''The Neighbors' Window'' is a 2019 American short film written and directed by

Marshall Curry Marshall Curry (born ) is an Oscar-winning American documentary director, producer, cinematographer and editor. His films include '' Street Fight'', '' Racing Dreams'', '' If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front'', ''Point and ...

. It won the

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for

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in 2020. The film was inspired by a true story by Diane Weipert, which she recounted on the podcast '' Love and Radio''.

Plot

Alli and Jacob are a couple of 30-somethings living in New York City with their three young children. Alli is busy and stressing in nursing the kids, straining her relationship with husband Jacob. Alli's apartment's window faces with an apartment neighbor's window. Alli and Jacob both covertly spy on the couple, bitter about their loss of youth and new responsibilities as parents. One day, Jacob comments that the neighbor man has "shaved his head" and looks hungover. Shortly after, while Jacob and the kids are out, Alli spies across the street again to find the man in hospice; he dies soon after. Alli goes out to witness the man being taken out in a body bag and finds the wife crying on the sidewalk. The woman reveals that ever since her husband became "sick," they would find comfort in watching the family through the window, much in the way Jacob and Alli did. The two embrace. The same night, as Jacob and the kids return from the museum, the family interacted with each other with joviality.

Cast

Maria Dizzia Maria Teresa Dizzia (born December 29, 1974) is an American actress. Dizzia was nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in ''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)''. Early lif ...

as Alli * Greg Keller as Jacob * Juliana Canfield as The Neighbor * Bret Lada as The Neighbor's Husband

Awards

* Won

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Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...

2020, Oscars.org
/ref> *Palm Springs Shorts Fest, Best Live Action Short (Winner - Audience Award) *Casting Society Artios Awards - Short Film Casting (nominee) *Traverse City Film Festival, Best Fiction Short (Winner - Audience Award) *Hollyshorts Film Festival, Best Drama (Winner) *SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Best Narrative Short (Winner) *St. Louis International Film Festival, Best of the Fest (Winner) *Nashville Film Festival, Best Narrative Short (Winner) *Rhode Island Film Festival, Best Live Action Short (Winner) *Woodstock Film Festival, Best Short Film (Winner)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neighbors' Window, The 2019 short films Films directed by Marshall Curry Films set in New York City Films shot in New York City American short films 2019 films Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners 2010s English-language films

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