A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.
Acting
Matthew Needham's eyes do what his mouth cannot.
Writing
Inner monologue vs. stuttered reality is heartbreaking.
Editing
Tight 13 minutes, not a second wasted.
Director
Benjamin Cleary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Benjamin Cleary made this as his London Film School graduation project. It beat two Pixar shorts for the 2016 Best Live Action Short Oscar.
The film deliberately never explains Greenwood's stutter medically — Cleary wanted audiences to experience his isolation without clinical distance.
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