Signe Baumane

Signe Baumane is a Latvian born, Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker, artist, writer, and animator. She has made 17 award-winning animated shorts and is well known for her first animated feature ROCKS IN MY POCKETS which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014 where it received a FIPRESCI Prize. The film went on to screen in over 130 international festivals. It opened theatrically in the U.S. through Zeitgeist Films. Signe's new animated feature MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE (2022) tells the story of Zelma, a spirited young woman and her quest for perfect love and lasting marriage. The film premiered in June 2022 at the Tribeca Festival and has screened at over 90 festivals winning over 20 awards. It was nominated by the European Film Academy as Best Animated Feature. Signe is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow in Film for the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has a degree in Philosophy from Moscow State University.