A Small Domain

A Small Domain
Directed byBritta Sjogren
Written byBritta Sjogren
Produced byBritta Sjogren
Andrea Sperling
StarringAna Gasteyer
CinematographyGreg Watkins
Edited byDody Dorn
Britta Sjogren
Music byBlake Leyh
Release date
  • January 1996 (1996-01)
Running time
18 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Small Domain is a 1996 short film written and directed by Britta Sjogren. It premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film, and subsequently won several festival awards during 1996 and 1997.[1] Sjogren was inspired by her friendship with actress Beatrice Hayes and Haye's relationship with her late husband.[2] Hayes took the role of the character based on her.

Plot

An elderly woman prepares to celebrate the anniversary of her marriage to her late husband. She steals what she needs and ends up taking home a baby that she finds at a bus stop.

Cast

  • Ana Gasteyer as Mother
  • Beatrice Hayes as Woman
  • Rebecca Guadalupe Kuntz as Baby
  • Lance Sjogren as Clerk
  • Emily Sperling as Little Girl

Awards

In 1996, A Small Domain won the Short Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival,[3] the Special Jury Award at the USA Film Festival and Special Recognition at Aspen Shortsfest. In 1997 it won the SXSW Competition Award at the SXSW Film Festival,[4] the Special Jury Artistic Merit Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival and the North Carolina Filmmaker Award at the Charlotte Film & Video Festival.[5]

References

  1. ^ "A Small Domain, Sundance Archive". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  2. ^ Spivey, Angela (1997). "A Small Domain". Endeavors. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
  3. ^ Bowen, Peter (September 1996). "Bringing up Indie - film producer Andrea Sperling - Interview". ArtForum. Archived from the original on June 27, 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
  4. ^ ""Lily" and "Waco" Take Top SXSW Awards". IndieWire. 10 March 1997. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  5. ^ "Awards for A Small Domain". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-11-28.


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