For Nonna Anna

{{Infobox film

| name = For Nonna Anna

| image = For Nonna Anna.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Luis De Filippis

| producer = Luis De Filippis
Nava Rastegar
Lucah Rosenberg-Lee

| writer = Luis De Filippis

| starring = Maya Henry
Jacqueline Tarne

| music =

| cinematography = Kelly Jeffrey

| editing = Kristy Neville

| released = {{Film date|2017|09|09|TIFF}}

| runtime = 13 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English
Italian

| budget =

}}

For Nonna Anna is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Luis De Filippis and released in 2017.[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/sundance-2018-for-nonna-anna-deepens-trans-narrative/ "Sundance-bound short For Nonna Anna deepens the trans narrative"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209132013/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/sundance-2018-for-nonna-anna-deepens-trans-narrative/ |date=2019-02-09 }}. Now, January 19, 2018. 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.Peter Knegt, [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-filmmaker-is-pushing-beyond-sensational-trans-narratives-with-a-love-letter-to-their-nonna-1.4490276 "This filmmaker is pushing beyond 'sensational' trans narratives with a love letter to their nonna"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829101202/https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-filmmaker-is-pushing-beyond-sensational-trans-narratives-with-a-love-letter-to-their-nonna-1.4490276 |date=2018-08-29 }}. CBC Arts, January 16, 2018.

The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[https://www.thegate.ca/film/030382/40-must-see-shorts-tiff-2017/ "40 must-see shorts at TIFF 2017"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124143/https://www.thegate.ca/film/030382/40-must-see-shorts-tiff-2017/ |date=2019-02-09 }}. TheGATE.ca, August 31, 2017. It was subsequently screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award,[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-transgender-filmmaker-says-jury-prize-is-huge-stride-lgbtq-portrayals-1078084 "Sundance: Transgender Filmmaker Says Jury Prize Is "Huge Stride" for LGBTQ Portrayals"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124018/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-transgender-filmmaker-says-jury-prize-is-huge-stride-lgbtq-portrayals-1078084 |date=2019-02-09 }}. The Hollywood Reporter, January 24, 2018. and at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where De Filippis won the Emerging Canadian Artist award.[https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/breaking-film-tv-industry-news-june-2018-1201970984/ "Breaking Film and TV Industry News"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180114/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/breaking-film-tv-industry-news-june-2018-1201970984/ |date=2019-02-09 }}. IndieWire, June 4, 2018.

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the film was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Drama.[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2019/02/07/prix-ecrans-canadiens-2019-la-domination-quebecoise/ "Prix Écrans canadiens 2019 : la domination québécoise"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322170633/https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2019/02/07/prix-ecrans-canadiens-2019-la-domination-quebecoise/ |date=2019-03-22 }}. Voir, February 7, 2019.