Laura Kraning is a filmmaker whose work blurs the boundaries of documentary and experimental film and often explores the surreal within the real. Her early work as an abstract painter has infused her process of seeing and translating the hidden meanings beneath the surface of the everyday, making visible the textures unfolding within the temporal landscape. Her films have screened at numerous festivals and venues including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Edinburgh International Film Festival, National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles Filmforum, Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, and the REDCAT Theater in L.A, among others. Her most recent film, VINELAND, premiered at the New York Film Festival's Views From the Avant-Garde and received a Jury Award at the 2010 Ann Arbor Film Festival. Laura currently resides in Los Angeles.