Bio
Catherine Bonny is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Melbourne, Australia. She survived a rural childhood by escaping into fantastical stories and while she moved away to the city, the love of stories never left her.
In 2017, she graduated from the Victorian College of Arts. Since then she has written and directed several screenplays, and worked across film, TV and advertising.
Her latest short film, Marked screened at more than twenty film festivals and won Best Australian Short Film at ‘A Night of Horror International Film Festival’, and Best International Short Film at ‘FANTAELX - X Elche International Fantastic Film Festival’. Her feature screenplays, Marked and Life on the Land have been shortlisted for The PAGE Awards, Screencraft, WeScreenplay, Shorescripts Feature and more.
Catherine is currently working on an original series, For Those Who’ve Come. Her goal is to write a story-world bigger than Star Wars.
“My goal is to one day write a storyworld bigger than Starwars”
Contests and festivals
‘Life on the land’ feature screenplay
NYX Fellowship Stowe Story Labs 2024
Fellowship recipient
Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2024
quarterfinalist
Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition 2023
Best sci-fi & fantasy screenplay
PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2023
Semifinalist
Final Draft - Big Break 2023
Semifinalist
Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards Season 1
Semifinalist
‘Marked’ feature screenplay
Finalist
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Season 5
SemiFinalist
Shore Scripts Feature Contest 2021
Finalist
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards 2020
Finalist
ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2020
SemiFinalist
ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2020
semifinalist
Continuance Pictures - Continue Short Film Initiative 2020
top 25
‘Marked’ short film
A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2022
Best Australian Short Film
FANTAELX - X Elche International Fantastic Film Festival 2022
Best International Short Film
Courts Mais Trash 2023
Official Selection
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2023
Official Selection
Renegade Film Festival 2023
Official Selection
Spring HorrorHound Film Festival 2023
Official Selection
Nevermore Film Festival 2023
Official Selection
Salem Horror Fest 2023
Official Selection
Panic Fest 2023
Official Selection
Cryptshow Festival 2023
Official Selection
Horrorigins Film Festival 2023
Official Selection
Nightmares Film Festival 2022
Official Selection
Freakshow Horror Film Festival 2022
Official Selection
Abertoir Horror Festival 2022
Official Selection
Feratum Film Festival 2022
Official Selection
Santiago Horror Film Festival 2022
Official Selection
Fancine - Festival de Cine Fantástico Universidad de Málaga 2022
Official Selection
Monster Fest 2022
Official Selection
Fantàstik Granollers 2022
Official Selection
Acocollona’t Fantastic Film Festival of Giron 2022
Official Selection
FICTV: Festival Internacional Cine Terror De Valparaíso 2022
Official Selection
‘Land of Honey’ short film
Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2021
Official selection
Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Fest 2021
Official selection
Prisma Rome Independant Film Awards 2021
semi finalist
Pune Short Film Festival 2021
Official selection
New York Lift-Off Film Festival 2021
Official selection
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2021
Official selection
Paris Lift-Off Film Festival 2021
Official selection
Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival 2021
Official selection
London Lift-Off Film Festival 2021
Official selection
‘Colony’ short film
Manchester Film Festival 2019
Official selection
Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2019
Official selection
Blue Planet Sci-Fi Film Festival China 2019
Official selection
The Philip K. Dick Film Festival 2019
Official selection
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2019
Official selection
Women in Horror Film Festival 2018
Official selection
Monster Fest 2018
Official selection
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018
Official selection
Fargo Fantastic Film Festival 2018
Official selection
PA Indie Shorts Film Festival 2018
Official selection
Lift-Off Global Network Sydney 2018
Official selection
Lift-Off Global Network Melbourne 2018
Official selection
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