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Jude Hill (born January 1, 2010) is a Northern Irish actor. He is best known for his leading role in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast (2021), based on Branagh's childhood, for which he won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor. Hill made his feature film debut in Belfast. The film's story is told mostly through the eyes of Hill's character Buddy, described by Jeanette Catsoulis of the New York Times as "a bright, cheerful 9-year-old and a fictionalized version of Branagh himself". Hill was nine when he was chosen as the film's lead out of 300 young actors who auditioned. Hill was born in Gilford, a village in County Down, near Armagh, to Shauneen and Darryl. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. He attended St John's Primary School. From the age of four, she took drama classes at Shelley Lowry School in Portadown. Hill also played the lead role in the World War II-themed short film Rian, which premiered at CineMagic 2021. In the 2023 film "A Haunting in Venice", he worked with Branagh again.
In a quiet, snow-blanketed Canadian town, four-year-old Caillou lives a seemingly idyllic life with his loving parents and baby sister Rosie. But Caillou is different—withdrawn, distant, and increasingly isolated. His only companion is Gilbert—once a friendly family cat, now a sinister imaginary friend that speaks only to him. When children begin to disappear and unsettling drawings appear in Caillou's room, whispers of something darker take root. As the line between reality and imagination dissolves, psychologist Dr. Elaine Harwood and haunted detective Lucas Brent uncover the truth: Caillou’s "friend" may not be imaginary at all. With each day leading to his fifth birthday, the sinister entity feeding on Caillou's innocence grows stronger. When his sister vanishes and blood stains the snow, Caillou’s family must confront a horrifying legacy tied to an ancient cursed book—one that transforms make-believe into a deadly force.
