Who's My Favourite Girl (film)
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Who's My Favourite Girl? is a BAFTA-award winning short film, written and directed by Adrian McDowall in 1999. The films two leads are Tarek Hamad and Ross Wright, and the film was produced by Joern Utkilen and Kara Johnston. The film won a Bafta award in the Best Short Film category in 1999, and the award was presented by Leslie Nielsen
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, which tells the story of Andy (Ross Wright), an immature school boy who finds out that May (Katrina Byan) has the hots for him. Andy panics and enlists his wiser and more mature friend John (Tarek Hamad) to teach him everything he needs to know about the opposite sex and sex in general. The film is based loosely on McDowall's experiences growing up in the eighties.
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen, OC was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters...
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Plot
The film is a comedyComedy
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, which tells the story of Andy (Ross Wright), an immature school boy who finds out that May (Katrina Byan) has the hots for him. Andy panics and enlists his wiser and more mature friend John (Tarek Hamad) to teach him everything he needs to know about the opposite sex and sex in general. The film is based loosely on McDowall's experiences growing up in the eighties.
Awards
- 53rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
- WON: Best Short Film
- Gijon International Film Festival
- WON: Special Prize of the Young Jury