Prano Bailey-Bond is a London-based filmmaker originally from Wales, known for crafting imaginative worlds that fuse eerie allure with a dark cinematic vocabulary. Her debut feature, CENSOR (2021), backed by the BFI, Film4 and Ffilm Cymru Wales, premiered at Sundance Film Festival before making its European debut at the Berlinale. CENSOR gained Prano critical acclaim, earning her a BAFTA Breakthrough recognition and a Variety ‘Director to Watch’ title. She won Screen International’s ‘Genre Rising Star Award’ and was named one of the Observer’s ‘Faces of 2021’. CENSOR had its own cover feature in Sight & Sound and received nine BIFA nominations, as well as winning the Méliès d’Or at Sitges. It has been hailed by critics as one of the best British films of the 21st Century—cementing Prano’s reputation as a bold new voice in cinema.

An alumnus of the Berlin Talent Campus and BFI NETWORK@LFF —initiatives that champion originality, iconoclasm and risk-taking — Prano’s acclaimed shorts and music videos screened at festivals worldwide, earning critical recognition and garnering her place among Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’. She is currently developing film and TV projects with Film4, Element Pictures, RT Features, Anonymous Content, Number 9 Films, and Ffilm Cymru Wales.