Nisha Platzer (she/her) is a queer artist, photographer and award-winning filmmaker based on the Unceded Traditional Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

Drawn to vibrant shades, her works meld sounds and imagery that you can dream and drown in. Nisha’s short film, Vaivén (2020) won the best film award at aluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival and competed at festivals worldwide. She studied film and Communications in Montreal and Documentary at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba. Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada. Nisha teaches handmade film workshops and is a member of Vancouver’s Iris Film Collective. An alumnus of IDFAcademy, the VIFF mentorship program, and the Hot Docs Accelerator Lab, her work can be found in music videos, narrative, and experimental films. Nisha’s first feature documentary ‘back home’ was supported by Telefilm Talent to Watch and presented at the Docs-in-Progress Canadian Showcase at Cannes Film Festival. She is currently adapting a beloved Canadian novel for the screen.