Below the Belt | |
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Directed by |
Dominique Cardona Laurie Colbert |
Written by | Dominique Cardona Laurie Colbert |
Produced by | Kate Gillen |
Starring | Nathalie Toriel Cara Pifko Tanja Jacobs |
Cinematography | Derek Rogers |
Edited by | Paul Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Below the Belt is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert and released in 1999. [1] 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. [1]
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. [2] 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. [3]
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards in 2000. [4]
Below the Belt | |
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Directed by |
Dominique Cardona Laurie Colbert |
Written by | Dominique Cardona Laurie Colbert |
Produced by | Kate Gillen |
Starring | Nathalie Toriel Cara Pifko Tanja Jacobs |
Cinematography | Derek Rogers |
Edited by | Paul Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Below the Belt is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert and released in 1999. [1] 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. [1]
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. [2] 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. [3]
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards in 2000. [4]