Below the Belt (1999)
- Directed by
- Laurie Colbert, Dominique Cardona
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 4.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two young women who are amateur boxers fall in love. They later discover that one of their mothers is also having a secret affair with another woman.
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What happens
Below the Belt is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert and released in 1999. The film stars Nathalie Toriel and Cara Pifko as Oona and Jill, two young lesbian amateur boxers who fall in love, and then discover that one of their mothers (Tanja Jacobs) is also having an extramarital affair with another woman. The film premiered in the Panorama program at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival, as the opening film to Anne Wheeler's lesbian romantic comedy feature Better Than Chocolate. It was subsequently screened at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 1999, where it was co-winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film, and at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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