''Snapshots for Henry'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by

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and released in 2006. Based on the short story "Scarlet Runners" by Collette Yvonne, the film centres on a conflict between two couples who live next door to each other in the two halves of a duplex: Pent (

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) and Angie (

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), a couple who live a wild party lifestyle, and Tim (

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) and Joanne (Molly Atkinson), a more straight-laced professional couple with a new baby. Prior to its production, the film's screenplay won the Screenplay Giveaway Prize at the 2004

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. The film premiered at

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in April 2006, and was later screened at CFC Worldwide, the

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, and the 2006

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. The film received a

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nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

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in 2007."Trailer Park Boys, Bon Cop compete for best picture Genie"

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