Big Girl | |
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Directed by | Renuka Jeyapalan |
Written by | Renuka Jeyapalan |
Produced by | Anneli Ekborn Michael Gelfand |
Starring | Samantha Weinstein Kris Holden-Ried Patricia Fagan |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Big Girl is a 2005 Canadian short film, written and directed by Renuka Jeyapalan. [1]
The film depicts a battle of wills between a young girl (Samantha Weinstein) and her mother's new boyfriend (Kris Holden-Ried). [2]
It won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, [3] and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 27th Genie Awards. [4] Weinstein won an ACTRA Award for Best Actress from the Toronto chapter, becoming the youngest actress ever to win that award. [1]
It screened on CBC Television's Canadian Reflections in 2006. [5]
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