Annidette Puni (She/Her) is a Proud Saibailgal and Samoan creative who was raised on Awabakal country and is an emerging screenwriter and playwright, whose stories explore universal themes from a POC perspective and lived experience of chronic illness.
Her screenwriting debut short film, KEYS (2019) had its world premiere at Topanga Film Festival (California, USA), won a best children’s short award at Indie Short Fest (Los Angeles, USA), screened at various film festivals in the United States and Australia and won the ‘Spirit of Sydney’ award at the Sydney Indie Film Festival (2019). Annidette’s passion for storytelling propelled her to study both NIDA’s TV Presenters Studio (2014) and Screen Acting Ensemble (2015), later graduating with a Bachelor of Communication (Creative Writing) degree from UTS and an Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting (TV Series) from AFTRS. Annidette is currently studying NIDA’s Master of Fine Arts (Dramatic Writing) degree and recently had her official playwriting debut play, DUPLEXITY featured at NIDA’s 2025 Festival of Emerging Artists (FOEA).
In May 2025, Annidette was selected for the Seeding Storytellers program through Screenworks and the Australian Writers’ Guild. The program provided intensive training in note-taking, script coordinating and the basics of a writers’ room, conducted over three day-long online workshops led by industry experts Catherine Kelleher and Terence McCarthy.
