About

Natalie Cubides-Brady is an award-winning filmmaker with a visual arts background.

Her short, Beyond the North Winds a hybrid documentary about the legacy of a nuclear reactor, was selected for Sundance London, Visions du Reel and Edinburgh IFF among others. It won Best Screenplay at Poitiers, a Green Planet award at Flickers Rhode Island, and was nominated for an IDA Documentary award in the US, and a London Critics' Circle Film Award.

Her short observational documentary, After the Silence, about forced disappearance in Colombia, was shortlisted for a Grierson.

Natalie is an alumni of the NFTS MA in Documentary Directing. Since graduating she has been working as a Self-Shooting Director on short form content and an Assistant Producer on long form docs. She recently completed, The Veiled City, a short sci-fi city symphony funded by BFI Doc Society. It will have its world premiere in competition at Berlinale in February 2023.

Natalie is currently developing her first feature.

Awards & Talent Programs

BAFTA Connect member 2022 - 25
BFI Doc Society Made of Truth short film funding 2021/22
Short Form Station, Berlinale Talents, 2021
London Critics' Circle Film Awards, Best British Short, 2020 (Nominee)
Flickers Rhode Island IFF, Green Planet Award, 2020 (Winner)
IDA Documentary Awards, Best Student Film, 2019 (Nominee)
Poitiers Film Festival, Best Short Screenplay, 2019 (Winner)
Future Frames: New Directors, European Film Promotion, 2019
One World Media Awards, Best Student Film, 2019 (Longlisted)
John Brabourne Award, Film & TV Charity, 2018
Grierson Awards, Best Student Film, 2018 (Shortlisted)