Ranima Montes is a Filipino-Australian writer and director currently based in Narrm/Melbourne.
She is a recent graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts with a Master of Screenwriting. Her slate centres on Asian-Australian women and the conflict found in loyalty, survival and identity. Her debut short film Mestiza premiered at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival. In 2022, she received Creative Victoria’s Creators Fund to research her debut feature film My Sister, The Wind. In 2023, she undertook a mentorship with artist and filmmaker, Kiri Dalena, supported by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust. In 2026, My Sister, The Wind was shortlisted for the AWG’s Emerging Writers’ Awards.
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