Dominique Cardona
Dominique Cardona (born 1955) is an Algerian-born Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. She works primarily but not exclusively in collaboration with Laurie Colbert. The duo are most noted for their 1999 short film Below the Belt, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards 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.
Dominique Cardona
- Name
- Dominique Cardona
- Born
- 1955
- Birthplace
- Algeria
- Occupation
- Film director, Screenwriter
- Nationality
- Algeria · Canada
- Languages
- Arabic
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Dominique Cardona (born 1955) is an Algerian-born Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. She works primarily but not exclusively in collaboration with Laurie Colbert. The duo are most noted for their 1999 short film Below the Belt, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards 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.
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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 (2007) and Catch and Release (2018). Separately from Colbert, Cardona has also directed episodes of the television series Amélie et compagnie.
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• Name — Dominique Cardona • Born — 1955 • Birthplace — Algeria • Citizenship — Algeria, Canada • Occupation — Film director, Screenwriter
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- 1.Eisner, Ken. How Laurie Colbert raised Finn's Girl on a shoestring. The Georgia Straight. 2008-06-04.
- 2.Seana Stevenson, "Catch and Release Interview: Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert". The Muff Blog, July 13, 2020.
- 3."Maelstrom leads Genie nominations with 10 including best picture". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, December 13, 2000.
- 4."Margarita grabs audience award at Inside Out Festival". Playback, June 1, 2012.
- 5.Lindsay Brown, "Thank God I'm a Lesbian: Fascinating look at gay issues". Halifax Daily News, October 1, 1993.
- 6.Janice Kennedy, "Why the F-word is dangerous: Feminism still thrives -- although fewer people say they're feminists". Ottawa Citizen, May 27, 1998.
- 7."Finn's Girl". Variety, June 28, 2007.
- 8.Chris Knight, "Catch and Release doesn't bring enough nuance to abortion debate". National Post, July 16, 2020.
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