BIG

Fort York
sATURDAY, August 22 2020

Big

With short film The Little Deputy and the World Premiere of short film Tips are Appreciated

Originally featured in 2012’s When We Were Young programme at Christie Pits Film Festival, Hollywood legend Penny Marshall’s BIG is a coming-of-age comedy romp about a boy whose wish to grow up comes true overnight, but the big shoes prove to be more trouble than they’re worth. Tom Hanks’ charming, highly physical performance as a kid trapped in an adult’s body helped position him as the definitive late 80s/early 90s onscreen everyman, and still resonates today as a nostalgic classic.

A recent Edmonton-to-Toronto transplant, film festival darling Trevor Anderson has become a Canadian filmmaker to watch, and we’re watching him closely as he continues to put out at least two new films every year, with his first feature coming up in 2021. Our opening weekend programme proudly includes his latest short film, Tips Are Appreciated, a film funded by the festival as part of our 10th anniversary season, in which Anderson turns his satirical eye on modern life (and pandemic times). A five-star ride-share driver finds her daily route to the airport becoming a full-on head trip when an ex’s new flame lands in the passenger seat.

To give our audience a second taste of Trevor’s delightfully offbeat humour in this opening weekend screening, tonight’s programme also features his semi-autobiographical and playfully satirical short The Little Deputy, which screened at the festival in 2016. In it, Trevor re-imagines what his younger life as a queer kid in Alberta might have been if he had been raised in a less conservative environment (and in a different historical era).

Big

Penny Marshall, 1988

World premiere of short film Tips are Appreciated directed by Trevor Anderson, written by Becky Johnson, Leigh Cameron & Trevor Anderson, 2020

And short film The Little Deputy
directed by Trevor Anderson, 2015

Saturday, August 22, 2020
Admission: Get your free tickets here
There will be no admission without an advance ticket
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Venue: "Walled Fort" of Fort York National Historic Site - entry at west gates of 100 Garrison Road

Event details:
Gates open @ 6:30pm / Showtime @ sundown
COVID-19 on-site protocols - please read before attending
Snacks and alcoholic beverages for sale (no outside alcohol permitted)
BYOBlanket & Chairs
Please see the accessibility features of Fort York
Films are screened with captioning
This programme is rated PG and is suitable for all audiences

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