''The Wake of Calum MacLeod'' ( gd, Faire Chaluim Mhic Leòid) is a Canadian drama

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, directed by

Marc Almon Marc Almon is a filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Almon is best known his work as the producer of the Canadian feature films ''Blackbird'' and ''Weirdos''. Career Almon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co- ...

and released in 2006."N.S. crew set to release Gaelic short film"

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Nova Scotia, May 8, 2006. The first film ever made in the Canadian dialect of the

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language, the film stars Angus MacLeod as the titular Calum MacLeod, a father in Cape Breton who is at risk of losing his family because his insistence on the traditional ways conflicts with their preference for fitting into the modern world. The film received a

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nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

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. It later won the A&E Short Filmmakers Award at the National Screen Institute's Online Short Film Festival."NSI announces latest online short film festival awards"
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'', August 12, 2013.

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