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. 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 Australian Short Film’ at the 2024 edition of Melbourne Queer Film Festival for her directorial work ‘Hold Still’ and is currently shortlisted for the Iris Prize, the richest prize in LGBTQIA+ storytelling.
Emily is inspired by authentic and diverse Australian stories, and filmmaking that wears its heart on its sleeve.
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.