The Man That Got Away
2012 - 26 minutes
Trevor remembers his great-uncle Jimmy in six original songs.
World Premiere: Berlin International Film Festival (D.A.A.D. Short Film Prize)
Official Selection: SXSW, Hot Docs, Guanajuato Int'l Film Festival
Press
huffingtonpost.com, "Just Relax and Enjoy It", by George Heymont, August 24, 2013: "A triumph of solid fantasy, good writing, keen direction and some wonderful choreography... a refreshingly blunt and unique artistic vision from an exceptionally gifted young filmmaker."
Awards
D.A.A.D. Short Film Prize - 2012 - Berlin International Film Festival - Berlin, Germany
Best Short Film - 2012 - Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival - Honolulu, Hawaii
Alberta Spirit Award for Best Short - 2012 - Calgary International Film Festival - Calgary, Alberta
Edmonton Film Prize - 2012 - shared with "The Perfect Runner", Niobe Thompson, Clearwater Documentary - Edmonton, Alberta
Outstanding Documentary Film or Video Under 40 Minutes - 2013 - FAVA Awards of Excellence - Edmonton, Alberta
Screenings
Berlin International Film Festival - 2012 - Berlin, Germany
Metro Cinema - 2012 - Edmonton, Alberta
SXSW - 2012 - Austin, Texas
Kiev International Short Film Festival - 2012 - Kiev, Ukraine
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival - 2012 - Toronto, Ontario
Pink Apple Film Festival - 2012 - Zürich, Switzerland
Freiburg Gay Film Festival - 2012 - Freiburg, Germany
DOXA Documentary Film Festival - 2012 - Vancouver, British Columbia
Cinema Queer: Stockholm International Queer Film Festival - 2012 - Stockholm, Sweden
Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film Festival - 2012 - Toronto, Ontario
London International Documentary Festival - 2012 - London, UK
Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival - 2012 - Calgary, Alberta
Mix Mexico - 2012 - Mexico City, Mexico
Krakow Film Festival - 2012 - Krakow, Poland
Belfast Film Festival - 2012 - Belfast, Northern Ireland
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival - 2012 - Honolulu, Hawaii
Cinema Jove: Valencia International Film Festival - 2012 - Valencia, Spain
Mix Milano presents "Trevor Anderson Show" - 2012 - Milan, Italy
Rio Gay Film Festival - 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sarajevo Film Festival - 2012 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Outfest: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - 2012 - Los Angeles, California
Guanajuato International Film Festival - 2012 - Guanajuato, Mexico
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival - 2012 - Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Melbourne International Film Festival - 2012 - Melbourne, Australia
Beach Pride Uganda - 2012 - an undisclosed location in Uganda
Starigrad Paklenica Film Festival - 2012 - Starigrad Paklenica, Croatia
InDPanda International Short Film Festival - 2012 - Hong Kong, China
espressofilm - 2012 - Vienna, Austria
Atlantic Film Festival - 2012 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Calgary International Film Festival - 2012 - Calgary, Alberta
Queer Lisboa: Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal
Edmonton International Film Festival - 2012 - Edmonton, Alberta
Fluid Movement Arts Festival: ContainR - 2012 - Calgary, Alberta
ImageOUT: Rochester LGBT Film and Video Festival - 2012 - Rochester, New York
Milwaukee LGBT Film and Video Festival - 2012 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Homochrom - 2012 - Dortmund, Germany
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival - 2012 - Prague and Brno, Czech Republic
Outburst: Belfast Queer Arts Festival presents "The Short Films of Trevor Anderson" - 2012 - Belfast, Northern Ireland
Inside Out: Ottawa LGBT Film Festival - 2012 - Ottawa, Ontario
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival - 2012 - Bucharest, Romania
Izmir International Short Film Festival - 2012 - Izmir, Turkey
Dialogues: Calcutta LGBT Film and Video Festival - 2012 - Calcutta, India
Queer Streak: Regensburg Queer Film Week presents "The Short Films of Trevor Anderson" - 2012 - Regensburg, Germany
Moscow Short Film Festival - 2012 - Moscow, Russia
Personal Visions: The Stories and Confessions from Canadian Autocinema - 2012 - Toronto, Ontario
Out in the Desert: Tucson International LGBT Film Festival - 2013 - Tucson, Arizona
Akbank Short Film Festival - 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey
FAVA Fest - 2013 - Edmonton, Alberta
Dawson City International Short Film Festival - 2013 - Dawson City, Yukon
Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art - 2013 - Edmonton, Alberta
CMG Short Film Festival - 2013 - West Hollywood, California
Frameline: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival - 2013 - San Francisco, California
Berlinale Shorts at the Strelka Institute - 2013 - Moscow, Russia
Blink Parkade Party - 2013 - Edmonton, Alberta
Spokane LGBT Film Festival - 2013 - Spokane, Washington
Berlinale Shorts Online - 2014 - Berlin, Germany
Pleasure Dome presents "Dirt City Rock Fantasy: The Films and Music of Trevor Anderson" - 2016 - Toronto, Ontario
Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival presents "Fantastic Realities - the Documentary Films of Trevor Anderson" - 2016 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Queer Side of Life: Votiv Kino - 2016 - Vienna, Austria
Toronto Outdoor Picture Show – 2022 – Toronto, Ontario