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'Dear Rosie' (1990) is a 1990 British short subject directed by Peter Cattaneo from a script by Peter Morgan and Mark Wadlow.[https://letterboxd.com/film/dear-rosie/ Letterboxd] 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.Bould, Mark (2001). "Peter Cattaneo" in Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson: Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower Press: p. 52. . The 11-minute film premiered at the 1990 London Film Festival."[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117183621/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/442076 Dear Rosie]". British Film Institute. Retrieved on 29 November 2008. The following year, it was presented at the New York Film Festival.Holden, Steven (15 March 1991). "[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/15/movies/life-without-the-gloss-in-new-directors-series.html Life Without the Gloss In New Directors Series]". 'The New York Times' (The New York Times Company). Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
The short was nominated in the Best Short Film category at the 44th British Academy Film Awards,"[http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/nominations/?year=1990 Film Nominations, 1990]". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 29 November 2008. and the Short Film (Live Action) category at the 63rd Academy Awards."[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=3&BSFilmID=38012 1990 (63rd) Short Film (Live Action)] ". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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