Frieda Luk is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia,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. whose feature directorial debut Sacred Creatures is slated for release in 2026.Lily Ford, "‘Trainspotting’ Reunion, ‘I Want Your Sex,’ ‘Sheep in the Box’: Edinburgh Film Festival Unveils 2026 Slate". The Hollywood Reporter, July 1, 2026.
She is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Columbia University. She directed a number of short films in her early career, including American Sisyphus, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival,Mark Leiren-Young, "B.C. shines in Toronto; West Coast moviemakers mix business, pleasure". Vancouver Sun, September 14, 2012. and The Encounter, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.Casey Cipriani, "Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Canadian Features and Short Films". IndieWire, August 6, 2014. She was also co-writer with her Columbia University classmate Jason Mann of the screenplay for his 2012 short film Delicacy.Ben Umstead, "Interview: Director Jason Mann On His Deliciously Dark DELICACY". Screen Anarchy, May 1, 2013.
During the development of Sacred Creatures, Luk received funding from Telefilm Canada's English-language funding program in 2022,Angelica Babiera, "Telefilm allocates $12.8M to 21 English market films". Playback, July 28, 2022. and participated in the Inside Out Film and Video Festival's film financing program in 2023.Jeremy Kay, "Canada’s Inside Out queer festival announces projects for seventh finance forum". Screen Daily, November 16, 2023. 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."Anthony Shim's 'Riceboy Sleeps' wins Toronto critics' award for best Canadian film". Canadian Press, March 7, 2023.
Sacred Creatures is slated to premiere at the 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Filmography American Sisyphus - 2012 The Encounter - 2014 Sacred Creatures - 2026
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