The Little Deputy
The Little Deputy is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Trevor Anderson and released in 2015.[1]
Inspired by Anderson's rediscovery of an old childhood photo of himself and his father dressed in cowboy garb, the film blends Anderson's own contemporary quest to recreate a new version of the photo — as an adult Anderson is openly gay, and wants to recreate the photo while clothed in drag — with segments in which he imagines himself as an actual cowboy in the 1880s.[2]
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.[2]
Awards
At the Alberta Film and Television Awards in 2015, The Little Deputy won the Rosie Award for Best Short Film.[3] In December 2015, it was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual "Canada's Top Ten" list of the year's ten best feature and short films.[4]
The film was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary Film at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]
References
- ↑ "From a BDSM dominatrix to a closeted Hollywood star: LGBT flick picks at DOXA". The Georgia Straight, April 28, 2015.
- 1 2 "Little Deputy heads to Sundance; Trevor Anderson film one of 60 chosen for festival". Edmonton Journal, December 11, 2014.
- ↑ "'Rosies' honour Alberta productions, including Fargo, Hell on Wheels and The Great Human Odyssey". Calgary Herald, May 23, 2015.
- ↑ "TIFF tags its top 10; Films: Festival's Into the Forest to screen in Vancouver". The Province, December 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Documentaries Nominated at 2016 Canadian Screen Awards". POV Magazine, January 19, 2016.