E M I L Y D Y N E S
Director & Composer
Emily Dynes is an award-winning visual artist and filmmaker committed to crafting inclusive, honest and intimate storytelling. Her films have been featured in the Melbourne International Film Festival’s prestigious Accelerator program, Aesthetica Film Festival, My Queer Career, Leeds International Film Festival, Short of The Week, Director’s Notes, Boom.TV, BIFF’s Young Australian Filmmaker Nominees, Frankie Magazine’s Good Stuff Awards and as a finalist at St Kilda Film Festival. In addition to her visual work, she is an experienced theatre and film composer, with her works including the composition and performance of stage play ‘Waiting On You’ at the MTC’s Southbank Theatre, and ‘Lapse’ - a live dance production created by acclaimed Australian choreographer Sian Kelly. Emily recently completed a regional Artist’s Residency program at GPAC exploring the LGBTQIA+ experience in rural contexts through film and sound design, and currently directs ‘Deep End,’ an ongoing visual series exploring healing and loss supported by the City of Melbourne. She was most recently awarded 'Best Victorian Short' at the 2023 edition of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival for her work 'Everything Gone’ and is currently exhibiting her latest film work at Melbourne’s BSIDE gallery.
Emily is inspired by authentic and diverse Australian stories, and filmmaking that wears its heart on its sleeve. Emily is based on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
My work is created on Wurundjeri land, on the beautiful country which was stolen many years ago from the First Nations people of Australia. I acknowledge that I am privileged to be creating and working here, and pay my respects to all Indigenous peoples, past and present Elders.