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Synopsis
"Even when Jodie knows the tooth fairy isn't real — the real magic is the lengths a mother will go."
Tired from a nursing shift, single mum Tina has one last thing on her to-do list: slip into her daughter Jodie's room and swap a tooth for a coin. But under the pillow, instead of a tooth, she finds a note — Jodie challenging the tooth fairy to prove she's real by finding the tooth hidden somewhere in the room. What follows is a delicate comedy of stealth and noise-making booby traps, until Tina discovers the tooth has been in Jodie's palm all along. She succeeds — but when she leaves, she hears a sound. Jodie was never asleep. She'd been watching the whole time. A short film about the small performances parents put on for love, and the children who see through them — and love them all the more for it.
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Director
Director
Liah Danquah is a director drawn to stories that explore identity, imagination and the quiet emotional shifts that shape how we see ourselves and others. Her work finds depth in intimate everyday moments, with a focus on creating films that feel honest, visually thoughtful and emotionally resonant.
While studying for a First Class BA in Media and Communications — where one of her films was awarded Best Drama — she began her career freelancing as a director and videographer. She has since directed work for brands including Mielle Organics and Camille Rose, and worked as a camera operator at venues including OVO Wembley Arena and ExCeL London. She was later selected as one of seven directors to undertake an MA in Directing Fiction at Goldsmiths, University of London. Dear Tooth Fairy is currently nominated for Best Micro Short at the BFI-supported Little Flix Festival.
Thematic Note
Dear Tooth Fairy belongs to a particular tradition of short drama — the kind that builds a whole world inside a single room, on a single night, with stakes that are entirely domestic and entirely enormous. What Liah Danquah understands is that the most moving thing about the tooth fairy myth isn't the myth itself. It's the parent on their hands and knees, in the dark, trying not to wake their child.
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