''The Little Deputy'' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by

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and starring Luke Oswald, released in 2015.

Synopsis

This short film blurs documentary and fiction as Anderson re-creates a photograph taken with his father at a

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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

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, 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.

Cast

Awards

The film premiered at the

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."Little Deputy heads to Sundance; Trevor Anderson film one of 60 chosen for festival". ''

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'', December 11, 2014. At the

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in 2015, ''The Little Deputy'' won the Rosie Award for Best Short Film. In December 2015, it was named to the

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's annual

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list of the year's ten best feature and short films. The film was a shortlisted

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nominee for Best Short Documentary Film at the

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."Documentaries Nominated at 2016 Canadian Screen Awards"
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'', January 19, 2016.

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* * * 2015 films Canadian short documentary films Canadian LGBTQ-related short films 2015 LGBTQ-related films 2015 short documentary films Documentary films about gay men Films shot in Edmonton Films set in Edmonton Autobiographical documentary films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films Films directed by Trevor Anderson Canadian LGBTQ-related documentary films Cross-dressing in Canadian films English-language short documentary films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub