The Things My Father Never Taught Me

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 130 film festivals across 19 countries.[1][2][3]

The Things My Father Never Taught Me
Festival release poster
Directed byBurleigh Smith
Produced byJennah Bannear
Peter McIntosh
Burleigh Smith
Written byBurleigh Smith
StarringBurleigh Smith
Aiden Papamihail
Bridie Carter
Isabella Paris Hamer
Music byThe Texas Gypsies
CinematographyJason Thomas
Edited byRoss Farnsworth
Production
company
Wavebreaker
Distributed byWavebreaker
Release date
  • 1 March 2012 (2012-03-01)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

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 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ScreenWest, ‘The Things My Father Never Taught Me’ gains 100th festival acceptance Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine; by ScreenWest 11 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  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 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  4. Arizona International Film Festival, The Things My Father Never Taught Me; by Arizona International Film Festival 17 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  5. Boston International Film Festival, Boston International Film Festival Schedule Archived 2013-06-18 at the Wayback Machine; by Boston International Film Festival 11 February 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  6. Cambridge Film Festival, The Things My Father Never Taught Me Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine; by Cambridge Film Festival 13 September 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  7. Canada International Film Festival, 2013 CIFF Award Winners and Official Selections Archived 2013-03-01 at WebCite; by Canada International Film Festival 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  8. Carmel Art and Film Festival, Film Schedule; by Thomas Burns 1 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  9. Cornwall Film Festival, Films Without Borders 1 Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine; by Cornwall Film Festival 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  10. ScreenWest, WA short screens in Montreal, Cambridge and Long Island Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine; by ScreenWest 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  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 June 2012.
  12. Apocalypse Later, The Things My Father Never Taught Me; by Hal C F Astell 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

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