Tooty's Wedding Explained

Tooty's Wedding
Director:	Frederic Casella
Producer:	Frederic Casella Ben Willbond^[1]
Starring:	Ben Willbond Laura Solon Daisy Haggard Mathew Baynton
Cinematography:	Steve Gray Sasha Snow
Editing:	Michael Duxbury
Studio:	Hoot Comedy
Released:	^[2]
Runtime:	19 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Tooty's Wedding is a 2010 short comedy film, written by Perrier Award Winners Ben Willbond and Laura Solon and directed by Frederic Casella. It was screened as part of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, having been selected from a record 7,675 submissions.^{[3] [4]}

A feature-length version of the short film, in which "a young couple's marriage hilariously hits the rocks during a weekend wedding in the country" won awards at the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), LA ShortsFest 2011, Aesthetica Short Film Festival and New York Friar’s Club^[5] is now in development.^[6]

Reception

• • Winner – Grand Prize for Best Comedy at the Rhode Island International Film Festival Winner – Jury prize for Best Short at the Friars Club Film Festival
• Winner – Best Comedy at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2011^[7]
• Winner – Award of Merit – Accolade Competition 2011^[8]
• Official selection for the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival

Notes and References

1. Web site: BRITISH COMEDY SHORT WINS PLACE AT SUNDANCE 2012. Avalon UK. 15 December 2011. 8 December 2011.
2. Web site: Tooty's Wedding. LA Comedy Fest. 15 December 2011. 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111117122752/http://www.lacomedyfest.com/schedule/film/tootys-wedding/. 17 November 2011.
3. Web site: Mann. Andrea. British Comedy Short 'Tooty's Wedding' Is Sundance-Bound (EXCLUSIVE CLIP). Huffington Post UK. Aol (UK). 15 December 2011. 15 December 2011.
4. Web site: Fernandez. Jay. Sundance Film Festival Announces 2012 Short Films Program. 15 December 2011. 6 December 2011.
5. Web site: Work : Laura Solon. 15 December 2011.
6. Web site: Laura Solon. 15 December 2011.
7. Web site: Aesthetica Short Film Festival. Aesthetica Magazine Ltd. 15 December 2011. 6 November 2011.
8. Web site: Accolade Competition Deadline: August 26, 2011. The Accolade Film, Television, New Media & Videography Awards. 15 December 2011. 26 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092420/http://www.accoladecompetition.org/PDF_Winners/WinnersAccoladeDeadline082611.pdf. 25 April 2012.