The Oates' Valor is a short film written and directed by Tim Thaddeus Cahill.

Cahill's first film is a coming of age comedy of a son's conflict with his demanding father.

Teenage Boyson Oates (played by Jordan David) conflicts with his demanding father (played by Jack Moore).

[1] After an unsuccessful attempt to follow his father's orders, Boyson runs away from home, but is lured back for a reconciliation by one final parental act of appeasement.

[6] It will be a Competition Short at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.