Melinda Raebyne

Great art doesn't just capture the moment, it allows you to feel it. This is foundation for award winner filmmaker Melinda Raeybne’s work; “When the audience feels the story you are telling, they become a part of it, vested in it, and even motivated to take action.”

After almost ten years of acting in other people’s films, Melinda decided to make her own films; films spoken from her heart, told in her own voice. Melinda is interested in making films that examine important social issues while giving a voice for those who are suffering from the pain of social injustices.

In March 2016 Melinda Raebyne received the Right Now Today Humanitarian Award for her work on Asylum. Asylum was Melinda's first film. A narrative short that looks at mental trauma brought on by domestic violence. It was awarded Best Narrative Short at the 2018 Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival. She served as the Event Director with the Seattle Latino Film Festival in 2013 and 2014. During the Summer of 2016, she was asked to be a filmmaker mentor for Tacoma’s Grand Cinema Film Camp. Currently, Melinda is working on two projects; “Stories of Us” and “For Sale”. “Stories of Us” is a collection of stories from people who make up the landscape of America. The hope is to build a bridge of compassion to show how we connected to one another through like experiences. In 2017 Melinda was one of the recipient of the WA State GAP grant. The money from the grant will go to help fund “For Sale”, an exhibit that invites viewers into the life of a person who’s a victim of human trafficking with the goal of bring to light of this issue that has infested the US and other countries all over the world.