Kitty Green

Kitty Green (born 1984) Her work often portrays heavy topics such as unsolved murders and politics.

Early life and education Kitty Green grew up in Melbourne. She attended the Victorian College of the Arts, where she studied film and television. While attending the Victorian College of the Arts, Green made a short film entitled Spilt that was premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival and screened at festivals internationally, earning a few awards in the process. Soon after her graduation, Green began work at ABC on 'Art Nation' and 'Artscape'. She later went to work on a film entitled Van Diemen's Land in 2009, but only in the camera and electrical department, specifically in charge of stills. A few years later she went on to work on her first documentary Ukraine is Not a Brothel, spending a year in her grandmother's native home, Ukraine. During the filming she was arrested by the SBU and faced what she described as "a ferocious media circus" when the film released. She and two other protesters were forcefully taken and abducted by officers, and were held in a SBU office for lengthy interrogations. Green's friends and family were highly concerned about her disappearance, and say she is extremely lucky to have come out of the situation safely.

Her feature film The Royal Hotel was released in 2023, to positive reviews.

Filmography While it is unclear when Green released it, she did make a student film entitled Spilt.

Green also won Best Non-Fiction Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 for the short film The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul.

Year Award Category Nominated work Result2013 Venice Film Festival Special Mention Ukraine is Not a Brothel 2013 London Film Festival Grierson Award 2014 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award 2014 Bushwick Film Festival Best Documentary Feature 2015 AFI Fest Grand Jury Prize The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul 2015 Berlin International Film Festival Crystal Bear 2015 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize Short Film Jury Prize 2017 Grand Jury Prize Casting JonBenet 2021 Independent Spirit Awards Best First Screenplay The Assistant