Time Teens

Time Teens: The Beginning
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ryan Alexander Dewar
Written by	Ian Grieve
Starring	Andy Gray Ian Grieve Emily Winter Ralph Riach
Release dates	25 February 2015 (2015-02-25) (Scotland)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Scotland (UK)
Language	English

Time Teens: The Beginning is a 2015 Scottish feature film directed by Ryan Alexander Dewar. It was originally written as a TV Series by writer/actor Ian Grieve around ten years earlier. Grieve was resident director in Perth Theatre where he met Dewar and they pursued Grieve's TV scripts as a short film.^[1]

Cast

Appearing in the film are:

• Andy Gray^[2] as Black Ruthven
• Ralph Riach^[3] as The Meridian
• Ian Grieve
• Annie Louise Ross^[4] as The Victorian Woman
• Anne Kidd^[5] as Ghost Madelaine Lockhart
• Liam Brennan^[6] as Edwin
• Tom McGovern^[7] as The harlequin
• Helen Mackay^[8]
• Irene MacDougall^[9] as Andrea Novotny
• Gareth Morrison^[10]
• Amanda Beveridge^[11] as Miranda
• Emily Winter^[12] as Emma
• Richard Addison^[13] as Lawrence Toureq
• Michele Gallagher^[14] as Jenny Buchan
• Sharon Young^[15] as Buccaneer
• Jo Freer^[16] as Buccaneer

Plot

Time travel exists. William is a Tourasaiche, Pilgrim Time traveller, policing time crime. When he receives a letter from the future, he has to decide if his future will happen how it is written, or if things can be changed.^[17]

Production

After filming for four days in 2013, the film was too long to be a short film and too short to be a feature. The short film soon turned into a full feature film with a plethora of Scottish cast coming on board and waived their fee on the production. Production took place in under three weeks over 2013 and 2014.<ref name=Courier "29April2015">Burdge, Richard (16 January 2015). "Hope new film drama will woo tourists to Perthshire and Angus". The Courier. Retrieved 2 May 2015. </ref> The release date was put back as Dewar and Grieve appealed for assistance to get the project finished.^[18]

Release

The film premiered in February 2015 at the Perth Playhouse Cinema on an IMAX screen and was then shown there for the following 3 weeks.^[19]

It had screenings at:

• North By Midwest Micro-budget film festival in Michigan In May 2015^[20]
• the Fife Film Expo in Scotland in May 2015^[21]
• Aberdeen International Film Festival in Scotland in October 2015^[22]

Reception

Some complained that the film did not include enough teenagers and was perhaps difficult in its concepts for younger audiences. Suggesting that the name could have been changed, though understood it was a pilot for a longer series.

Awards and nominations

Time Teens picked up an award at the monthly San Francisco Film awards^[23] and an award from the Accolade Film Award Competition. In Spring, the film picked up Best Narrative Feature in the Alaska International Film Festival, Nominated for Best Director in International Euro Film Festival and Ryan won Best Director and Ian, Best Actor in a leading Role at the International Independent Film Awards 2015. At the North by Midwest micro budget film festival, the film also picked up 2nd place for Long feature.^[24]

Nomination have extended to the Deep Fried Film Festival for best Science Fiction and nomination for Best Cinematography in Fife Film Expo.^[25][26]

The film opened with generally positive reviews with average weighted ratings between 7 and 8 out of 10.

TV script

Alongside the film, a TV script was also written.<ref name=Courier "29April2015" /> The end of the film is 'The Beginning' of the series.^[27]

References

External links

• Time Teens : The Beginning Cinema release trailer on YouTube
• press release on 13 February 2015 by Tayscreen Scotland
• list of cinemas in Scotland where title is showing by The List