Quarterfinalist, 2025 Shorts Competition
BIO
JENNA PAYNE has a penchant for dark content, buckets of blood, and fast talking. She won an award for her first ever short film, “Feline Frenzy,” and her scripts and short films have been recognized and featured in multiple contests and festivals.
For the past few years, Jenna has battled the US healthcare system in addition to autoimmune disease and disability and has channeled her rage into a feature-length dark comedy/medical revenge called “Hysteria.” Her pitch was most recently selected as the winner of Wench Film Festival's Pitch It Till You Make It.
She asked the question, "Who is your favorite billionaire to throw on the grill?" for her latest short film "Eat the Rich," which premiered at the 2024 Morbido Fest. She has also been developing a slate of horror features by up and coming horror creatives under her Disaster Capital Productions label.