Laneikka Denne
Laneikka is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney. At seventeen, Laneikka wrote DEAD SKIN winner of SA State Theatre Company’s Young Playwrights Award, performed in Sydney and LA, published by Australian plays. Laneikka’s second play FEMINAZI premiered as part of Belvoir Theatre’s Sydney World Pride Programming in 2023. Laneikka was the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play DEAD SKIN was performed in LA, to be developed into a feature film adaption of the play. Their documentary “The Real Meaning of Pleasure” has been awarded development funding from Screen Australia and AIDC in 2023. Laneikka created THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC to sold-out seasons and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2023. As an actor, Laneikka is leading two feature films; PUZZLE BOX a horror feature and SALT ALONG THE TONGUE a psychological thriller for distribution in 2024. Young, queer humans are at the heart of all of Laneikka’s work.
Puzzle Box
as OliviaDrug addict Kait flees to a house in the woods to self-rehabilitate, where her sister Olivia...
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We Used to Own Houses
as JennyAfter breaking into his landlord’s home, a mysterious renter forces him to read a cryptic poem...
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Mud Crab
as JennyReflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a...
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Think Pink
as UrethraAn ordinary boy gives an ill-minded friend a lift to the pharmacy and tells him a horrifying...
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Salt Along the Tongue
as MattiaAfter her mother's unexpected passing, Mattia finds herself thrust into the care of her...
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Staring at Socks
as NatalieInnovative sound and editing patterns firmly root us in the headspace of a young woman...
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