IRENE SORIANO is a writer, film curator, and independent arts producer living in Los Angeles. Irene joined the Sundance Film Festival in 2022 as a Film Programmer and worked with the programming team to curate this year's short films section. She was also selected to be part of the inaugural class of Outfest Fusion's Programming Fellowship, an initiative where Fellows screen and curate titles for the 2022 & 2023 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival. Irene was Film Independent/Project Involve's first Fellow under the Film Programming track in 2003 and has since curated film programs for the Echo Park Film Center, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), and the Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture. In addition, she has served on various film festival programming committees, including the Los Angeles Film Festival, Film Independent's Project Involve, Outfest, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
