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I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True

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I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True
Directed by	Kalli Paakspuu Daria Stermac
Produced by	Kalli Paakspuu Daria Stermac
Starring	Sheila Costick Helen Porter Louise Garfield Janice Hladki Johanna Householder
Cinematography	Jim Crowe
Edited by	Cathy Culkin
Music by	Marc Choletti
Distributed by	Women Make Movies
Release date	1986 (1986)
Running time	24 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True is a Canadian short film, directed by Kalli Paakspuu and Daria Stermac and released in 1986.^[1] Mixing performance art segments by Sheila Costick and Helen Porter with musical comedy interludes performed by The Clichettes (Louise Garfield, Janice Hladki and Johanna Householder), the film presents a satirical look at gender roles.^[2]

The film won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Genie Awards.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Women's Festival of Film shows knack for comedy". Regina Leader-Post, June 12, 1987.

^ "Movies on the fringe". The Age, September 14, 1990.

^ "Decline of the American Empire wins top prizes at Genie Awards". Calgary Herald, March 19, 1987.

External links[edit]

I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come TrueatIMDb

v t e Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short
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¹ These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.

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