Réka Shikli

Réka Shikli is a writer, director, and producer. She studied English, French, and philosophy at the University of Victoria and also studied acting with the Ivana Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles. Her screenplay for The Man on the Bus was a finalist in the 2020 WeScreenplay Shorts Contest, the 2021 Vesuvius International Film Festival, and the 2021 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival, as well as an official selection at the 2021 SoCal Film Awards. She filmed her first two shorts in 2022 and was accepted into the Directing Actors program through the Sundance Institute in January 2023. She wrote and produced her third short film, Chicken Soup for the Socially Awkward, in June 2023, which was made in only 48 hours as part of the Run 'N Gun Film Competition and Festival.