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'Finn's Girl' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert and released in 2007.[[https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/finn-s-girl-1200558227/ "Finns Girl"]. 'Variety', June 28, 2007.] The film stars Brooke Johnson as Finn, a medical doctor mourning the recent death of her wife Nancy (Gail Maurice) while continuing to step-parent Nancy's rebellious daughter Zelly (Maya Ritter) and managing an abortion clinic which is being threatened by the increasingly violent protests of the anti-abortion movement.[[https://www.straight.com/article-148431/girl-was-raised-shoestring "How Laurie Colbert raised Finn's Girl on a shoestring"]. 'The Georgia Straight', June 4, 2008.]
The film also stars Richard Clarkin as Zelly's father Paul, and Yanna McIntosh and Gilles Lemaire as Diana and Xavier, the police officers helping Finn to protect the clinic.[
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The film was Cardona and Colbert's first narrative feature film, after making primarily documentaries and short films.[Kathleen Mullen, [https://www.dailyxtra.com/finns-girl-filmmakers-laurie-colbert-dominique-cardona-15921 "Finns Girl: Filmmakers Laurie Colbert & Dominique Cardona"]. 'Daily Xtra', May 7, 2008.]
It premiered on June 4, 2007 at the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at Outfest, where it won an award for emerging cinema,[ and at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it was a nominee for the Golden Zenith Award for Best First Feature.
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