Olivia Loccisano is a storyteller from Toronto, Canada. Her work centers around transformations of the body, specifically through dark fantasy, body horror and magical realism. Her work explores how women and girls navigate strange realms of life through their own imagination and rituals.

Her debut short FIRST BLOOD received critical acclaim for its feminist exploration of menstruation and vampirism, screening at festivals including Fantasia, Chicago International Film Festival, Blood in the Snow, and received the Jury Prize for Best Bizarre Short at Paris in the Dark Film Festival.

Her upcoming short film POCKET PRINCESS is a dark fantasy stop motion animation. Olivia’s work is supported by the Canadian, Ontario, and Toronto Arts Councils as well as the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

She is currently producing the stop motion horror short ENCORE directed by Catherine Hois.