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Nina Gielen is a writer, director, and producer whose short films have been shown at festivals in the USA and internationally. Her first feature is currently in development. She is Director of Operations of the Filmshop collective.
info [at] ninagielen.com
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Producer, Zones of Exclusion, experimental/documentary feature (in development)
Grants: Puffin Foundation grant • Queens Arts Fund grant Writer / Director, Magic Window (wt), narrative feature (in development) Honors and Awards: Northeast Filmmakers Lab • Filmshop Breakthrough Series (showcase of member work, curated by independent jury) • NYWIFT (New York Women in Film and Television) From Script to Preproduction development lab • Second Round, Sundance Screenwriters Lab • Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Film Fund Producer, Moving, narrative short (2022) Screenings and Festivals: Queens World Film Festival • Trans Stellar Film Festival • mageOut - The Rochester LGBTQ+ Film Festival Producer, In the Bowels of the Building, narrative short (2021) Honors and Awards: Spooky Award, Underground Indie Film Festival • Best Runner Up, Halloweenapalooza Screenings and Festivals: Queens World Film Festival • Coney Island Film Festival • YoFiFest (Yonkers Film Festival) • Macabre Faire Film Festival • Santiago Horror Film Festival • Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival • Dead in Decatur Film Festival • Black Sunday Film Festival • Transparent Film Festival |
Director / Producer, The Mole, narrative short (2018)
Screenings and Festivals: ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Berlin, Germany • YoFiFest (Yonkers Film Festival) • IndieWorks screening series • New York City Poetry Film Festival • Visible Poetry Project series (online) Producer, Division Street, web series pilot (2018) Screenings and Festivals: Slamdance Film Festival • Stareable Fest • NY WebFest • SeriesFest • HollyWebFestival • ITVFest Producer, California Growth Machine, documentary/experimental short (2017) Grants: Fund for Investigative Journalism • Aaron Siskind Foundation Screenings and Festivals: Cathy Weis Projects, Sundays on Broadway • ikob Museum for Contemporary Art (Eupen, Belgium) Writer / Director / Producer, Arts and Crafts, narrative short (2016) Honors and Awards: Nominated for Best Director of a Narrative Short, Queens World Film Festival • Nominated for Best Writer/Director, IndieWorks Best of Fest • Nominated for Best Film, Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival Screenings and Festivals: Seed&Spark (SVOD platform) • Shorts TV (DirecTV) • Lake Champlain International Film Festival • YoFiFest (Yonkers Film Festival) • DAMN! Film Series • Village of Brewster Film Festival • Loyola - NOLA Feminist Film Fest |
Writer / Producer, Double Dog Dare, narrative short (2015)
Screenings and Festivals: North Jersey Tri-County Film Festival • Katra Film Series • Hudson Valley Comedy Festival Director / Producer, Ask Alice, narrative short (2014) Screenings and Festivals: Downtown Urban Arts Festival • NYWIFT member screening series • Jewish Community Center (JCC) Writer / Director / Producer, End of Season, narrative short (2013) Screenings and Festivals: NYWIFT Fall Shorts Festival • Directed By Women at the Calandra Institute • Cinewest Women Media Arts and Film Festival (Australia) • Electric Lantern Festival (UK) Writer / Producer, Sunny Acres Farms, PSA (2012) Public service announcement about factory farming, commissioned by peta2 (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and made in collaboration with Troma Entertainment, with 1.6+ million views on YouTube. |
Nina Gielen Director Reel from Nina G on Vimeo.