Jaina Cipriano is an experiential designer, filmmaker, and photographer exploring the emotional toll of religious and romantic entrapment. Her worlds communicate with our neglected inner child and are informed by explosive colors, elements of elevated play, and the push/pull of light and dark. Jaina writes and directs award-winning short films that wrestle with the complicated path of healing. Her second short film, “Trauma Bond”, is a dreamy coming-of-age thriller that explores healing deep wounds with quick fixes. It took home the grand prize at the Lonely Seal International Film Festival.

Jaina’s photographic works forgo digital manipulation; everything is created for the camera. She takes an immersive approach to working with models, approaching a shoot like a documentary photographer as her subject is let loose in a strange designed space. Working with Jaina is often described as cathartic and playful. Her photographic work has been shown internationally.

Jaina is the executive director of the Arlington International Film Festival and the founder of Finding Bright Studios, an experiential design company in Lowell, MA. She has collaborated with GRRL HAUS, Boston Art Review, and was a Boston Fellow for the Mass Art Creative Business Incubator and a finalist in EforAll Merrimack Valley.