| For Nonna Anna | |
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| Directed by | Luis De Filippis |
| Written by | Luis De Filippis |
| Produced by | Luis De Filippis Nava Rastegar Lucah Rosenberg-Lee |
| Starring | Maya Henry Jacqueline Tarne |
| Cinematography | Kelly Jeffrey |
| Edited by | Kristy Neville |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Italian |
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).
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]
