ANGELA HANNA GOULENE

ANGELA HANNA GOULENE is a French writer, filmmaker and illustrator based in Montreal, Quebec. She wrote her first novel, Situations, when she was only 14 years old. Since then, Angela’s written two additional novels, about a dozen short stories, scripts, shorts, pitch decks, poems, and multiple songs. Her short story Jack and her poem Makeup have both been published in the literary magazine Montreal Writes. 

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Both her novel Situations and her short story A Second Chance have been selected as quarterfinalists for the 2019 Screencraft Cinematic Book and Short Story Competition, where they scored in the top 8% out of 1200+ entries. In addition, Angela has worked on the short films See You Soon and Not Another Serial Killer, which she's acted in, written and co-directed. Not Another Serial Killer was produced by the Kino Kabaret filmmaking program in 2021. It then premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival and has since screened at the following festivals: Fantasy Filmfest, Blood in the Snow, Landshut International Short Film Festival.

 

Angela works as a production coordinator for Playstation and as a writer for an animated series produced by Epic Story Media. She's also the creator of an animated, preschool series, Oddly Kids, which was presented in partnership with the production company Global Mechanic, at MIPCOM, Cannes. 

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Angela's been selected to the following writing and filmmaking programs: Kino Kabaret, BIPOC Showrunner Bootcamp, Banff Netflix Diversity of Voices and WGC Script of the Month.