The Deer’s Tooth – Festival Screener

The Deer’s Tooth is a documentary that follows a young girl navigating childhood within a landscape shaped by displacement, fear, and fragile routines. Through small gestures, conversations, and moments of play, the film observes how imagination and resilience emerge in environments marked by uncertainty. The deer’s tooth becomes a quiet symbol of protection and belief, reflecting how children construct meaning to cope with instability. The film offers an intimate perspective on innocence persisting under pressure.

The film is by a documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on childhood, memory, and lived experience in contexts of crisis.