While surfing on the Ιnternet, New Zealand reporter David Farrier stumbles upon a bizarre“competitive endurance tickling” video, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled. Soon enough, he gets in touch with the producing company. Instead of receiving answers he is mocked for his sexual orientation and warned that extreme legal action will be taken should he dig any deeper. Of course, he does exactly the opposite, by uncovering a network of blunt extortion and defamation. Armed with courage and humor, he is determined to get to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
Tickled
Tickled

Screening Schedule
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- Direction: David Farrier & Dylan Reeve
- Cinematography: Dominic Fryer
- Editing: Simon Coldrick
- Music: Rodi Kirkcaldy, Florian Zwietnig
- Actors: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
- Production: A Ticklish Tale, Fumes Production, Horseshoe Films
- Producers: Carthew Neal
- Executive producer: Justin Pemberton
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: New Zealand
- Production Year: 2016
- Duration: 92΄
- Contact: Magnolia Pictures, international@magpictures.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Documentary Editing – New Zealand Film and TV Awards 2017
David Farrier
David Farrier (born 1982) is a New Zealand journalist. He is the co-director of the documentary film Tickled, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, receiving both critical acclaim and litigation threats. In 2018, he created the Netflix documentary series Dark Tourist, in which he visits obscure, peculiar, or dangerous tourist spots.
Filmography
2016 Tickled (doc)
2017 The Tickle King (short doc)
2018 Dark Tourist (TV series doc)
2017 The Tickle King (short doc)
2018 Dark Tourist (TV series doc)
Dylan Reeve
With a background in graphic design, marketing, and information technology, Dylan Reeve is currently working as a post-production supervisor in the New Zealand TV series Shortland Street, which is broadcast for 27 consecutive years. In 2016, he teamed up with David Farrier to co-direct the acclaimed documentary Tickled.
Filmography
2008 The End (short)
2012 Tilting at Windmills (short)
2013 Incredibly Advanced Robotics (short)
2014 Morgan's Time (short)
2016 Tickled (doc)
2017 The Tickle King (short doc)
2012 Tilting at Windmills (short)
2013 Incredibly Advanced Robotics (short)
2014 Morgan's Time (short)
2016 Tickled (doc)
2017 The Tickle King (short doc)