Bina Bhattacharya is the creative head of Gemme de La Femme Pictures working as producer, writer and director

Bina Bhattacharya is an award-winning filmmaker from Campbelltown in Sydney’s south-west. She is a Writer for the feature film “Here Out West” about the intersecting lives of Western Sydney’s migrant communities which opened the 2021 Sydney Film Festival. "Here Out West" received development and production funding from Screen Australia, the ABC and Create NSW, with Bina attached as a writer from the project’s inception. 

As a director, her credits include the music video for the debut single of Indian-Australian musician Parvyn Singh's solo album, featured in Rolling Stone India. 

Bina was awarded Best Screenplay for her short film "Musings" at Sydney’s Made in the West Film Festival, which also screened at the 2018 Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Her 2017 short film "Wild Dances" won the Audience Choice Award at the Made in the West Film Festival as well as screening at international festivals as well as Mardi Gras Film Festival and Melbourne Queer Film Festival. 

Bina is the daughter of a Bengali Indian migrant father and a white-Australian mother and draws on her diverse cultural experiences into her artistic practice. She is currently being mentored by Australian auteur Rolf de Heer. 

Bina also works as Creative Producer - Youth and Emerging at PYT Fairfield, Western Sydney's leading professional theatre company with a focus on youth. PYT Fairfield have generously supported the development of "From All Sides".