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 short-listed for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.^[6]

References

^ Peter Knegt, "This filmmaker is pushing beyond 'sensational' trans narratives with a love letter to their nonna". CBC Arts, January 16, 2018.
^ Boisvert-Magnen, Olivier (2019-02-07). "Prix Écrans canadiens 2019 : la domination québécoise". Voir.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2024-08-16.
^ "Canadian filmmaker Luis De Filippis wants to tell a different kind of trans story". The Globe and Mail. 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
^ Staff, IndieWire (2018-06-04). "Breaking Film and TV Industry News — June 28". IndieWire. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
^ Kay2022-08-04T14:00:00+01:00, Jeremy. "Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled". Screen. Retrieved 2024-08-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations – Northernstars". www.northernstars.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-16.