Kate Vinen is an award-winning writer and director based in Sydney, Australia. Kate completed a Graduate Certificate in Directing (2010) and a Masters of Documentary Directing (2018-2020) at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Kate's short film ‘Acts for the Invisible’ (writer/director/producer) had its World Premiere at Sydney Film Festival in 2021 and has since had a successful national and international run, winning the 2022 CILECT CAPA Best Film: Documentary. Her recent film, ‘Mitayero’ was made at the prestigious PlayLab Films Director’s Lab mentored by Palme d’Or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul in the Amazon Jungle. Projects Kate has written, directed and produced have screened in Australia and worldwide including Sydney Film Festival (Australia), Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Japan), DocEdge (NZ), Dhaka Art Summit (Bangladesh), Les Rencontres International (France), Asia Pacific Triennial 8 (Australia), Tampere Film Festival (Finland) and Salento International Film Festival (Italy).