Directing

Loren Jalyn Kett

Loren is an emerging director alongside her decade of experience as an editor in the film industry. Her critically acclaimed directorial debut My Dying Place was described as “a perfectly calibrated documentary portrait” by Dan Slevin of RNZ, as well as “an extraordinary film” by film curator Rob Dickie. My Dying Place won the People’s Choice Award at Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2024, as well as the Anti-Stigma Award at the Scottish Mental Health and Arts Festival 2025. Gloria is Lorens second documentary as a director, which won Best New Zealand short at DocEdge 2026. She has spent the majority of her career editing documentaries whilst shining a light on marginalised people, communities, social issues and constructs.