About me
Hi! I'm Katiuscia Cancedda by birth, an Italian published playwright, award-winning screenwriter, and emerging film director under the pseudonym of Katherine Luna Gate, and going by the name of Luna. I've been living in England since 1997 where I brought up two [very talented] daughters, Francesca and Eleonora, thanks to whom I mastered the skill of storytelling. I started writing poetry and short stories at the age of 12, have been journaling since the age of 15, failing to fulfill the dream of becoming a journalist. I define myself “a word collector”.
Although I have an aptitude for writing Drama and Thriller genres, I am also enjoying writing Comedy, but the themes remain the same: the Feminine, in all Its forms, and how we all relate to our Inner Child. I'd love to connect to UK-based filmmakers, directors and producers who, like me, are passionate about storytelling with such themes.
Winner of the Best First-Time Screenwriter (Short) - Best Film Awards (February 2021)
Silver Award for Best Short Script at the Independent Short Awards (February 2021)
Semi-finalist at the Indie Short Fest (March 2021)
Finalist at the Paris Play Film Festival (June 2021)
Special Selection at the Trujillo Independent Film Festival (September 2021)
Honourable Mention at the Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes (November 2021)
Special Selection at the Paris Lift-Off Film Festival (September 2023)
Socials: https://the-dots.com/users/katherine-luna-gate-487540
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-luna-gate-640161201/
Watch my latest Animatics project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo0q6ptkS4U
Watch some of my other projects here: https://vimeo.com/user194122920
Thanks for your support!
Projects
- Are You looking for a cosy networking opportunity with artists that love all-things Filmmaking?Come to the Buzz Cinema Film Festival this October for a week of intensive workshops, speed networking and screenings of films made by filmmakers from Beds, Herts and Bucks, UK - and a great opportunity to make a short film in 48 hours! I directed a very short film at the end of March this year with a fabulous bunch of creatives from the Leighton Buzzard Film Club: this has been selected to be screened at the Buzz Cinema on Monday the 7th of October along with other great shorts, with Q&As foll
- Meet some of the characters in this animation project.This is a collaboration I started with the multi-talented and incredible Kata Szaniszlo https://www.linkedin.com/in/kata-szaniszlo-542176115/ Please meet Hen, Oak and Fox, three out of five new characters in this upcoming animation. They're still a work-in-progress, but don't You think they look cute? Write your thoughts either to me or Kata, we'd love to hear from You! PS. More on this in due time :)
- Adventures at the FarmAfter three long years, I have found the time to finalise this project - and the courage to release it! This is a mini series of stories for children of all ages I wrote and illustrated in spring of 2021 while still locked down. They are told in Animatic format, with added sound and narration. I'm proud of how it's all coming along, and happy to put this teaser out there. Enjoy!
- Finally it's out!II am delighted to finally announce, after almost two months of tech glitches and a thousand emails exchanged with Vimeo customer assistance, that my first self-funded short film Off the Chains can be viewed here: https://lnkd.in/ekrBFaQE This project is a fundraiser for a local kennels, and donations start from as little as £3 - please give generously. The link above will take you to the donation page; once the donation is made, the link to the film will be released. Below are some shots take
- My directorial debutOne of the highlights of my 2022 was directing the first ever short for the first ever film festival in my home town (on the hottest day of the year!) Working with the likes of Lobke van Eijk, Tony Gee, Jo Taylor, and the whole of the cast & crew, a bunch of incredibly creative people has kick-started something completely new to me that I never even considered doing before, and for which I will be forever grateful. Can't wait for what's more to come, folks.
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Work history
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Screenplay writer; story teller; playwright; proof-readerFreelance
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Writer/JournalistThiiird Magazine
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Skills
- Writing Poetry
- Screenplay
- Screenwriting
- Acting Teaching
- Positive Attitude
- Dancing
- Dance Performance
- Contemporary Dance
- Yoga Teacher
- Teamworking
- Content Translation
- Literature Translation
Education
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CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults), University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education
- Oxford, United Kingdom
The Course was and intense four-week one entirely run on remote due to the pandemic.
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PGCE in Post-compulsory EducationUniversity of Bedfordshire
- Bedford, United Kingdom