LUCIËNNE VENNER, Baexem (1989)

Luciënne Venner is an awarded independent filmdirector, artist, and singer whose work explores themes of desire, dream logic, and non-duality, always captured through analogue film. Originally from Limburg and based in Amsterdam, Luciënne has worked around the globe, drawing on her background in Mixed Martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and dance to bring a unique sense of movement and physicality to her films.

After graduating from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2017, Luciënne developed a practice that brings together film, music, and live performance. As a queer artist, she strives to create inclusive and imaginative spaces within her work. Alongside her filmmaking, Luciënne is the lead singer in her band, Lucid Star, for which she composes and performs original soundtracks both for her films and live on stage.

Her films have been featured at events including Art Rotterdam and Brooklyn Film Festival, and have received recognition such as Best Art Film at the Nahia Film Festival (Spain), Best Experimental Film at Porto Femme (Portugal), and the Right of Speech Award at Babel Film Festival (Italy).

In 2023, Luciënne was selected as the only Dutch participant for the Apichatpong Weerasethakul Playlab in Yucatán, Mexico. She then spent six months at the Casa Snowapple MX Artist Residency, where she created her latest short film, She Moves Me. The development of her projects has been supported by organizations including the Netherlands Film Fund, Limburgs Film Fund, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, and Sardegna Film Commission.

Through her films, music, and autonomous artistic practice—and through her experiences working internationally—Luciënne continues to invite audiences to discover new perspectives and transformative states of Dionysian ecstasy.


AWARDS

• Best Scriptpitch - Crossboarder Filmconference 2024, NL, Hillroy
• Best Film Experimental - Porto Femme 2022, Porto, Portugal, Silent Heat
• Dirrito di Parola - Babel Filmfestival 2021, Cagliari, Italy, Silent Heat
• Best Art Film - Nahia Film Festival 2018, Granada, Spain, Error of Eros

NOMINATIONS

• Best Short Film - Pink Apple Zürich 2023, Switzerland, Silent Heat
• Best Short Film - Avond van Limburgse film 2022, The Netherlands, Silent Heat
• National Competition - Leiden Shorts 2021, The Netherlands, Silent Heat
• Debut Competition - Dutch Film Festival 2020, The Netherlands, Error of Eros
• Directors Forum - Dutch Film Festival 2018, The Netherlands, Erros of Eros

SELECTIONS

• Roundtables Development - Feature film - Playlab films 2025,Spain, Hillroy
• Sybren Hellinga Artprize - Kunsthuis SYB 2022, The Netherlands, Silent Heat
• Golden Calf - Gouden Kalf - The Dutch Filmfestival 2021, Silent Heat
• EYE Art Researchlab - EYE Film Museum 2017, The Netherlands, Escape from Eden

SCREENINGS (selection)

• Brooklyn Film Festival, VS
• Korean Queer Film Festival, Seoul, KR
• Dutch Film Festival, NL
• Art Rotterdam, NL
• Fairytales Queer, Calgary, VS
• Frameline Fangs, San Francisco, US
• Long Beach QFilmfestival, LA, US
• LA Queer Filmfestival, Los Angeles
• Rotterdam Opera days, NL
• Moscow Biennale Contemporary Art, RU
• Dutch Centre London, UK
• One Take Festival, Zagreb, CR
• Documentary Filmfestival, Kassel, GE