Big Girl (2005)
- Directed by
- Renuka Jeyapalan
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 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
A young girl and her mother's new boyfriend clash in a battle of wills. The short film explores the tension between them.
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What happens
Big Girl is a 2005 Canadian short film, written and directed by Renuka Jeyapalan. The film depicts a battle of wills between a young girl (Samantha Weinstein) and her mother's new boyfriend (Kris Holden-Ried). It won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 27th Genie Awards. Weinstein won an ACTRA Award for Best Actress from the Toronto chapter, becoming the youngest actress ever to win that award. It screened on CBC Television's Canadian Reflections in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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