Gwen Isaac is a documentary and factual film maker. Her most recent feature film, Ms. Information, was critically acclaimed in New Zealand, and selected for the NZ International Film Festival (2023). It was a finalist in the Dumbo Film Festival (New York) and selected for FIFO Tahiti in 2024.

Where There is Life (2017), her debut feature documentary, was selected for the 2017 New Zealand International Film Festival. It was described as “startling in its candour” and she was awarded Best First Time Director at the London Independent Film Awards.

In 2021, Gwen released short documentaries Tokyo Woman (selected for four international festivals) and Siouxsie & the Virus, which was awarded best film in the Long Story Shorts Competition.  Cassandra, her most recent short documentary, featured in the 2025 Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival.

Company Bio 

Be Merry is being made in association with Kirlian, a tech, consultancy, and production company co-founded by Samm Haillay and Sophie Mathisen in 2020. The company is supported by Creative UK and focuses on developing assistive technology solutions for “future-facing cinema”.