A Small Domain
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Small Domain
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| director = Britta Sjogren
| producer = Britta Sjogren
Andrea Sperling
| writer = Britta Sjogren
| narrator =
| starring = Ana Gasteyer
| music = Blake Leyh
| cinematography = Greg Watkins
| editing = Dody Dorn
Britta Sjogren
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1996|01}}
| runtime = 18 mins.
| country = United States
| language = English
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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.{{cite web
| title =A Small Domain, Sundance Archive
| publisher =Sundance Film Festival
| url =https://history.sundance.org/films/1447/a_small_domain
| access-date =2022-01-20 }} Sjogren was inspired by her friendship with actress Beatrice Hayes and Haye's relationship with her late husband.{{Cite news
|last=Spivey
|first=Angela
|title=A Small Domain
|newspaper=Endeavors
|year=1997
|url=http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/domain.html
|access-date=2007-11-28
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611165138/http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/domain.html
|archive-date=2007-06-11
|url-status=live
}} 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,{{cite web
| last =Bowen
| first =Peter
| title =Bringing up Indie - film producer Andrea Sperling - Interview
| publisher =ArtForum
| date =September 1996
| url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n1_v35/ai_18749508
| access-date =2007-11-28 }} 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,{{cite web
| title = "Lily" and "Waco" Take Top SXSW Awards
| date =10 March 1997
| publisher =IndieWire
| url =https://www.indiewire.com/1997/03/lily-and-waco-take-top-sxsw-awards-83554/
| access-date =2022-03-17 }} 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.{{cite web
| title =Awards for A Small Domain
| publisher =Internet Movie Database
| url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123273/awards
| access-date =2007-11-28 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0123273}}
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Category:Films produced by Andrea Sperling
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:English-language short films
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