Canada/Iceland
2022
No Dialogue
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 3
The camera eye knows no bounds in these stories that push the limits of gravity and grace.
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The Chronology of Water
Kristen Stewart's fearless directorial debut is based on the best-selling memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch (Imogen Poots), a chronicle of her abusive childhood, traumatized adulthood, and escapes through swimming, drugs, sex, and ultimately writing.
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Mixing documentary and reenactment, this film powerfully evokes the desperate attempts of the Red Crescent to rescue a six year old child trapped in a car under Israeli military fire. Oscar nominee: Best International Film
Sentimental Value
A once-revered director crashes back into his family’s lives, eager to recruit his daughter for a film role. When she declines, he finds a new muse in an eager but unpolished Hollywood star, sending his botched reconciliation spiraling into chaos.
Sinners
2025's unexpected box office sleeper is that rare beast, a genre movie full of bold invention and surprise. We are in Mississippi in the early 1930s, and the opening of a new blues joint on the edge of town is the signal for all hell to break out.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and Special Jury Prize Winner, Sundance, 2025, this exposé shot by a Russian primary teacher shows how the Putin propaganda machine works to militarize children.
Credits
Producer
Galilé Marion-Gauvin, Heather Millard
Screenwriter
Una Lorenzen
Editor
Una Lorenzen, Kristján Loðmfjörð
Original Music
Gunnar Tynes
Director
Una Lorenzen
Una Lorenzen is a film director who uses animation to create visual worlds for movies, documentaries, music, and theatre. In past years, she has mostly worked on documentaries, such as the award-winning Yarn (2017) and Rebel Hearts (2021). Her work has traveled to festivals such as SXSW, Toronto International Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, Animation Block Party in New York City, Tricky Women/Tricky Realities Festival in Vienna, Nordisk Panorama Film Festival in Sweden, and screened at Artforum online.
Filmography: Yarn (2017)


