Overview
- The short film is nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards, scheduled for March 15, 2026 and hosted by Conan O’Brien.
- A Friend of Dorothy co-stars Stephen Fry, is directed by Lee Knight, and follows a widow whose routine is disrupted by a teenage visitor.
- Margolyes, 84, urged viewers in an ITV News interview to seek out the film.
- Her earlier interview with The Big Issue comparing Israel’s campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust drew condemnation from the Campaign Against Antisemitism and prompted calls last year to strip her 2002 OBE.
- She has rejected accusations of antisemitism, saying she is “anti-killing children,” as fans recently offered support after she learned an old friend had died two years ago.