Big Girl is a 2005 Canadian short film, written and directed by Renuka Jeyapalan.Gayle MacDonald, "A best actress at 10, she already wants to direct". The Globe and Mail, March 6, 2006.
The film depicts a battle of wills between a young girl (Samantha Weinstein) and her mother's new boyfriend (Kris Holden-Ried).Gayle MacDonald, "Twinkle, twinkle little star". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2005.
It won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival,"Toronto film fest deemed a hit". Peterborough Examiner, September 19, 2005. and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 27th Genie Awards."Trailer Park Boys, Bon Cop compete for best picture Genie". CBC News, January 9, 2007. 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."Hockey doc shoots wide of the net". The Globe and Mail, September 15, 2006.
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