Elka Kerkhofs is an award winning Independent Belgian/Australian writer, director, animator and visual artist. She completed her Masters in Animation at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, with her films Filled With Water and Lash, which have screened at over 100 film festivals throughout the world and have been nominated and won over ten awards including 2008 Best VCA Graduation Film with Lash and an EnhanceTV ATOM Award with Filled With Water in 2007. Lash was short listed for an Amazon Customer Award at the Short Film Corner in Cannes in 2009 and both films were finalists at the Melbourne and Sydney Queer Film Festivals, both winning an award in each respective competition. Elka loves pushing the genre boundaries with her thought provoking films. From drama to humour stimulating peoples emotions, drawing people in the visually poetic landscapes coupled with philosophical storytelling, her films create a buzz at film festivals all over the world.
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