Ingrid Veninger

Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada Ingrid formed pUNK Films in 2003 with a nothing is impossible manifesto Since 2008 Ingrid has writtendirected 5 features Only Modra i am a good personi am a bad person The Animal Project He Hated Pigeons all of which have premiered at international festivals including TIFF Rotterdam Slamdance Whistler Rome OUTFest FEMCine and MoMA garnering awards and distribution worldwide In 2014 Ingrid initiated the pUNK Films FEMMES LAB to foster feature films written and directed by Canadian women sponsored by Academy Award winning actor Melissa Leo Currently Ingrid is a parttime member of the Film Studies Faculty at York University Screenwriterin Residence at the University of Toronto and Film Mentor at the Canadian Film Centre Recently she completed her 6th feature PORCUPINE LAKE produced with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada and Bell Medias Harold Greenberg Fund with distribution in Canada by FILMS WE LIKE and world sales by OUTPLAY FILMS