Mat Kirkby and James Lucas were on cloud nine when they received their first Oscars for their film "The Phone Call" in Best Live Action Short Film category at the 87th Academy Awards here Sunday night.
The other nominations in the category were Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis for "Aya", Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney for "Boogaloo and Graham", Hu Wei and Julien Feret for "Butter Lamp (La Lampe au beurre de yak)" and Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger for "Parvaneh".
"The Phone Call", a British short drama film, features Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Edward Hogg and Prunella Scales.
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