E M I L Y D Y N E S
Award-winning artist and filmmaker Emily Dynes traces the shifting landscapes of identity and place, creating work that moves between the intimate and the immense.
Her films have been featured in the Melbourne International Film Festival’s 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 completed the regional Artist’s Residency program at GPAC exploring the LGBTQIA+ experience in rural contexts through film and sound design, and 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 short film ‘Hold Still’ and is currently nominated for the 2025 Iris Prize, the largest short film prize in the world. Emily was the recipient of the Milestone Creative Australia Filmmaker award at the 2025 AWMAs.
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.