Synopsis
A long-standing friendship creeps into conflict around gender identity, but is quickly resolved when one friend receives some news that changes their lives forever.
Director Biography – Maria Del Mar
MARIA DEL MAR (she/her) has worked in the film, television, voice and theatre industries both north and south of the border for three decades. Her work has been critically acclaimed by The New York Times and featured in several publications across Canada and the United States. Fuelled by working with such pillars of the industry as Ed Zwick, David E. Kelley and DreamWorks, Maria’s extensive career has included featured roles in Star Trek: Discovery, Monk, 24, Frasier, The Practice, Lost Girl, Hannibal, Murdoch Murder Mysteries, Call Me Fitz and Street Legal to name a few.
As well as being a lead actor in three series, Maria has had films premiere at TIFF (the Toronto International Film Festival) and in Cannes. Nominated for several awards, Maria del Mar won an ACTRA Award for “Outstanding Female Performance” for Terminal City, a Canadian Comedy Award for “Best Performance by a Female in a Film” for A Touch of Grey and has been an ensemble member of several Gemini Award-winning series.
Pink Elephant is Maria’s directorial debut.
Pink Elephant creates space to witness a middle-aged friendship between a cis woman and non-binary person, forging a pathway to understand what it is to be in a body that either fits your identity, or that shifts the way we relate to the bodies we are in.
We hope that the relationship between Laura and Charlie, and the issues explored – will start a dialogue for audiences and anyone curious about the realities presented through the friendship. Pink Elephant will leave viewers with the overwhelming resonance that empathy and compassion can evolve, regardless of gender and age.