Orihana Calcines
- Editor
- Director
- Actress
Orihana Aide Calcines (born August 21, 1996) is a Dutch writer, composer, lyricist, playwright, director, editor, and performer.
Calcines was was born in San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela. She was a precocious child, interested in movies, theater and music.
Her parents moved to the Netherlands to pursue a better future for her younger and her sister when she was five years old. Because she had trouble getting along with other children, her mother signed her up for musical theatre classes at age eight.
She started making videos for others at the age of 15, and professionally at the age of 17, while maintaining a strong passion for theater and music. During this time, she started auditioning and acting in semi-professional theater and movie productions.
In 2014, she won 2nd Prize for her documentary 'Venezuela: En Mis Palabras' at the National Film Festival for Students, was a Jury Member at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam and was finally admitted at a prestigious art school in Rotterdam, praised for her eloquence and sense of humor. She dropped out after two months after conflicts with teachers.
Wanting to gain experience, she landed an internship at a news station as a writer and photographer, as a content creator for The Hague Symphony Orchestra, and finally as a communications and marketing intern for the National Theater in the Hague.
During this time, she befriended a young conductor, with whom she successfully translated the Broadway show 'Dear Evan Hansen'.
Orihana won the Audience Award at the Hague Film Awards (2018) for her hip-hop music video' Super Freek' and the 2nd Prize at the 72Hrs the Hague Film Festival, receiving the title 'Honorable Mention' for her short film 'Fandango'. She is studying music and writing scripts for the screen and stage.
Her parents moved to the Netherlands to pursue a better future for her younger and her sister when she was five years old. Because she had trouble getting along with other children, her mother signed her up for musical theatre classes at age eight.
She started making videos for others at the age of 15, and professionally at the age of 17, while maintaining a strong passion for theater and music. During this time, she started auditioning and acting in semi-professional theater and movie productions.
In 2014, she won 2nd Prize for her documentary 'Venezuela: En Mis Palabras' at the National Film Festival for Students, was a Jury Member at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam and was finally admitted at a prestigious art school in Rotterdam, praised for her eloquence and sense of humor. She dropped out after two months after conflicts with teachers.
Wanting to gain experience, she landed an internship at a news station as a writer and photographer, as a content creator for The Hague Symphony Orchestra, and finally as a communications and marketing intern for the National Theater in the Hague.
During this time, she befriended a young conductor, with whom she successfully translated the Broadway show 'Dear Evan Hansen'.
Orihana won the Audience Award at the Hague Film Awards (2018) for her hip-hop music video' Super Freek' and the 2nd Prize at the 72Hrs the Hague Film Festival, receiving the title 'Honorable Mention' for her short film 'Fandango'. She is studying music and writing scripts for the screen and stage.