to enter the Five Lamps 24 Hour Film Festival. Contestants had exactly 24 hours to shoot and edit a three minute film. All films were screened at QUAD, followed by the award ceremony. There were some brilliant films entered and it was a fantastic shock to take first place by unanimous decision from the judges ahead of stiff competition.
The prize includes free use of the University of Derby’s RED camera for the next Toothpix short, currently looking set to shoot in February – as well as free cinema tickets and membership to QUAD for a year.
The film stars long time collaborator Jon Glentoran as a Wizard who uses magic to perform the simplest tasks. It was written by Stephen Loveless. Watch the film, titled ‘Labyrinth Derbicus’ and drop us an email if you enjoyed it.
In other news, Toothpix has just been awarded FIVE STARS by the East Midlands Brokerage Platform, a Quality Assurance programme that allows publicly funded bodies to recommend Toothpix for film work.
Owen Tooth’s unusual short film ‘Effigy’ has been selected by QUAD cinema in Derby to screen alongside the new feature film ‘The Wolfman’ from director Joe Johnston. The Wolfman stars Benicio Del Toro alongside Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving and Anthony Hopkins – as well as Olga Fedori, star of the feature ‘Mum & Dad’ which Owen also worked on in the camera department.
The film is set for release in early 2010 and each screening will be preceded by Owen’s short (six minute) film Effigy. The Wolfman had a budget of $85,000,000 while Effigy cost under £100 to make. The musical score for The Wolfman was composed by Danny Elfman, while the grand gypsy jazz score for Effigy was composed by Belper musician David Beard. The music really lifts the film from the screen and gives it a sense of scale and grandeur. Why not come along to one of the screenings and see them both for yourself?
Earlier this year, Owen Tooth helped a group of young people make a film with their parents. The project was over six weeks and took place at QUAD, Derby’s centre for art and film.
The film ‘The Lost Boy’, a story of an adopted boy’s search for his real mother and his revelations about what matters in his life, has been selected for screening by the Bang! Short Film Festival in Broadway Cinema, Nottingham on 28th November at 6pm.
The competition had over 300 entries and has been narrowed to a ninety minute compilation, so Owen and the rest of the team are thrilled to see it has been selected.
The film was made with Engage, a Lottery funded scheme to encourage family learning across Derby City to family members at risk of offending or re-offending.
In the last week, Owen’s short film ‘Effigy’ has had two festival screenings; one at QUAD Derby Short Film 2009 and one at the MAYHEM 2009 horror festival in Nottingham, to great response.
The ‘Youth Volunteering in Derby’ film for Vinvolved has had a premiere at QUAD, Derby’s centre for Art and Film.
It was projected in the Box, with free popcorn and drinks for all guests.
The stars of the film all arrived and collected awards for their hard work in planning and making the film.
There was some fantastic feedback and we ended up watching it twice!
Owen Tooth’s short film ‘Effigy’ will be screened at this year’s Mayhem! film festival in Nottingham at the end of October.
The film is shot entirely from ‘point of view’ shots, so it’s all seen through characters eyes, and is a poetic romance with folklore themes.
Here’s what they said about it so far;
“Well done – the film’s unique and genuinely strange, which is a great thing!”
As featured in the Derby Evening Telegraph, the Toothpix film ‘Derby Youth Volunteering’ shot for Vinvolved is to have a premiere at a launch party at QUAD, Derby’s centre for arts and film, on September 28th.
Here’s a bit of the feedback we had from the film; “There’s overwhelming unanimous praise for the finished product.
Happy smiley faces were evident during viewing so that can only be a
good thing!”
The film is designed to be shown as part of a lesson and the DVD comes with a lesson plan booklet and several DVD-ROM files to help teachers use the film in school.
It’s a fast and colourful documentary showing what a difference one person can make – and also proving that young people aren’t the terrible stereotypes the media often makes them out to be.
Toothpix has spent an evening shooting for Davenport Interiors, doing stills photography and video during a cookery night in one of their exclusive kitchens. The video was projected at the Design Show at Earls Court in London on the 18th of September, while the photographs will be used for their new website.
Toothpix has just completed post production on a web video for Fat Cat Group Café Bars. The nationwide chain needed a silent video to be used on their website. The film was shot at several of their bars in the East Midlands in just a day.
Toothpix is proud to release Owen Tooth’s latest short, Effigy.
Effigy is a romantic short film with a poetic folklore theme and is presently being entered into festivals around the globe. It’s a dark story set in a world where our memories become words in the landscape around us, shot almost entirely in ‘point of view’ shots. Watch it and drop us an email to tell us what you think!
