Film Curator, Writer & Creative Strategist

EMAIL:

theirenesoriano@gmail.com

Irene Soriano is a Los Angeles-based writer, film programmer and independent film curator. She programs short films for the Sundance Film Festival and has also programmed for AFI Fest and the Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival.

Irene was Film Independent/Project Involve’s first Fellow to initiate a Film Programming Industry Track in 2003. In 2022, Irene moderated an industry podcast about diversity, equity and inclusion in the film programming space for DOC Leipzig with the Programmers of Colour Collective and curated an art and film exhibition for Outfest’s LGBTQ+ arts and virtual media OUTMUSEUM titled “The Filipinx Edition: Queer and Trans Visions from Women and Non-Binary Artists,” launched during Filipinx American History Month.

She has served on the International Narrative Shorts Award jury for Outfest LA, the Animation Shorts Award jury for the Palm Springs International Shortfest and the Music Documentary Feature jury for the Nashville Film Festival.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/theirenesoriano         

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