Project Detail

A Friend of Dorothy

Synopsis

Dorothy is a lonely widow whose body is failing, but her mind remains as bright as ever. When 17-year-old JJ accidentally kicks his football into her garden, he upends Dorothy’s daily routine of pills, prunes and crosswords, and an unlikely friendship blossoms. Despite being worlds apart in every way, the two come to find they have more in common than they could ever imagine.

Visit Film Website

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 21 min 24 sec
Format: 2K Digital
Director: Lee Knight
Producer: James Dean, Scottie Fotré, Max Marlow
Executive Producer: Lee Knight, Harry Burnett Rae, Charles Gordon, Nicky Hale, Elliott Linger, Soumia Majumdar, Nichola Martin, Ingrid Tarrant
Editor: Phil Hookway
Screenwriter: Lee Knight
Director of Photography: Vanessa Whyte BSC
Production Designer: Amanda Bernstein
Sound: Josh Robinson-Ward
Composer: Stuart Hancock
Principal cast: Miriam Margolyes, Alistair Nwachukwu, Oscar Lloyd, Stephen Fry
Make Up and Hair: Nicola Sacks
Costume Designer: Francisco Rodriguez-Weil
Casting: Tom Payne, Lucy Allen

Genre

Comedy LGBTQIA+

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Filthy Gorgeous Productions

Lee Knight
Bradbury Stell Accountants
Unit 2 Beverley Court
26 Elmtree Road
Teddington
TW11 8ST

filthygorgeousproductions@gmail.com

Page updates

This page was last updated on 9th June 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

Created in collaboration with local children in one of the most environmentally fragile areas of the UK, this experimental documentary repurposes the tropes of Hollywood monster movies to explore young people’s real feelings and fears through an imaginary framework. This fantasy apocalypse becomes a safe space for the children to reflect on adaptation, resilience and an uncertain future.

Children’s Climate / Environment Docufiction Experimental Sci-Fi

A couple in car driving through countryside

A Weekend Away

Director: Rob Reed

Year: 2022

Friends and family reunite to celebrate a surprise 40th birthday over a relaxing weekend getaway. Tensions arise, conflicts resurface, and secrets are revealed, turning their weekend into a turbulent journey of self-discovery and redemption.

Comedy Drama