About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1995-03-15
Place of birth:
Mount Hope, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago
Website:
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Amir Aether Valen

Overview

Amir Aether Valen is a writer, director and photographer who works primarily within non-fiction storytelling. While studying at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Amir’s student film, "Who I Say I Am" won the Best Trinidad & Tobago Short Documentary Film Award, as well as the United Nations Award for Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker at the Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival 2016. In 2020 Amir graduated from Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba after specializing in Documentary Film Direction. He has made a number of short films across Cuba including, "The Whisper of the Leaves", which had its world premiere at Sheffield DocFest in 2021, and "While the Night Falls", which had its world premiere at True/False Film Festival 2023. Amir has been a lecturer at the UWI since 2022. He is also an education facilitator at the Living Water Community - Ministry for Migrants & Refugees, and produces commercial creative content through his production company, Elements of Mental Zen Productions Ltd.

Known for

Directing
2023 While The Night Falls Directing Director 59
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2021 The Whisper of the Leaves Directing Director 59
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2021 Pick up the Wind Directing Director 59
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2020 Floating in the River of Time Directing Director 59
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2019 Eternal Space Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 While The Night Falls Writing Writer 59
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2021 The Whisper of the Leaves Writing Writer 59
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2020 Floating in the River of Time Writing Writer 59
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Production
2021 The Whisper of the Leaves Production Producer 59
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2020 Floating in the River of Time Production Producer 59
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Camera
2020 Floating in the River of Time Camera Director of Photography 59
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Editing
2020 Floating in the River of Time Editing Editor 59
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