Prem Santana is a director, writer, veteran actor and graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory. She also founded the Moonfaze Feminist Film Festival, which ran for four years celebrating female-led films from around the globe. In addition to film, Prem’s body of work, deeply influenced by nature, the liminal, the otherwordly and the journey from darkness into light, includes photography and painting. Currently, she is developing multiple projects including three feature films. She is committed to telling stories from the margins, stories that push the limits of genre and identity, stories that conjure connection and evoke change.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Best Director nominee - I Thought the Earth Remembered Me - The Arthouse Film Festival - 2024
Disney / AFI Underrepresented Storytelling Initiative - Finalist - 2023
Telluride Film Festival Film Lab fellow - 2022
AFI / Audi scholarship recipient - 2020 - 2022
Outfest Screenwriting Lab - Semi-Finalist - 2022
Coca-Cola Refreshing Films Competition - Semi-Finalist - 2022
Winner AFI Pitch Competition - 2021
Winner Best Experimental Short Film Luna - Writer, Director & Actor - 2017 LA Underground Film Forum
Winner Best Performance Hidden Rooms - 2018 The Arthouse Film Festival
