The Oates' Valor is a short film written and directed by Tim Thaddeus Cahill. Cahill's first film is a coming of age comedy of a son's conflict with his demanding father. This 14 minute color piece was filmed on Super 16 mm film.
Plot Teenage Boyson Oates (played by Jordan David) conflicts with his demanding father (played by Jack Moore).NYTimes Movies After an unsuccessful attempt to follow his father's orders, Boyson runs away from home, but is lured back for a reconciliation by one final parental act of appeasement.
Reception The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.Sundance It has been featured at the Silver Lake Film Festival,Silver Lake Film Festival the Nantucket International Film Festival,Nantucket International Film Festival Small Potato Short Film Festival,Small Potato Short Film Festival and the Dereel Independent Film Festival.Dereel Independent Film Festival
It will be a Competition Short at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.Alternative screenings- Pasadena Weekly
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2007 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL LINE-UP from Film Threat online Clip from the Sundance Film Festival Epistrophe Films Indiewire Matt Barber David Rom
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