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The Phone Call
Winner of the 2015 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. THE PHONE CALL follows Heather, (played by Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins), a shy lady who works at a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man (played by Oscar® winner Jim Broadbent) she has no idea...Watch Movie
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The Crush
Nominated for the 2011 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. Ardal Travis is in love. There's just one problem. He's an eight year old schoolboy and the object of his affection is his Second Class teacher, Miss Purdy. But when her boyfriend arrives on the scene Ardal is heartbroken. His...Watch Movie
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Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Nominated for the 2010 Academy Award® for Animated Short Film. Granny tells the story of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the elderly fairy, who intends to get her revenge for not being invited to the Royal Christening with the more glamorous and youthful fairies who...Watch Movie
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Wish 143
Nominated for the 2011 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. When a fifteen-year-old boy discovers he has months to live he is granted one wish from the Dreamscape Charity. However, David doesn't want to go to Disneyland or meet a star footballer, what he really wants is an hour alone with a...Watch Movie
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Love at First Sight
Short listed for the 2012 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT tells the story of a day in the life of seventy-year-old Arthur who falls in love with a fellow resident, a beautiful woman called Ruth. This apparently simple love story playfully builds...Watch Movie
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Throat Song
In the snowy and mystic landscape of Iqaluit, Nunavut, a small town in the Canadian Arctic, Ippik, a young Inuit woman, is silently suffering from the pains of an abusive relationship. Lost in a community that's been tragically separated from its past, Ippik, through a job with the Department of...Watch Movie
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Rubai
The First Holy Communion, a bastion of Irish tradition and culture, is fast approaching and eight-year-old Rúbaí flatly refuses to be a part of it. She's an atheist and proud of it and whilst she is happy to stand by her convictions the wider society has a problem with such an independent girl...Watch Movie
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The Listing Agent
Noel Brown is a residential real estate agent and family man, whose business has taken quite a downturn in light of recent housing markets. In fact, he has one last chance to sell a home before losing his own to foreclosure. But when his listing finally gets an offer, his...Watch Movie
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Kavi
Nominated for the 2010 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. KAVI, is about a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school, but instead he is forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day slave. Unsatisfied with his fate, Kavi must choose to either accept what he's always been...Watch Movie
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Dance Lexie Dance
Nominated for the 1998 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. Lexie lives with his lively daughter, Laura, who now wants to learn to dance. He has just about managed as a one-parent family so far. The story of one man's lonely life is transformed by the simple wisdom of...Watch Movie
