A Friend of Dorothy (2025)

Directed by

Lee Knight

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

22 min

Rated

15

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely widow forms an unlikely friendship with her teenage neighbor. They bond over their shared loneliness.

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What happens

A Friend of Dorothy is a 2025 British short comedy drama film written and directed by Lee Knight. The film starring Miriam Margolyes as a lonely widow and Alistair Nwachukwu as a teenage neighbour, depicts an unlikely, poignant bond over shared loneliness. It had its premiere in Shorts films at the Raindance Film Festival on 25 June 2025. It was nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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