For Nonna Anna

For Nonna Anna is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Luis De Filippis and released in 2017.[1] The film stars Maya Henry as Chris, a young transgender woman caring for her ailing Italian grandmother Anna (Jacqueline Tarne).

For Nonna Anna
Film poster
Directed byLuis De Filippis
Produced byLuis De Filippis
Nava Rastegar
Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
Written byLuis De Filippis
StarringMaya Henry
Jacqueline Tarne
CinematographyKelly Jeffrey
Edited byKristy Neville
Release date
  • September 9, 2017 (2017-09-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • April 4, 2018 (2018-04-04)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

According to De Filippis, the film was inspired by a desire to avoid the sensationalized aspects of many transgender-themed media representations, by writing a film in which the process of gender transition was not the driving narrative conflict.[2]

The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award,[4] and at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where De Filippis won the Emerging Canadian Artist award.[5]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the film was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Drama.[6]

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