Ivana Noa is a Flemish teen writer and director. She writes her first short story at the age of 6. At the age of 9 she wins the Belgian kids writing competition “The Wonder Quill”. In 2014 Ivana writes and directs her first short film. FEELING TO DIVE AND OTHER STORIES is official selection of a number of International Film Festivals and wins Best narrative short at Williamsburg IFF.

In 2015, at the age of 12 and together with the release of her second film UNOFFICIAL: JUDO, Ivana Noa wins the Rising Star Award of Chicago International Film Festival. The film wins another three awards: in Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, and Brooklyn and is official selection of festivals across the world.

With the creation of ACTRESS and upcoming INTERVIEW WITH A DIRECTOR Ivana continues exploring the documentary genre. Her ability to mix different expressive elements in her films such as original poetry and conceptual art is establishing her as a young documentary experimental artist, searching into the interpreted reality.

Her upcoming short FICTIONAL CHARACTERS introduces documentary approach to an "old story" based thriller, dealing with current and unconventional issues of gender fluidity, triggers of transformation, definition of bad and acceptance of reality.

Ivana Noa has been invited to be a jury member of several International film and theater festivals among which Het Theater Festival, Chicago Children FF, European Youth Film Festival.