Born and raised in Lyon, France, Eloane Venkatapen moved to Vancouver to study Film Production at UBC. She is currently developing her first feature film, Lanmè, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Telefilm Canada, and Creative BC. The project participated in the Whistler Film Festival 2025 Screenwriters Lab and was invited to pitch at the Marché du Film at Cannes in 2026.
Her latest short film, Backlog, received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, and the NFB. As a mixed-race woman and French speaker in BC, Eloane is committed to telling stories from underrepresented perspectives.