Lydia Cornett

Lydia Cornett is a filmmaker, composer and artist based between Budapest and New York. Her films have screened at Sheffield DocFest, AFI Fest, Slamdance, BAMCinemaFest, Aspen Shortsfest, Palm Springs International Short Fest, Hamptons International Film Festival, DOC NYC and the Ann Arbor Film Festival, where she was awarded the Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker in 2023. Cornett’s work has been distributed and featured by The New Yorker, POV Documentary, Vimeo Staff Picks, Nowness, Paper Magazine, Stereogum, Nylon Magazine and Roger Ebert. Cornett has held residencies and fellowships at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, the National Arts Club, BRICLab, the Jacob Burns Film Center and UnionDocs. She has received support for her work from the Princess Grace Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Field of Vision, IF/Then Shorts, the NYC Women's Fund at the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. Cornett’s recent work includes Bug Farm (Mountainfilm 2021) and Tessitura (Mountainfilm 2025).