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'The Little Deputy' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Trevor Anderson and starring Luke Oswald, released in 2015.[https://www.straight.com/blogra/440056/bdsm-dominatrix-closeted-hollywood-star-lgbt-flick-picks-doxa "From a BDSM dominatrix to a closeted Hollywood star: LGBT flick picks at DOXA"]. 'The Georgia Straight', April 28, 2015.

Synopsis



This short film blurs documentary and fiction as Anderson re-creates a photograph taken with his father at a West Edmonton Mall photography business while wearing western garb when he was a child in the 1980s. Using the visual tropes of dramatic reenactments seen in documentaries, the photographer initially mistakes young Anderson (played by Luke Oswald) for a girl and offers him a red dress to wear. He corrects the photographer, worried about the consequences of wearing the dress, and ends up wearing a child-sized deputy costume, which he is shown wearing in the real-life photo that inspired the creation of this film.

The second act of 'The Little Deputy' manifests Anderson's childhood wish to wear the red gown. Filmed at Fort Edmonton, Anderson lives his childhood fantasy, wearing a red gown created custom for the director/actor, designed by Nicole Bach-Lebrecque and created by Joanna Johnston, to re-take the photograph.

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Awards



The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival."Little Deputy heads to Sundance; Trevor Anderson film one of 60 chosen for festival". 'Edmonton Journal', December 11, 2014.

At the Alberta Film and Television Awards in 2015, 'The Little Deputy' won the Rosie Award for Best Short Film.[https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/rosies-honour-alberta-productions-including-fargo-hell-on-wheels-and-the-great-human-odyssey "'Rosies' honour Alberta productions, including Fargo, Hell on Wheels and The Great Human Odyssey"]. 'Calgary Herald', May 23, 2015. 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."TIFF tags its top 10; Films: Festival's Into the Forest to screen in Vancouver". 'The Province', December 10, 2015.

The film was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary Film at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/documentaries-nominated-at-2016-canadian-screen-awards "Documentaries Nominated at 2016 Canadian Screen Awards"]. 'Point of View', January 19, 2016.

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