Leah Loftin is a filmmaker and performer whose work was named “fearless” by The New York Times.
Leah Loftin is a filmmaker, actor, and visual artist whose work was named “fearless” by The New York Times. Her films integrate physical and vocal performance with archival media and installations, offering a highly rhythmic and stylized visual language drawn from a background in international avant-garde theatre. Loftin was named an “emerging director to discover” by SHOOT Magazine and was recently awarded the UK’s Silver Medal in Nonfiction at the 1.4 Awards for Brilliant Filmmaking for her experimental documentary on the war in Ukraine. Her experimental film work was a finalist for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2022 and she was named among the world’s “contemporary artists on the rise” (Future Now).
Loftin’s films have premiered at OSCAR-and BAFTA-qualifying film festivals including DOC NYC, Ann Arbor Film Festival (opening night selection), Aesthetica Film Festival, Istanbul Experimental Film Festival, Revolutions Per Minute (Best of RPM), Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, Edmonton International Film Festival and Shorts on Tap London, among others. Her work has screened at repertory cinemas and art institutions including The Brattle (Cambridge), The Nuart (Los Angeles), SALT Galata (Istanbul), York Art Gallery (UK), and Harvard CAMLab. Her work has received funding from the New York State Council on the Arts and the LearningTimes Foundation.
Loftin is also a working actress in film, television, and theatre—learn more.
A proud native Texan, she was born and raised in the small town of Crosby, Texas.
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P U B L I C A T I O N S [ selected ]
Directors Notes, “Leah Loftin Adapts Frontline Testimony of Putin’s Invasion”
Aesthetica Magazine, “Artist Profile: Leah Loftin”
Musée Magazine, “Triggered,” Verve, Dear by Leah Loftin
TDR: The Drama Review, “Necessity as the Mother of Invention”
Future Now: 125 Contemporary Artists, “Leah Loftin, Artist Film”(print)
SHOOT Magazine, “New Directors Showcase: Leah Loftin”
ShortStick Films, “Review: Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War”
The Hollywood Reporter, “The Blacklist Plot Thickens With New Character”
Hollywood Life, “The Blacklist Preview: New Woman May Have Answers”
IndieWire, “2023 DOC NYC Lineup: Shorts Collateral Damage”
CBS News, “Ann Arbor Film Festival’s Tribute to Experimental Film” (broadcast)
