Carmen Sangion

Carmen Sangion is a Johannesburg based film and television writer/director who is on a mission to produce film and television that acts as a bridge between who we are and who we want to be, that reconnects us to our shared humanity and that represents People of Colour, Africans especially, in ways that we don't often see; multi-dimensional, complex and layered. When she's not working you'll find her smashing the patriarchy, killing it on the dance floor or exploring the weirdly wonderful esoteric spirit world. Check out her website www.carmensangion.com She attended Newton's Film and Television in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has been working consistently as a writer/director for over 20 years. She has written on numerous television shows written and directed a number of short films namely an award winning 10-minute film called My Name is Jacob. This was followed by a 26-minute short film, which she wrote, directed and produced. The film is called 'The Lovers', it continues to be screened on rotation on South African television and was selected for screening at the Durban International Film Festival, The Rialto Film Festival in Amsterdam and The Brazil Short Film Festival. In 2011 she completed another short film entitled "Southern Cross" followed by three 52-minute made for television films, which she directed in 2013. In 2014 she was selected to participate in the IFP's No Borders International Co-Production Market in New York, for her multi-narrative feature film project Salvation, and was also selected to be part of the 2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam Lab for emerging producers for the same film. In 2017 she co-produced Salvation, her feature film writing and directorial debut, with her sister Kim Sangion under their company SangSang Entertainment. Salvation was selected to be part of the "Works in Progress" program at the Cape Town International Film Festival in 2018 and then went on to have it's World Premier In Competition at the 2019 Silicon Valley African Film Festival in California and was released in South African cinemas in October the same year. Salvation was also officially selected to screen at the LA Femme Film Festival 2019, Johannesburg International Film Festival 2019, Africa Rising International Film Festival 2019 and Rapid Lion International Film Festival 2020, officially selected for Stellenbosch Triennale 2020, In Competition at Urban World Film Festival 2020, officially selected Moscow International Film Festival 2020 and In Competition at BRICS Film Festival 2020. Salvation won the 2020 Grand Jury Prize for Best World Cinema Narrative Feature Film at the Urban World Film Festival In New York City in September 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Nine filmmakers, isolating in different parts of the world, join to make a film, a 9-chapter anthology, A collection created by female filmmakers from South Africa, Germany, Spain, China, United States, and across Canada. The project titled ONE(NINE) was initiated and executive produced by Canadian filmmaker Ingrid Veninger. LOVELOCKED is part of the ONE(NINE) anthology, it is a 12-minute short film, directed by Carmen set in Johannesburg South Africa. Carmen is preparing to direct her second feature film, and is writing her third feature, which she hopes to produce in 2021/2022.