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Short Film Showcase

Season 1
2022TV-14
John Hurt, Adrian Dunbar, and Sally Hawkins are some of the stars in this collection of award-winning short films where love and friendship take the lead.
Starring
Adrian DunbarAbigail McGibbonFrank McCafferty
Genres
Comedy
Subtitles
English [CC]
Audio languages
English

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  1. 1. The Attendant
    November 20, 2022
    12min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    Frankie (Adrian Dunbar) is a parking attendant with his eye on the future. His friend Cathy is in financial trouble, but as Frankie always says, "Something will turn up!"
  2. 2. Love at First Sight
    November 20, 2022
    13min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    Do you believe in love at first sight? When Arthur claps eyes on Ruth, he is left in no doubt. Award-winning actors John Hurt and Phyllida Law star.
  3. 3. The Silent Child
    November 20, 2022
    20min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    In this Oscar®-winning film, an overwhelmed family employs a deaf-specialist social worker to help prepare their "broken child," Libby, for the real world.
  4. 4. Joey
    November 20, 2022
    15min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    A lonely clown (John Simm) plying his trade in a forgotten seaside resort falls in love and is forced to confront a terrible secret he's been hiding.
  5. 5. The Phone Call
    November 20, 2022
    21min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    This Oscar® winner follows Heather (Sally Hawkins), a shy woman employed at a call center who receives a call from a mystery man that will change her life forever.
  6. 6. Roy
    November 20, 2022
    15min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    Isolated widower Roy (David Bradley) passes time by cold-calling strangers from the phone book. When he dials an adult hotline worker, an unlikely friendship is born.
  7. 7. Little Bird
    November 20, 2022
    10min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    After the women of Great Britain are called upon to aid the war effort, how far will one young woman with a secret go to expand her limited horizons and herself?
  8. 8. A Glimpse
    November 20, 2022
    10min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    A busy Londoner's life is sidetracked when an encounter with a spontaneous stranger in a cafe inspires her to take a chance on a more uncertain future.
  9. 9. Break
    November 20, 2022
    20min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    Oscar® nominee John Hurt stars in this uniquely lyrical drama about a chance meeting between two young parents and their elderly neighbors that impacts all their lives.
  10. 10. Don vs Lightning
    November 20, 2022
    13min
    TV-14
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    When Don (Peter Mullan), an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself a victim of multiple lightning strikes, he worries that his quiet life may never be the same again.

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