A Small Domain

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A Small Domain
Directed by	Britta Sjogren
Produced by	Britta Sjogren Andrea Sperling
Written by	Britta Sjogren
Starring	Ana Gasteyer
Music by	Blake Leyh
Cinematography	Greg Watkins
Editing by	Dody Dorn Britta Sjogren
Release date(s)	January 1996
Running time	18 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

A Small Domain is a 1996 short film written and directed by Britta Sjogren. It premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival and won several festival awards during 1996 and 1997. Sjogren was inspired by her friendship with actress Beatrice Hays and Gasteyer's relationship with her late husband.^[1] Hays took the role of the character based on her.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Cast

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

[edit] Awards

In 1996, A Small Domain won the Short Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival,^[2] 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,^[3] 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.^[4]