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Frieda Luk is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] whose feature directorial debut Sacred Creatures is slated for release in 2026.[2]
She is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Columbia University.[1] She directed a number of short films in her early career, including American Sisyphus, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and The Encounter, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] She was also co-writer with her Columbia University classmate Jason Mann of the screenplay for his 2012 short film Delicacy.[5]
During the development of Sacred Creatures, Luk received funding from Telefilm Canada's English-language funding program in 2022,[6] and participated in the Inside Out Film and Video Festival's film financing program in 2023.[7] Steve Gravestock also selected Luk as a recipient of the "pay-it-forward" grant when he won the Toronto Film Critics Association's Company 3 TFCA Luminary Award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2022.[8]
Sacred Creatures is slated to premiere at the 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival.[2]
Filmography
[edit source]- American Sisyphus - 2012
- The Encounter - 2014
- Sacred Creatures - 2026
References
[edit source]- 1 2 Sara Harowitz, "Frieda Luk, director of American Sisyphus, on our ability to consume and our failure to communicate". She Does the City, September 6, 2012.
- 1 2 Lily Ford, "‘Trainspotting’ Reunion, ‘I Want Your Sex,’ ‘Sheep in the Box’: Edinburgh Film Festival Unveils 2026 Slate". The Hollywood Reporter, July 1, 2026.
- ↑ Mark Leiren-Young, "B.C. shines in Toronto; West Coast moviemakers mix business, pleasure". Vancouver Sun, September 14, 2012.
- ↑ Casey Cipriani, "Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Canadian Features and Short Films". IndieWire, August 6, 2014.
- ↑ Ben Umstead, "Interview: Director Jason Mann On His Deliciously Dark DELICACY". Screen Anarchy, May 1, 2013.
- ↑ Angelica Babiera, "Telefilm allocates $12.8M to 21 English market films". Playback, July 28, 2022.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay, "Canada’s Inside Out queer festival announces projects for seventh finance forum". Screen Daily, November 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Anthony Shim's 'Riceboy Sleeps' wins Toronto critics' award for best Canadian film". Canadian Press, March 7, 2023.
External links
[edit source]- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Film directors from Vancouver
- Asian-Canadian filmmakers
- University of Toronto alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Living people
- Canadian people of Chinese descent
- Canadian writers of Asian descent
- Screenwriters from British Columbia
- Writers from Vancouver