Maria Millan

Maria Millan is a Venezuelan Director, Producer and Photographer. She has been selected to participate in the Hessen Lab with the rough cut of her feature film documentary 'Family Pride, Queer Aside'. The lab is part of the B3 Biennale to be celebrated in Frankfurt, Germany in October 2022. She is also part of the scheme 'Talent Led: Next Gen' by the Independent Film Trust (London, 2022) where she is working on the pitch of her two fiction screenplays: 'The Mirror' and 'The Hollow Women'. She holds a BA Honours in Communications Science and Media and a specialisation in Audio-Visual Arts from the Catholic University Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. She also studied Video Editing techniques & Direction at the famous International Film School of San Antonio de Los Baños in Cuba (EICTV). Millan started her journey in film & TV through the art department where she designed sets for TV ads for clients like L'Oreal, CVS, Mr Muscle, and Mac Donalds among others. She moved to London in 2011 and began shooting stills for Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan, Fruk Magazine, Funckin' Young, Jute, Eclectic Magazine among others. She led the Production Design for the film "Chop Chop" (2016) by Christopher Granier-Deferre. She also produced a TV Series called "Las Aventuras de Sifo Diaz". She directed actress Lujza Richter Hugo (Phantom Thread, Dracula), and Demi Hannah Scott (SHOWstudio) in her film "The Refuge", part of the official selection of The Women's Film Festival in the US, L'Etrange Film Festival in Paris, and winner of "Best Short" in the Social Machinery Film Festival in Italy. Millan was invited to have a solo screening and Q&A at the David Lynch's Private Members Club: Silencio. Millan just completed the post-production of a 23 min documentary 'TransCCS' on the life of a transwoman in Caracas and is currently in the culmination stage of her feature film 'Queer Family Pride', an LGBTQA+ documentary that she made during the lockdown while being trapped in Venezuela. It follows a black, gay, queer and drag guy raising three kids with his sister in Caracas during the pandemic. Maria Millan is an example of resilience and perseverance. She aims with her work to call attention to the role of women and the LGBTQ+ community within society.