CV - Luciënne Venner 

Amsterdam-based Dutch queer artist, filmmaker, performer & musician

Education & Residencies

2025 Bridge Lab Playlab Films, Barcelona, ES
2024 Nocefresca, Milis, IT
2024 YURS, Baexem, NL
2023/24 Casa Snow Apple, Mexico-City, MX
2023 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Lab, MX
2023 The Gathering, Volcán Xocotépetl, MX
2023 Maria Mendez Lab, Photography Biennale Mexico, Mexico-City, MX 
2023/24 REwriteIT Feature lab, NL, Oostende, BE
2021 Kenze Domu, Cagliari, IT
2020 Vrijplaats edition 1, FilmForward, Amsterdam, NL
2019 TalentLab Toneelgroep Maastricht, NL
2017 Salon de Heerlijkheid, Baexem, NL
2013/17 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2009/11 Allround Special Make-up artist, Amsterdam, NL
2005/08 Allround Hair artist, Roermond, NL

Prizes

2024 Winner Best Pitch, Crossboarder Filmconference, Hillroy, Maastricht, NL
2022 Winner Best Experimental Film at Porto Femme, Silent Heat, Porto, PT
2021 Winner Right of Speech Award, Babel Festival, Silent Heat, Cagliari, IT
2018 Winner Best Art Film at Nahia Film Festival, Error of Eros, Granada, ES

Nominations 

2025 Bridge Lab Playlab Films, Barcelona, ES
2025 Squish Movie Camp, Rotterdam, NL
2024 Dutch Talents to Cannes, Cannes, FR
2024 Dutch Film Pitch at Go Short, Nijmegen, NL
2023 Nominated for Best Short Film at Pink Apple Zürich, CH
2022 Nominated for Best Short Film at Avond van Limburgse film, NL
2022 Official selection Best Short Film at Queer Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
2022 Shortlisted for The Sybren Hellinga Art Prize at Kunsthuis SYB, NL
2022 Screen Talent NL launch, Royal Theater, Heerlen, NL
2021 Official selection Golden Calf, Best Short, Netherlands Film Festival, NL
2021 Official selection Frameline Fangs, San Francisco, VS
2021 Official selection Long Beach Filmfestival, Los Angeles, VS
2021 Official selection LA Queer Filmfestival, Los Angeles, VS
2021 Nominated for Best National Film at Leiden Shorts, Leiden, NL
2021 Official selection Korean Queer Filmfestival, Seoul, KR
2021 Official selection Brooklyn Filmfestival, New York, VS 
2021 Official selection Fairy Tales Queer Filmfestival, Calgary, CA
2020 Nominated for Best Debut at Netherlands Film Festival, NL
2018 Nominated for Directors Forum at Netherlands Film Festival, NL
2018 Official Selection Debute Competition at Netherlands Film Festival, NL
2017 EYE on Art Researchlab at EYE Film Museum, NL
2017 Official Selection Student Competition at Netherlands Film Festival, NL
2017 Nominated for VERS Lichting 2017, Amsterdam, NL

Grants

2025 Cinesud, Postproduction Grant 
2025 Week of the Limburg Music 
2024 Talents To Cannes, Werktuig PPO 
2024 Crossboarder Film Conference Grant
2024 The Amarte Foundation 
2024 Casa Snowapple Grant 
2024 Prins Bernhard Culture Fund
2023 VandenEnde Foundation
2023 Platform ACT
2023 Brand Culture Fund 
2023 The Netherlands Film Fund
2022 The Netherlands Film Fund Training
2022 Limburg Film Fund, Production grant
2022 Limburg Film Fund, Development grant
2022 Josine de Bruyn Kops Grant
2022 VEVAM Directors NL Fund, Research
2021 Limburg Film Fund, Development
2021 Stokroos Foundation
2021 Dutch Association of Writers, development
2021 VEVAM Directors NL Fund, Research
2021 Werktuig PPO
2021 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Development Stipendium
2021 Research Budget - Sardegna Filmcommision
2021 Babel Film Festival grant,
2020 FilmForward, Vrijplaats Grant
2020 Research & Experiment Evening, Performance Grant, Netherlands Filmfund 
2019 Mondriaan Fund, Talent Stipendium
2019 The Netherlands Film Fund,
2019 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts,
2019 Sardegna Filmcommision,
2019 Stokroos Foundation
2019 Maastricht Theatregroup, Talentlab Grant
2019 VIA Zuid, Talentlab Grant
2018 Gemeente Rotterdam
2018 Prins Bernhard Culture Fund
2018 Elise Mathilde Foundation
2018 NORMA
2018 Foundation Abacadabra
2018 Gemeente Den Haag
2018 VIA Zuid project Grant
2018 Movies That Matter Film Festival
2018 The Netherlands Film Fund
2018 Brand Culture Fund
2018 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts

Positions

2025 Teacher at Cinesud, The Art of Analog Film 
2023 Jury member at The Euregion Filmfestival 
2022 Jury member at The Netherlands Film Festival, Forum of the Directors
2022 Speaker at The Leiden Shorts Analog Film as tactile memory
2020 Jury member at Kunstbende Film Limburg
2014/17 Representative advisory board at The Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2013 Curator at Gallery Outline, Predictabilities, Amsterdam, NL

Exhibitions & Screenings & Live Performances

2025 Week of the Limburgian Music, Nederweert, NL
2025 Resistent, Roermond, NL
2024 Limburgs Filmfestival, Venlo, NL
2024 Nocefresca, Milis, IT
2024 Cannes Filmfestival Shortfilm Corner , Cannes, FR
2024 Focus Essay, The Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht, NL
2024 La Rochelle Roggel, NL
2023 Shambalanté, Apichatpong Weerasethakul presentation, Yucatan, MX
2023 Jardin Rouge, Mexico-city, MX
2023 Cïrculo de mujeres Shirley Krenak, Mexico-city, MX
2023 FAMU, Prague, CZ
2022 Femme Sessions #56, Maus Hábitos, Porto, PT
2022 De Nieuwe scene, Venlo, NL
2022 Lumière cinema, Maastricht, NL
2022 Dok6, Panningen, NL
2022 ECI, Roermond, NL 
2022 De Domijnen, Sittard, NL
2022 Filmhuis de Spiegel, Heerlen
2022 Queer Lisboa, Officiel Short Film Selection, Lisabon, PT
2022 Porto Femme, Porto, PT
2022 Fresh Meet, Natlab, Eindhoven, NL
2022 Screentalent NL launch, Royal Theater, Heerlen, NL
2022 Leiden Shorts, Leiden, NL
2022 Limburgs Filmfestival, Venlo, NL
2022 NDSM Open, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Rotterdam Art Week, Prospects and Concepts, Rotterdam, NL
2021 Babel Filmfestival, Cagliari, IT
2021 Frameline Fangs, San Francisco, VS
2021 NDSM Open, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Long Beach Filmfestival, Los Angeles, VS
2021 The Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht, NL
2021 LA Queer Filmfestival, Los Angeles, VS
2021 Korean Queer Filmfestival, Seoul, KR
2021 Brooklyn Filmfestival, New York, VS 
2021 Fairy Tales Queer Filmfestival, Calgary, CA
2020 Filmmakers evening Research & Experiment,-live
2020 Filmforward, Amsterdam, NL
2019 #BBB, Malibu Gasstation Heijerhof, Baexem, NL
2019 Museum Night Maastricht, Maastricht NL
2019 The Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht, NL
2019 Eindhoven Filmfestival, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Opera days, Rotterdam, NL
2019 CC Amstel, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Theater de Stoomfabriek, Dalfsen, NL
2019 Theater Walhalla, Rotterdam, NL
2019 Drents Museum, Assen, NL
2019 September me, Amersfoort, NL
2019 Dutch Centre Londen, London, GB
2019 Makersevening of The Netherlands Film Fund, LAB 111, NL
2018 NEVERNEVERLAND, Solo Exhibition, Amsterdam, NL
2018 NewWerktheater, Solo Exhibition, Amsterdam, NL
2018 ’t Sjor, Roggel, NL
2018 #BBB, Heijerhof, Baexem, NL
2018 Nahia Filmfestival 2018, Granada, ES,
2018 Short film market 2018, Clermont Ferrand, FR
2018 Directors Forum, Nederlands Film Festival, NL
2018 Debut competition, Nederlands Film Festival, NL
2018 One take festival, Zagreb, HR
2018 Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam, NL
2018 HDG Dinner, Catacombe, The Hague, NL
2018 Rietveld TV Evening, Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Ammehoela Film Festival, Amsterdam, NL
2017 EYE on Art, EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2017 ’t Sjor, Roggel, NL
2017 The Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht, NL
2017 Shift filmfestival Roermond, NL
2017 Cinefest, Roermond, NL
2017 NewWerktheater, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Visions of Moresnet, Holset, BE
2017 Extended Cut: FC Hyena, Amsterdam, NL
2017 VERS, Vondel CS, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Helemaal Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
2017 EYE on Art, Eye filmmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Lost & Found at Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Rotterdam Uitdagen, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Atheneum Boekhandel, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Roodkapje, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Kasseler Video and Doc Fest, Kassel, DE
2016 FLAM-Forum of Live Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Salon de Heerlijkheid, Baexem, NL
2016 Sandberg Institute-Goodbye event, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Opening Show-Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, NL
2015 EYE on Art, Eye filmmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
2015 FOAM Fotomuseum TREFF Opening, Amsterdam NL
2015 Society De Kring, Amsterdam, NL
2015 The Old Church, Amsterdam, NL
2015 NEVERNEVERLAND, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Taak & De Punt, Live Performance Installation, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Exhibition GRA Petros Panagiotis Orfanos, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Orgelpark, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Rotterdam Art Week, support act NL
2014 The Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Mediamatic Fabric, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Curated Exhibition, Gallery Outline, Amsterdam, NL
2013 BUTTT Festival, Den Bosch, NL
2013 Magneet Festival, Amsterdam, NL
2013 FLAM VI – Forum of Live Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Magnetico, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Hongerige Wolf Festival, Groningen, NL
2013 De Punt, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Gallery Retort, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Exhibition Playing Nature, RU
2012 Polignano, Polignano, IT
2012 Gallery Retort, Amsterdam, NL
2012 DVARS, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Chapter 21, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Feast of Earl, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2012/09 Sabotage performance collective, many locations, NL

Publications & reviews

2024 Cinesud, Talents to Cannes
2024 Cinesud news Winner Crossboarder Filmconference
2024 Limburg Film Office interview 
2024 Hgrupo editorial, Casa Snowapple Residency in Mexico
2024 Periodistas Unidos, Casa Snowapple Residency in Mexico
2023 Interview by Impromptu TV Mexico
2023 VandenEnde Foundation working with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in Yucatán
2023 Filmmakers talk for REwriteIt lab
2023 Limburg Film Office Podcast
2022 Netherlands institute Sound & Vision interview Analog Film in digital era
2022 The Revival of Analogue Film; Tactile Memory interview about
2022 Feminist Reflections by Coffeepaste, Porto
2022 Communidade de Cultura e Arte Portugal 
2021 Exclaim; Fairy Tales Queer filmfestival online by Megan LePiere 
2021 Limburg Film Office Interview by Wouter Greven
2021 Nemesis Magazine 
2021 Calgary Queer Film Festival 
2020 Vrijplaats publication
2019 Filmmakers Evening by The Netherlands Film Fund Live Performance
2019 Opera Magazine; François van den Anker 
2019 Flint
2019 Dutch Centre London
2019 Dalfsen Marskramer 
2018 AT5 Amsterdam broadcasting Episode Rietveld TV, Menage a trois
2018 The Netherlands Filmfestival (online) Error of Eros 
2017 NYX Launch: Goys & Birls Publication, Do you want to be me?
2017 Parool; Jan Pieter Ekker: Best graduation film by Luciënne Venner
2017 Cinesud In Conversation with Luciënne Venner
2017 Ut Platvorm; A white blanc page by Jonabo
2017 Leudal News; Filmmaker from Baexem brings Moresnet to life
2017 Filmkrant; I’m not David Lynch, I am Luciënne Venner by Sacha Gertsik