Oliver Penna
Biography
Oliver Penna (born July 12, 2003) is a British filmmaker and cinematographer. He first became known for writing and directing the short film Prince of the Lilies (2026), a reinterpretation of the ancient Greek Minos myth. He also worked as a director of photography on small independent productions, including Final Pill (2025).
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Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Papyrus
In the ruins and rot of his inherited lot, Minos lies stripped of everything he was never built to hold. As he strikes one final bargain with the gods, what he owes begins to surface, and the man he has always been cannot be outrun. Prince of the Lilies is a Bronze Age mythological drama driven by the oldest truth there is: that pride without conformity has always met its nemesis.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Moon
Based loosely on the Cretan minotaur myth, a young peasant woman awakens to a world where labour becomes ritual, belief becomes violent and the story will not let her go.