Ingrid Veninger

Born: 1968-08-21

Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid formed pUNK Films in 2003 with a ‘nothing is impossible’ manifesto. Since 2008, Ingrid has written/directed 5 features (Only, Modra, i am a good person/i am a bad person, The Animal Project, He Hated Pigeons) all of which have premiered at international festivals including: TIFF, Rotterdam, Slamdance, Whistler, Rome, OUTFest, FEMCine and MoMA, garnering awards and distribution worldwide. In 2014, Ingrid initiated the pUNK Films FEMMES LAB to foster feature films written and directed by Canadian women, sponsored by Academy Award winning actor Melissa Leo. Currently, Ingrid is a part-time member of the Film Studies Faculty at York University, Screenwriter-in- Residence at the University of Toronto, and Film Mentor at the Canadian Film Centre. Recently she completed her 6th feature PORCUPINE LAKE, produced with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada and Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund with distribution in Canada by FILMS WE LIKE and world sales by OUTPLAY FILMS.


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The Gate

as Paula
Released: 1987-04-21

Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a...

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Godsend

as Mrs. Farr
Released: 2004-04-30

A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor,...

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Steal This Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2000-08-18

Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison...

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Harlan County War

as Becky Jones
Released: 2000-05-19

A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is...

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Out of the Ashes

as Zozia
Released: 2003-04-13

The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious...

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Sing

as Naomi
Released: 1989-03-31

When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high...

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Walter and Henry

as Intern Doctor
Released: 2001-06-10

Walter and his 12-year-old son Henry are a pair of New York City street musicians living at...

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Destiny To Order

as Biker Chick
Released: 1990-02-09

A writer starts running into the characters he's created in real life. Alberta is his fantasy...

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The Limb Salesman

as Clara
Released: 2004-09-12

Gabriel Goode is the Limb Salesman, a disgraced doctor who regenerates limbs on the black...

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Hockey Night

as Evelyn
Released: 1984-12-14

When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with...

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Forget Me Never

as Ginny
Released: 1999-10-03

Diane McGowin was employed as an administrative assistant for a group of attorneys in private...

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I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person

as uncredited
Released: 2012-06-14

When a mother and daughter tour film festivals in Europe and decide to part ways, they must...

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Wild Iris

as Woman in Line at the Mall
Released: 2001-01-01

A depressed woman battles with her mother and abuses alcohol following the suicide of her husband.

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

as Graduate student on subway
Released: 1998-02-01

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's...

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The Life Before This

as Stage Manager
Released: 1999-09-15

Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a...

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Hotel Vladivostok

as Wife
Released: 2006-08-31

In a hotel overlooking the Sea of Japan, six disparate stories inter-connect giving time a...

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He Hated Pigeons

as Traveler
Released: 2015-10-18

A young man travels from the Northern Atacama Desert to the southern Patagonian edge of Chile on...

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Hide and Seek

as Jessica
Released: 1984-07-01

In this adaptation of the 1977 sci-fi novel, "The Adolescence of P-1," a high school whiz kid's...

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H

as Kathleen
Released: 1990-09-28

A junkie couple board themselves in their apartment while they try to kick their heroin habit.

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Only

as uncredited
Released: 2008-09-08

Tells the story of one day shared between a young boy and girl.

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Solace in the Dark

as Self
Released: 2011-09-11

A retrospective documentary on 9/11 in connection with the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Neil

as Donna
Released: 2005-09-02

Neil is the story of a man suffering from agoraphobia among other severe mental illnesses...

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Urda/Bone

as uncredited
Released: 2003-09-25

Against the backdrop of a European cityscape, worlds intersect when a woman and a man on...

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The War Boy

as Helena
Released: 1985-01-01

The 12-year-old son of a freedom fighter grows up fast in World War II Yugoslavia.

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BRUTALISM

as Woman on the PA
Released: 2020-04-15

In an alternative universe, before the final improv performance, an awkward college student...

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The Other Side of Porcupine Lake

as Herself
Released: 2017-12-02

The Other Side of Porcupine Lake follows Ingrid Veninger as she makes her sixth feature film,...

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La Femme Nikita

as Siobhan
First aired: 1997-01-13

La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by...

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Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

as Maria
First aired: 2010-01-10

Follows the lives of three young doctors fresh from medical school, and embarking on their new...

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Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

as Maria (uncredited)
First aired: 2010-01-10

Follows the lives of three young doctors fresh from medical school, and embarking on their new...

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