Directed by Peter Cattaneo Cinematography Clive Tickner (DoP) Running time 11 minutes Director Peter Cattaneo Written by Peter Morgan, Mark Wadlow | Starring Fiona Victory Edited by Guy Bensley Initial release 1990 Cast Fiona Victory | |
Produced by Stewart Richards
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Nicky Kentish Barnes Producers Barnaby Thompson, Channel Four Television Nominations Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action), BAFTA Award for Best Short Film Similar Chimps: So Like Us, Forever Activists, Building Bombs, Waldo Salt: A Screenwr, Starsuckers | ||
Dear Rosie (1990) is a British short subject directed by Peter Cattaneo from a script by Peter Morgan and Mark Wadlow. The plot follows Rosie, played by Fiona Victory, an unsuccessful novelist who begins receiving letters from overweight people after her agent publishes her diet tips.
Cattaneo directed the short while he was a student at the Royal College of Art. The 11-minute film premiered at the 1990 London Film Festival. The following year, it was presented at the New York Film Festival.
The short was nominated in the Best Short Film category at the 44th British Academy Film Awards, and the Short Film (Live Action) category at the 63rd Academy Awards.
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