Joana Caiano (Lisbon, 2000) is a Portuguese filmmaker who studied Cinema and Video in Lisbon before moving to the UK where she concluded her Bachelor's degree (Film Production) at the Arts University of Bournemouth.

Filmography:
[42, fiction, 2017]; [Mask, fiction, 2020]; [A Cabeça não é um sítio seguro, documentary, 2023], [Vertical, doc, 2025*].

Awards:
Festival International de Cine de Quito; NAHEMI Extraordinary Times - Canon Competition; Sunderland Shorts Film Festival; Four River Film Festival; Zoom.13 Festival; Ufa Youth Short Film Festival; The BeBop Channel Dance and Theatre Film Festival; GaztefilmFest; NanoCon International Film Festival; Script Shop; Under the Radar.