Natalie Immonen

Natalie Immonen is a Finnish-Peruvian screenwriter residing in Ireland. She has several original scripts currently in development. Her feature film script Paloma Brouhaha (Helsinki-filmi) won the Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI) Worldwide Pitch in 2022. Her TV-series concept Diblings was selected for in-house LGBTQIA+-content development by Finland’s national broadcaster Yle in 2022-2023. In March 2024, Natalie participated in the inaugural Storyhouse Lab with her feature script project XY. The lab ran in parallel with the Storyhouse Screenwriting Festival in Dublin, organised by Element Pictures.

Natalie has an MA in Scriptwriting from Bath Spa University, UK (2014) and a BA in International  Communications from The American University of Paris (2007). She grew up in Kuopio, Finland, and has lived in Helsinki, Paris, London and Lima. Natalie has been settled in Kilkenny, Ireland since 2019.

Talent

Screenwriter

Languages

Finnish, English, Spanish, French

Interests:

The most interesting story is the one that has not yet been told. I believe that it is the writer’s challenge to imagine new ways of seeing things, or observe the detail that others might have missed. A recurring element in all my writing is minority representation, but I try to find the philosophical question at the core of each story, making it universal and relevant to everyone.

Achievements:

Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) Worldwide Pitch winner 2022 (Paloma Brouhaha)
Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition quarter-finalist 2015 (Crossing Gates)

International programs and workshops:

Storyhouse Lab 2024 (XY)
TorinoFilmLab NEXT 2020 (Paloma Brouhaha)

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