The Things My Father Never Taught Me

The Things My Father Never Taught Me
Festival release poster
Directed by Burleigh Smith
Produced by Jennah Bannear
Peter McIntosh
Burleigh Smith
Written by Burleigh Smith
Starring Burleigh Smith
Aiden Papamihail
Bridie Carter
Isabella Paris Hamer
Music by The Texas Gypsies
Cinematography Jason Thomas
Edited by Ross Farnsworth
Production
company
Wavebreaker
Distributed by Wavebreaker
Release date
  • March 1, 2012 (2012-03-01)
Running time
 7 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

The Things My Father Never Taught Me is a 2012 short comedy film written and directed by Burleigh Smith and starring Smith, Aiden Papamihail, Bridie Carter and Isabella Paris Hamer. The film has the distinction of being accepted into over one hundred and thirty film festivals across nineteen countries.[1][2][3]

Plot

Melvin gives dating advice to his three-year-old son. He teaches him to dress well, act with confidence and spend time with the right crowd. The results are disastrous. Melvin then meets Mary, an attractive single mother, and his womanising skills are put to the test.

Festival Screenings

Festival screenings include the Arizona International Film Festival,[4] the Asiana International Short Film Festival (South Korea), the Boston International Film Festival,[5] the Cambridge Film Festival,[6] the Canada International Film Festival,[7] Clint Eastwood's Carmel Art and Film Festival,[8] Mike Leigh's Cornwall Film Festival,[9] the Dungog Film Festival (Australia), the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Humboldt Film Festival, the Indianapolis International Film Festival, the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival,[10] and the Long Island International Film Expo (New York), where it screened on Opening Night.[11]

Reception

Reviewing the film on Apocalypse Later at the Filmstock Film Festival, Hal C. F. Astell wrote "It's obvious that Burleigh Smith dreams of being Woody Allen and he's clearly doing much better than most wannabes ... He's great at making a mild idiot out of himself without ever losing believability. This is a wonderful little short on many fronts."[12]

References

  1. ↑ FilmInk, Global Exposure Archived 2013-08-22 at the Wayback Machine.; by Cara Nash 27-6-13. Retrieved 1-7-13.
  2. ↑ ScreenWest, ‘The Things My Father Never Taught Me’ gains 100th festival acceptance Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine.; by ScreenWest 11-6-13. Retrieved 1-7-13.
  3. ↑ Film and Television Institute, Smith's Local Short Cracks 100 Festivals Archived 2015-11-20 at the Wayback Machine.; by Film and Television Institute 12-6-13. Retrieved 01-7-13.
  4. ↑ Arizona International Film Festival, The Things My Father Never Taught Me; by Arizona International Film Festival 17-3-13. Retrieved 01-7-13.
  5. ↑ Boston International Film Festival, Boston International Film Festival Schedule Archived 2013-06-18 at the Wayback Machine.; by Boston International Film Festival 11-2-13. Retrieved 01-7-13.
  6. ↑ Cambridge Film Festival, The Things My Father Never Taught Me Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine.; by Cambridge Film Festival 13-9-12. Retrieved 1-7-13.
  7. ↑ Canada International Film Festival, 2013 CIFF Award Winners and Official Selections Archived 2013-03-01 at WebCite; by Canada International Film Festival 1-3-13. Retrieved 01-7-13.
  8. ↑ Carmel Art and Film Festival, Film Schedule; by Thomas Burns 1-10-12. Retrieved 6-11-12.
  9. ↑ Cornwall Film Festival, Films Without Borders 1 Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine.; by Cornwall Film Festival 6-11-12. Retrieved 6-11-12.
  10. ↑ ScreenWest, WA short screens in Montreal, Cambridge and Long Island Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine.; by ScreenWest 24-7-12. Retrieved 1-7-13.
  11. ↑ Long Island International Film Expo, The Things My Father Never Taught Me Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine.; by LIFTF 2012. Retrieved 23-6-12.
  12. ↑ Apocalypse Later, The Things My Father Never Taught Me; by Hal C F Astell 2-12-13. Retrieved 26-3-15.
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