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Rhonda's Party

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Rhonda's Party
Directed byAshley McKenzie
Written byChristine Comeau
Produced byNelson MacDonald
StarringMarguerite McNeil
Karine Vanasse
CinematographyBecky Parsons
Edited byThorben Bieger
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Rhonda's Party is a Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Ashley McKenzie and released in 2010.[1] The film stars Marguerite McNeil as Rhonda, a reclusive elderly woman living in a nursing home who has been planning a 100th birthday party for her closest friend in the home, and Karine Vanasse as Amy, a nurse who has been left with the task of informing Rhonda that the other woman has died the night before the party.

Awards

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The film won CBC Television's Short Film Face-Off in 2011,[2] and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[3]

McNeil won an ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance, Female from the Nova Scotia chapter of ACTRA for her performance.[4] The film won the award for Best Cinematography at the 2011 Air Canada enRoute Film Festival.[5]

In 2013, McKenzie won the A&E Short Filmmakers Award and the Shaw Media Fearless Female Director Award at the National Screen Institute's Online Short Film Festival.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Carsten Knox, "Rhonda's Party through to final round of Short FIlm Face-Off". The Coast, June 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Knox, Carsten (July 11, 2011). "Rhonda's Party wins CBC Short Film Face-Off". The Coast. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten". Postmedia News, December 7, 2011.
  4. ^ Elizabeth Patterson, "Cape Breton-born actress known for her work in TV, film, theatre remembered". PNI Atlantic News, November 15, 2021.
  5. ^ Katie Bailey, "Blink, A Starry Night, Rhonda’s Party feted at enRoute Film Fest". Playback, November 11, 2011.
  6. ^ Danielle Ng See Quan, "Rhonda’s Party, Mimespeak, win in NSI online short film fest". Playback, June 10, 2013.
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