Laneikka Denne

Acting

Laneikka Denne

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Acting

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16 titles

Laneikka is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney. At seventeen, Laneikka wrote DEAD SKIN winner of SA State Theatre Company’s Young Playwrights Award, performed in Sydney and LA, published by Australian plays. Laneikka’s second play FEMINAZI premiered as part of Belvoir Theatre’s Sydney World Pride Programming in 2023. Laneikka was the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play DEAD SKIN was performed in LA, to be developed into a feature film adaption of the play. Their documentary “The Real Meaning of Pleasure” has been awarded development funding from Screen Australia and AIDC in 2023. Laneikka created THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write…

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Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

I'm Not Gay poster
NR

A conflicted gay man struggles to teach his younger self about the challenges of adult life. Searching for answers inside stories from his past, he must confront his nature and the man he will become. Documentary meets musical feature in this experimental coming of age drama about power and masculinity in modern day Australia.

I'm Not Gay

2023

Mud Crab poster
6.2

Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a young man in a small Australian coastal town.

Mud Crab

2022

+ One poster
NR

Determined to experience a true love story, Will organises the perfect house party, ensuring every detail is to a T.

+ One

2024

Think Pink poster
NR

An ordinary boy gives an ill-minded friend a lift to the pharmacy and tells him a horrifying secret concerning his sister.

Think Pink

2022

Oi poster
1.0

When a turbulent teen undergoes a traumatic experience, she must face her own violent bravado head-on. Oi explores the stigma around "catfights" and how hyper-sexuality can occur when feminine rage isn't accepted and queerness is ignored.

Oi

2024

Passion Pop poster
NR

A woman on the eve of her 30th birthday is given a surprise gift she'll never forget.

Passion Pop

2025

We Used to Own Houses poster
6.5

After breaking into his landlord’s home, a mysterious renter forces him to read a cryptic poem that unravels the landlord’s involvement in a exploitative system of profit and power.

We Used to Own Houses

2023

Salt Along the Tongue poster
4.5

After her mother's unexpected passing, Mattia finds herself thrust into the care of her estranged aunt & her mother’s identical twin. As Mattia grapples with the loss of her mother, a treacherous secret begins to unfold, threatening her life. From beyond the grave, Mattia’s mother possesses her daughter in an attempt not only to protect her from the same fate that befell her but also to find reconciliation with her sister, using food as a gateway.

Salt Along the Tongue

2024

The Eviction poster
5.0

A group of university dorm students tackle the ethical dilemma of whether or not to evict one of their own over a morally ambiguous offence. Does the punishment fit the crime?

The Eviction

2025

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NR

This documentary explores the backlash and feedback 4 Australian artists have and continue to receive on their choice of career.

But What's Your Real Job?

2023

Puzzle Box poster
3.5

Drug addict Kait flees to a house in the woods to self-rehabilitate, where her sister Olivia joins to document the process, but the house's layout begins to change, trapping them inside an inescapable puzzle box of a house.

Puzzle Box

2023

Undated · 2 titles

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