My work relies on simple uses of video and audio to translate deep webs of being. I create from a belief in the divine mundane, and, through an approach unconcerned with narrative convention, aim to produce an atmosphere that prioritizes presence, embraces contradiction, and invites connection to the felt senses. Central to my process is a period of prolonged immersion, enabling me to form reciprocal relationships that engender true reverence and embodied understanding. I currently live in Troy, New York where I enjoy working with beeswax, collecting rocks in the woods, and researching kelp.
B.A. in Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Selected Projects
“Memos From a New Age” (Hierophant Films, 2023) - Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
“The 12th Victim” (Showtime, 2023) - Producer
“The Jewel Thief” (Hulu, 2023) - Co-Producer
“Song of Salt” (Hierophant Films, 2022) - Co-Director, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, Co-Editor
“Old Young” (Hierophant Films, 2020) - Director, Producer, Editor
“Shangri-La” (Showtime, 2019) - Co-Producer
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (Focus Features, 2018) - Associate Producer
“They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” (Netflix, 2018) - Associate Producer
Screenings / Exhibitions / Awards
MDOCS @ Skidmore College, “Song of Salt,” 2024
Mimesis Documentary Festival, “Memos From a New Age,” 2023
Camphill Village Copake, “Song of Salt,” 2023
UCR Arts, “Song of Salt,” 2023 - sponsored by California Humanities with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
Buffalo International Film Festival, “Song of Salt,” 2022
Monadnock Film Festival, “Song of Salt,” 2022 - special screening co-presented by Radically Rural
Mimesis Documentary Festival, “Song of Salt,” 2022 - opening night film & winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature Doc
San Francisco Documentary Festival, “Song of Salt,” 2022
Lighthouse International Film Festival, “Song of Salt,” 2022 - special presentation & winner of the Honey Levine Audience Award
Slamdance Film Festival, “Old Young,” 2020
Sun Valley Film Fest, “Old Young,” 2020
Filmadelphia, “Old Young,” 2020
Drunken Oakland Film Fest, “Old Young,” 2020
SXSW, “Shangri-La,” 2019
Sundance Film Festival, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” 2018
Residencies
Fallingwater Institute, 2021 & 2023
Press
Song of Salt review - filmthreat.com
5 Questions with Emma Baiada — nobudge.com
5 Questions with Filmadelphia Shorts Filmmakers — tinseltine.com
A Tapioca Pearl Pressed Between our Thumbs - mix on dublab.com
Mister Blueberry - mix on buggiftshop.com
Emma Baiada ’10 serves on production team for mister rogers documentary “won’t you be my neighbor?” — mfriends.org
Documenting Mr. Rogers - sjmag.com
see Hierophant Films for more
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