Luis De Filippis

Canadian-Italian trans-femme filmmaker

Luis De Filippis is an Italian Canadian film director and screenwriter from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] She is most noted for her 2017 short film For Nonna Anna, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. The film went on to receive a Special Jury Prize at Sundance.[2]

Her films feature transgender lead characters, but are not typically driven by inner or interpersonal conflict over the protagonist's gender identity itself; instead, they focus on the protagonist's ongoing family relationships and experiences after the period of gender transition has been settled.[3]

De Filippis was also the winner of the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[4]

Something You Said Last Night, her debut feature film, premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] and was shortlisted for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[6]

References

  1. ^ Peter Knegt, "This filmmaker is pushing beyond 'sensational' trans narratives with a love letter to their nonna". CBC Arts, January 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Olivier Boisvert-Magnen,"Prix Écrans canadiens 2019 : la domination québécoise". Voir, February 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Aparita Bhandari, "Canadian filmmaker Luis De Filippis wants to tell a different kind of trans story". The Globe and Mail, July 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Breaking Film and TV Industry News". IndieWire, June 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Jeremy Kay, "Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled". Screen Daily, August 4, 2022.
  6. ^ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.

External links

  • Luis De Filippis at IMDb


  • v
  • t
  • e