Laneikka Denne

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Laneikka Denne

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Salt Along the Tongue
1h 53m
Movie 2024

Salt Along the Tongue

After her mother's unexpected passing, Mattia finds herself thrust into the care of her estranged aunt & her mother’s identical twin. As Mattia grapples with the loss of her mother, a treacherous secret begins to unfold, threatening her life. From beyond the grave, Mattia’s mother possesses her daughter in an attempt not only to protect her from the same fate that befell her but also to find reconciliation with her sister, using food as a gateway.

Oi
0h 15m
Movie 2024

Oi

When a turbulent teen undergoes a traumatic experience, she must face her own violent bravado head-on. Oi explores the stigma around "catfights" and how hyper-sexuality can occur when feminine rage isn't accepted and queerness is ignored.

Puzzle Box
1h 13m
Movie 2023

Puzzle Box

Drug addict Kait flees to a house in the woods to self-rehabilitate, where her sister Olivia joins to document the process, but the house's layout begins to change, trapping them inside an inescapable puzzle box of a house.

We Used to Own Houses
0h 6m
Movie 2023

We Used to Own Houses

After breaking into his landlord’s home, a mysterious renter forces him to read a cryptic poem that unravels the landlord’s involvement in a exploitative system of profit and power.

I'm Not Gay
1h 21m
Movie 2023

I'm Not Gay

A conflicted gay man struggles to teach his younger self about the challenges of adult life. Searching for answers inside stories from his past, he must confront his nature and the man he will become. Documentary meets musical feature in this experimental coming of age drama about power and masculinity in modern day Australia.

Think Pink
0h 28m
Movie 2022

Think Pink

An ordinary boy gives an ill-minded friend a lift to the pharmacy and tells him a horrifying secret concerning his sister.

Mud Crab
0h 12m
Movie 2022

Mud Crab

Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a young man in a small Australian coastal town.

Staring at Socks
0h 6m
Movie 2019

Staring at Socks

Innovative sound and editing patterns firmly root us in the headspace of a young woman struggling with mental illness, leading us to see how this unique perspective affects the world she sees around her.

Biography

Laneikka is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney. At seventeen, Laneikka wrote DEAD SKIN winner of SA State Theatre Company’s Young Playwrights Award, performed in Sydney and LA, published by Australian plays. Laneikka’s second play FEMINAZI premiered as part of Belvoir Theatre’s Sydney World Pride Programming in 2023. Laneikka was the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play DEAD SKIN was performed in LA, to be developed into a feature film adaption of the play. Their documentary “The Real Meaning of Pleasure” has been awarded development funding from Screen Australia and AIDC in 2023. Laneikka created THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC to sold-out seasons and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2023. As an actor, Laneikka is leading two feature films; PUZZLE BOX a horror feature and SALT ALONG THE TONGUE a psychological thriller for distribution in 2024. Young, queer humans are at the heart of all of Laneikka’s work.

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