Eloane Venkatapen
Selected Works
Backlog
Maeva expected to enjoy a dream vacation with her boyfriend and his friends on Hornby Island, but unexpected news about her Permanent Residency application turns her time on the island and future upside down.
Listen to the on-set reportage
by Cornelius Lundsgaard
À BENNY’S
Réa, Marie-Lou and Julian are 20-somethings French-speaking expatriates working at Benny’s, a coffee shop in Vancouver facing imminent closure. As their personal challenges intensify, Réa tries to unite the friends and community in a desperate bid to save the café.
In Development
LANMÈ
Canadian-Caribbean marine biologist Joséphine returns to her family’s island of Martinique to study an invasive algae. As the island’s volcano awakens and an ancestral power stirs within her, she must face her family legacy to protect the island’s fragile ecosystem.
Funded in development by Telefilm Canada, Creative BC and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Selected as part of the 2025 Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab
MONU’27
Cassia is an ambitious 12th-grade student with a dream: to win the Best Delegate award at the Francophone Model United Nations conference in Vancouver, which she sees as her ticket to NYU and a career in international relations. During the three-day MONU conference, Cassia’s ambitions clash with complex group dynamics, personal betrayals, and diplomatic rivalry, forcing her to confront her ideals and motivations.
About Eloane
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Film Production from the University of British Columbia.
Eloane was part of the Women In the Director’s Chair – Career Advancement Module in 2025, VIFF Catalyst program in 2024 and is a founding member of the Francophone filmmaking organization Créaxion.
As a mixed-race woman and French speaker in British-Columbia, Eloane values telling stories from underrepresented perspectives and strives to foster a supportive community focused on telling important stories.
When not writing and directing, Eloane enjoys creating pottery for her loved ones, playing the guitar and cuddling her cat.
News
Lanmè at Cannes 2026
Eloane was invited by La Maison des Scénaristes to pitch her debut feature-film Lanmè at the 2026 Pitchs Sans Frontière event.
Contact
Interested in working together or learning more?
Get in touch at eloanevenka@gmail.com or send a message below.