Career
First Appearances: - Month One (2011) as Director
Most Important Roles: - F***ed in the Head (2022) as
- The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2024) as Ann
- Bad at Dancing (2015) as Joanna
- i hate myself :) (2017) as Self
- Staycation (2016) as
- Chained for Life (2019) as The Hospital Liaison
- Wet Shapes (2017) as
- Laying Out (2019) as Joanna
Career Highlights: - F***ed in the Head (2022)
- The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2024)
- Bad at Dancing (2015)
- i hate myself :) (2017)
- Staycation (2016)
- Chained for Life (2019)
- Wet Shapes (2017)
- Laying Out (2019)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 Golden Berlin Bear - Best Short Film (2015)
- Won Silver Berlin Bear - Jury Prize - Short Film (2015)
- Nominated for 1 Teddy - Best Short Film (2015)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Camera (2023)
- Nominated for 1 SACD Award - Directors' Fortnight (2023)
- Nominated for 1 New Direction Competition (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Grand Special Prize (2023)
- Nominated for 1 American Independent Award - Best Feature Film (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Grand Prix Janine Bazin Award (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Starfish Award - Narrative Feature (2023)
- Won Golden Starfish Award - Honorable Mention - Narrative Feature (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Firebird Award - Short Film (2015)
- Nominated for 1 Independent Spirit Award - Best First Screenplay (2025)
- Nominated for 1 Someone to Watch Award (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Grand Jury Prize - Live Action Short Film (2015)
- Nominated for 1 Scythian Deer - International Competition: Full-Length Films (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Scythian Deer - International Competition: Short Films (2015)
- Nominated for 1 CineVision Award - Best Film by an Emerging Director (2023)
- Nominated for 1 New Directors Competition - Best Fiction (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Alexander - International Competition (2023)
Full Biography
Joanna Arnow is a filmmaker and actor based in Brooklyn. She recently finished her first fiction feature "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed", which screened at Cannes Director's Fortnight, TIFF and New York Film Festival. Her other films include personal documentary feature “i hate myself :)” as well as narrative shorts “Laying Out” and "Bad at Dancing.'
