EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Memento Worldwide has boarded TIFF Discovery drama One thing You Stated Final Night time by director Luis De Filippis.

The approaching-of-age debut movie follows Ren, an aspiring author and mid-twenty-something, who after being fired from her job accompanies her Canadian-Italian household on trip. The realities of being a stunted millennial and a trans lady coalesce as she struggles to stability the craving for independence with the consolation of being taken care of.

The Canadian-Swiss undertaking is produced by Jessica Adams, Michael Graf, Harry Cherniak, Rhea Plangg, Michela Pini and Luis De Filippis by means of JA Productions and Cinédokké. Govt producers are Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy, producers of Sean Baker’s The Florida Mission. Distribution is being dealt with by Elevation Footage in Canada, whereas UTA is dealing with U.S. gross sales.

Starring are up-and-coming performer Carmen Madonia, Ramona Milano (Due South), Paige Evans (Trapped With My Husband) and Joey Parro (Nikita).

Canadian-Italian De Filippis has had shorts play at festivals together with TIFF, Rotterdam, and Sundance, the place her most up-to-date work, For Nonna Anna, acquired a Particular Jury Prize.

Memento Worldwide instructed us: “One thing You Stated Final Night time is a ravishing and tender story that tackles the challenges trans girls and millennials face. We couldn’t be prouder to group up with Luis De Filippis for this very promising and delicate debut characteristic.”

Luis De Filippis commented: “One thing You Stated Final Night time is about love, embarrassment, disgrace, failing to see individuals at the same time as they stand earlier than you, and studying the way to be an grownup whereas nonetheless being your dad and mom’ baby. I’m so excited for the world to see what occurs when trans girls inform our personal tales. One thing You Stated Final Night time is a common story, however additionally it is a movie by the dolls, for the dolls.”

Memento’s 2022 gross sales slate contains Cannes films Boy From Heaven, Sick Of Myself, The Night time Of The twelfth and Falcon Lake in addition to Munich title Paloma and Berlin contender The Line.