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11 June 2026

A Friend of Dorothy: Watch the Oscar-nominated short film with Miriam Margolyes in full exclusively on Attitude now

The Oscar-nominated short is available to stream on Attitude's YouTube channel for a limited time, marking Pride Month

By Jamie Tabberer

a composite of a close-up of Miriam with grey hair, and Alistair in a blue hoodie, head and shoulders, both stills from the film
Miriam Margolyes and Alistair Nwachukwu in A Friend of Dorothy (Images: Supplied)

A Friend of Dorothy, the Academy Award-nominated short film starring Miriam Margolyes, is now available to watch for free for a limited time on Attitude’s YouTube channel (and below in this article) to celebrate Pride Month.

Also starring Alistair Nwachukwu and Stephen Fry, A Friend of Dorothy is directed by Lee Knight, who recently made the 2026 Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley list, our yearly celebration of 101 LGBTQ community trailblazers.

Knight is joined on the ‘Film, TV and Music’ section of 101 by the likes of Oh Mary! star Mason Alexander Park and current Attitude cover star Fra Fee.

The 22-minute film tells the story of an intergenerational friendship between an elderly woman and a teenage boy and is nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards next month.

It is available to watch on our YouTube page until 6 July 2026.

A Friend of Dorothy is available to stream now on Attitude’s YouTube channel (Image: Supplied)

“If I’m good in this film, and I believe I am, it’s because of what Lee did” – Miriam Margolyes on A Friend of Dorothy

Discussing the short, which was nominated for an Oscar at the 2026 Academy Awards, Margolyes told Attitude’s digital title Attitude Uncut in an exclusive cover interview: “I’m terribly proud of this film, the work that we did, all of us, in it together. I’ve known Stephen [Fry] a long time, of course.

“But Lee is new in my life. He really has brought something quite remarkable. Because, you know, he’s an easy guy to talk to. He’s a wonderful director.

a still from the film showing Miriam sat down and Alistair stood up reading a book, sat in her front room
A still from A Friend of Dorothy (Image: Supplied)

A Friend of Dorothy is produced through Knight’s Filthy Gorgeous Productions. The producers are James Dean, Scottie Fotré and Max Marlow. The film will be available on Attitude’s YouTube channel until 6 July.

A Friend of Dorothy plot

Dorothy (BAFTA winner Miriam Margolyes) is a lonely widow whose body is failing, but her mind remains as bright as ever. When 17-year-old JJ (Alistair Nwachukwu) 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. The cast includes Stephen Fry (Wilde, Gosford Park) and Oscar Lloyd (Stranger Things: The First Shadow).

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