Vonne Patiag is a multiple AACTA, AWGIE, Logie and SPA Award-nominated Writer, Director, Producer and Actor based in Western Sydney. He is the Director of In-Between Pictures, a production company splashing colour on Australian screens.
In 2024, he was selected as part of the MIFF Accelerator Lab in support of his debut feature Homo, which was also announced as the recipient of the Short to Feature Fast Track Fund through Screen NSW. His other feature Tomgirl received development funding from Screen Australia, was invited to the TIFF Filmmaker Lab and the Inside Out Film Finance Forum, and was shortlisted for the Sundance Writer's Lab. He curated and commissioned original short films for Blacktown Shorts 2024, which screened at the Sydney Opera House, and won the FBI Radio SMAC (Sydney Music Arts and Culture) Award for Best Arts Program for the screening event.
His latest short film Too Many Ethnics had its World Premiere at Flickerfest 2023, and he made his Mainstage Debut as Playwright and Actor with his play The Life Cycle of Blanco, presented by National Theatre of Parramatta and Sydney WorldPride in March 2023, which also had a sold out season in Nov 2020 through Brand X.
His recent credits include writing Significant Others, a 6-part drama series created by Tommy Murphy for ABC/Fremantle and writing and associate producing The Unusual Suspects, a mini-series for SBS with Aquarius Films and anthology feature film Here Out West for ABC with Co-Curious and Emerald Productions. The feature would be selected as the Opening Night Film of the Sydney Film Festival 2021, and opened in cinemas in Feb 2022.
In 2022, he was selected for Talent USA, a Screen Australia funded program supporting Australian creatives breaking into the US market. He was also one of the judges for the Tiktok Got A Minute competition, which was announced at Screen Forever. He also served on the Jury for the ASEAN program at Flickerfest 2020 and has curated short film programs for Blacktown Arts, Maritime Museum and the Australian International Screen Forum.
He has been profiled as a Ones To Watch by SPA, Australia's most prestigious program for emerging producers, where he was mentored by Michael McMahon. He also was in the inaugural class of Ones to Watch for the ADG. He made his speaking debut on the Sydney Opera House stage, joining a panel discussing modern masculinity as part of All About Women in March 2019 and returned to the Sydney Opera House a second time in Sep 2019 to premiere his short documentary connectIRL as part of Antidote Festival. His online series Halal Gurls (ABC, Create NSW) which he created, show-ran, and directed, premiered on ABC iView in Oct 2019 with exponential engagement online. He also completed a Director's Attachment on Operation Buffalo (ABC), shadowing writer/director Peter Duncan during Production and was also awarded the Spirit Of The West award by Made In The West Film Festival, honouring his continued work in promoting and championing Western Sydney filmmaking.
His screen acting credits include the television series After the Verdict (2022) for Subtext Pictures, The Unusual Suspects (2021) for Aquarius Films, Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017) for Matchbox Pictures, and several short films including Window and Too Many Ethnics.
Official Selection
Homo
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Perth
2026
Best Production Design
Too Many Ethnics
Made In The West Film Festival
Sydney
2023
Official Selection, Nominated for Best Editor
Shading
Made In The West Film Festival
Sydney
2018
Best Short Film - Runner Up
Window
Made In The West Film Festival
Sydney
2017
Best Short Film (Olympus Filmmaker Challenge)
Window
St Kilda Film Festival
Melbourne
2016
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