''The Home for Blind Women'' is a Canadian dramatic

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, directed by

Sandra Kybartas Sandra Kybartas is a Canadian production designer and film director. She was a two-time Genie Award winner at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996, winning Best Art Direction/Production Design for her work on the film ''Lilies'', and Best Theatrical Sho ...

and released in 1995. Based on a true story, the film is a mockumentary which stars Helen Carscallen and Susan Kottmann as two elderly women living in a group home for blind women, but exploring the building's more lurid history as a bordello."Rookie director's casting search case of blind leading the not-blind". ''

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...

'', March 3, 1995. The film's screenplay was written by

Barbara Nichol Barbara Nichol (born c. 1956) is a Canadian writer. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of John Lang Nichol and Elizabeth Fellowes, founder of the Equinox Gallery, and was educated at Westcot Elementary School and Crofton Ho ...

. The film premiered at the

Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, also known as Cinéfest and Cinéfest Sudbury is an annual film festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada,"Cinefest provides cultural landmark". ''Sudbury Star'', September 16, 1999. held over nine ...

in September 1995. The film won the

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

for Best Theatrical Short Film at the

17th Genie Awards The 17th Genie Awards were held on November 27, 1996, to honour films released in late 1995 and 1996. They were the ''second'' Genie Award ceremony held in that year; the 16th Genie Awards were delayed from the fall of 1995 and took place in Janua ...

. At the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1996, the film won the Gold Spire Award for Best Film Under 15 Minutes."Blind ambition pays off for director Sandy Kybartas". ''

'', February 2, 1996.

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* 1995 films 1995 drama films Best Theatrical Short Film Genie Award winners 1995 short films Canadian Film Centre films Canadian mockumentary films 1990s English-language films Canadian comedy-drama short films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub