Dear Rosie is a British short subject

Short subject

A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...

 directed by Peter Cattaneo

Peter Cattaneo

Peter Cattaneo was born in 1964 in Twickenham, London. He is a two-time Academy Award-nominated English filmmaker most famous for directing the hit British film The Full Monty. He also directed 2005's Opal Dream.-Filmography:-External links:...

 from a script by Peter Morgan

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 and Mark Wadlow

Mark Wadlow

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. 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

Royal College of Art

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. The 11-minute film premiered at the 1990 London Film Festival

London Film Festival

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. The following year, it was presented at the New York Film Festival

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The short was nominated in the Best Short Film

BAFTA Award for Best Short Film

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 category at the 44th British Academy Film Awards

44th British Academy Film Awards

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, and the Short Film (Live Action) category at the 63rd Academy Awards

63rd Academy Awards

The 63rd Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1991 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The show was hosted by Billy Crystal.The prominent winner was Dances with Wolves which earned seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Joe Pesci winning Best Supporting Actor...

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