''The Eleven O'Clock'' is a 2016 Australian

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short film directed by

Derin Seale Derin Seale is an Australian filmmaker, best known for his film, ''The Eleven O'Clock'' for which he received an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film nomination at the 90th Academy Awards. Filmography * 2016: ''The Eleven O'Clock'' (Sh ...

. It was inspired by a sketch from the television series ''

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''. It was nominated for an

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at the

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in 2018.

Plot

A session between a psychiatrist and his patient, delusively believing he is the psychiatrist, gets out of hand.

Cast

Josh Lawson Joshua Lawson (born 22 July 1981) is an Australian actor and filmmaker best known for his role as Doug Gugghenheim in ''House of Lies'', Tate in '' Superstore'' and as Kano in the 2021 film ''Mortal Kombat''. Early life Lawson was born and rais ...

as Terry Phillips *

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as Nathan Klein * Jessica Donoghue as Linda * Gregory J. Thorsby as Security Guard * Eliza Logan as Daisy * Alyssa McClelland as Donna

Reception

Critical response

''The Eleven O'Clock'' has an approval rating of 100% on

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, based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 8.80/10 among all critics. On

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, the short holds a review score of 7.6, with 960 votes.

Awards and nominations

* Nominated:

* Won: Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for Best Short Fiction Film

References

External links

* 2016 films 2016 short films Australian drama short films 2016 drama films 2010s English-language films {{Short-drama-film-stub