Danishka Esterhazy

Danishka Esterhazy Celebrated for her female-driven stories, director DANISHKA ESTERHAZY is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors’ Lab, the National Screen Institute, Women in the Director’s Chair and the TIFF Talent Lab. Her debut feature, Black Field, won the Best Feature Drama award at Vancouver’s Women in Film Festival and the Best Canadian Feature award at Toronto’s Female Eye Film Festival. Danishka’s films have screened in festivals, theaters and galleries around the world including the Rome International Film Festival, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea, the Short Film Festival of India, La Maison Rouge in Paris, Kölner Filmhaus in Germany and the Reel Women International Film Festival in Hollywood. Her films have been broadcast on CBC, Bravo, Super Channel and Movie Central. Esterhazy recently won the inaugural Amazon Video Direct Filmmaker Award at Sundance 2017.