''Big Girl'' is a 2005 Canadian short film, written and directed by
Renuka Jeyapalan
Renuka Jeyapalan is a Tamil Canadian film and television director. Her debut short film '' Big Girl'' won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and was a shortlis ...
.
[Gayle MacDonald, "A best actress at 10, she already wants to direct". '']The Globe and Mail
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'', March 6, 2006.
The film depicts a battle of wills between a young girl (
Samantha Weinstein
Samantha Gail Weinstein (March 20, 1995 – May 14, 2023) was a Canadian actress.
Life and work
Weinstein was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 20, 1995 to Jojo (née Tindall) and David Weinstein. She began her professional acting career at th ...
) and her mother's new boyfriend (
Kris Holden-Ried
Kris Holden-Ried (born August 1, 1973) is a Canadian actor.
Early life and pentathlon
Holden-Ried was born in Pickering, Ontario. He studied at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business. He was a champion competitor in equestrianism, ri ...
).
It won the
at the
2005 Toronto International Film Festival
The 30th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 8–17 and screened 335 films from 52 countries - 109 of these films were world premieres, and 78 were North American premieres.
Awards
At the Festival's closing event, the following ...
, and was nominated for a
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...
for
Best Live Action Short Drama at the
27th Genie Awards
The 27th Genie Awards were held on February 13, 2007 to honour films released in 2006. The ceremony was located at the Carlu theatre in Toronto.
'' The Rocket (Maurice Richard)'' was the most successful film at these awards, winning nine of its ...
. Weinstein won an
ACTRA Award
The ACTRA Awards are Canadian accolades presented since 1972 to celebrate excellence in cinema, television and radio industries.[CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, p ...]
's ''
Canadian Reflections
''Canadian Reflections'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian independent short film television series which began on CBC Television in 1978.
Premise
This series features independent Canadian short films of various styles and topics, including bo ...
'' in 2006.
["Hockey doc shoots wide of the net". '']The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...
'', September 15, 2006.
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2005 short films
2005 films
Canadian drama short films
English-language Canadian films
Canadian Film Centre films
2000s English-language films
2000s Canadian films
Films directed by Renuka Jeyapalan
English-language drama short films
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