Director of
A PERSON OF THE FOREST
Miranda Pennell is a London-based filmmaker whose films often rework images from British colonial archives to reflect on contemporary situations. Her work emphasises the role of the imagination in the interpretation of historical documents. Her award-winning films have screened at many international festivals including Currents at New York Film Festival, Berlinale, FID Marseille, Open City Documentary Festival, and Athens Avant Garde Film Festival, among others. Her 2024 short film MAN NUMBER 4 was shortlisted for a European Film Academy Award 2026. One-person programmes include the solo exhibition 'H is for history, N is for Now' Solar Galeria de Arte Cinematica and Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, Portugal (2026); at VFX Festival of Audiovisual Practices Ljubljana (2026); and Returning the Gaze at Documenta Madrid (May 2025). Group exhibitions include Eye(s) Open - New Perspectives on Colonial Film Heritage at Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (April-September 2026); and Evil Eye: The Parallel Histories of Optics and Ballistics (September-January 2023) Tabakalera Centre for Contemporary Culture, San Sebastian.
Films (selection): WHY COLONEL BUNNY WAS KILLED (2010), THE HOST (2015), STRANGE OBJECT (2020), MAN NUMBER 4 (2024), A PERSON OF THE FOREST (2026)