Nora Jaenicke

Nora Jaenicke is an award winning filmmaker residing between Cambridge and New York City. She grew up in Italy with German parents and studied Film at the European Institute of Design in Rome and Screenwriting at Vancouver Film School. Her feature length screenplay Whales was selected to be a part of the Kitzbuehl Writing Residency and was a finalist at Oscar Qualifying Nashville Film Festival and the Beverly Film Festival. Her short films have screened at 45+ Festivals and won 30+ Awards. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Elba Film Festival and Nostos Screenwriting Retreat, a script development lab in Tuscany.