Filmmaker Phil Dunn Re: Award-Winning Film Short "THE STUPID BOY"

Phil Dunn is a director, writer, poet and owner of Authentive, a production company based in Brixton, South London. His latest film The Stupid Boy, is mega-success on the film festival circuit throughout the world. The 15-minute short film has now qualified to be considered for a 2024 Academy® Award, along with winning over 30 key awards at some of the top film festivals internationally. THE STUPID BOY can be seen at more than 500 cinemas across America, the UK, Europe and around the world through its selection by the Manhattan Short Film Festival, until November 2023.

THE STUPID BOY tells the parallel narrative of "Michael," a 16-year-old neurodivergent autistic boy unable to recognise hatred and bullying, and "Stephen," a white supremacist, broken man full of repressed rage, with a history of abuse and loss.

CLIP:   https://www.phildunn.uk/film/the-stupid-boy

IG:       @thestupidboyfilm)