E M I L Y D Y N E S
Emily Dynes is an award-winning artist who makes work that wears its heart on its sleeve.
Her practice spans film, photography and community arts, with a decade of work alongside regional and marginalised communities - in youth justice settings, with at-risk young people, and with communities across regional and remote Australia.
Emily’s films have screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival, Aesthetica Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, and been featured by Short of The Week, Director's Notes and Firstdraft Gallery. She was awarded Best Australian Short Film at Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2024 for her 16mm short Hold Still, and was nominated for the 2025 Iris Prize.
Emily received the Milestone Creative Australia Filmmaker Award at the 2025 AWMAs and is a current finalist for the 2026 Canberra Photographic Prize.
Emily’s work has been supported by Creative Victoria, Regional Arts Victoria and the Pride Foundation.
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.