About

Susanne Serres aspires to create powerful and emotional short and feature films and series in her career as a director. She studied cinema (CEGEP Ahuntsic), visual arts (Collège Bois-de-Boulogne), dramaturgy (coaching at Centre de création scénique), writing (Black Theatre Workshop) and photography (CFP Lachine). An alumna of the director program at INIS, she received the INIS Foundation Louise-Spickler Excellence Scholarship. In 2017, Susanne wrote and directed Zaya, which screened at film festival across the globe and received several awards including the prestigious Award of Merit for Best Short Film at the Best Shorts Competition, California; the One-Reeler Competition Award of Excellence, Los Angeles; the Best Cinematography at LGBT Toronto Film Festival and the Diamond Prize at the International Independent Film Awards, California. In 2019, Susanne’s INIS short film, Follow Me (Suis moi) was selected to air at ICI Tou.TV, a Canadian streaming platform for short films and series.