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Laurie Colbert is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. She works primarily but not exclusively in collaboration with
Dominique Cardona Dominique Cardona (born 1955) is an Argentinian-born Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. She works primarily but not exclusively in collaboration with Laurie Colbert.Seana Stevenson"Catch and Release Interview: Dominique Cardona an ...
.Seana Stevenson
"Catch and Release Interview: Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert"
''The Muff Blog'', July 13, 2020.
The duo are most noted for their 1999 short film '' Below the Belt'', which was 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; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...
nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the
21st Genie Awards The 21st Genie Awards were held in 2001 to honour films released in 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan. Nominees and winners The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold along with nominees. References {{Canadian Scree ...
in 2000, and their feature film '' Margarita'', which won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2012."Margarita grabs audience award at Inside Out Festival"
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'', June 1, 2012.
Their other films have included the documentary shorts ''Thank God I'm a Lesbian'' (1992) and ''My Feminism'' (1997), and the feature films ''
Finn's Girl ''Finn's Girl'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert and released in 2007.
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'' Variety'', June 28, 2007. and ''
Catch and Release Catch and release is a practice within recreational fishing where after capture, often a fast measurement and weighing of the fish is performed, followed by posed photography as proof of the catch, and then the fish are unhooked and returned ...
'' (2018).Chris Knight, "Catch and Release doesn't bring enough nuance to abortion debate". ''
National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with M ...
'', July 16, 2020.
Finn wrote ''Finn's Girl'', but she and Cardona co-conceived the idea for the film. Separately from Cardona, Colbert was an assistant director on Naomi McCormack's short film ''
The Hangman's Bride ''The Hangman's Bride'' is a Canadian historical drama short film, directed by Naomi McCormack and released in 1996.Marc Horton, "Fascinating historical yarn turns on a clever twist; Sharp eye for detail in true story of prison friendship". ''Ed ...
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