directors

Anka Sasnal

b. 1973 in Busko-Zdrój, Poland

Anka Sasnal is a director, an editor and a scriptwriter. She studied Polish literature at Pedagogical University of Kraków and Gender Studies at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She lives and works in Kraków, Poland.

Wilhelm Sasnal

b. 1972 in Tarnów, Poland

Wilhelm Sasnal is a painter and a filmmaker. He studied architecture at the Kraków Polytechnic, Poland and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland. He lives and works in Kraków, Poland.

filmography

Słońce, to słońce mnie oślepiło (The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me)

2016, feature film, 74 mins, super 16 mm transferred to 2K

2016 – 69th Festival del Film Locarno (world premiere)

Huba (Parasite)

2013, feature film, 66 mins, super 16 mm transferred to 35 mm
www.hubafilm.com

2014 – 64th Berlinale Film Festival
(World Premiere)

2014 – 14th T-Mobile New Horizons
International Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland
(the second place in the Audience Award votes)

2014 – 43. Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal, Canada
(main prize in LAB section)

2014 – Ars Independent Festival in Katowice, Poland
(Black Horse prize)

Aleksander

2013, documentary, 58 mins, super 16 mm transferred to 35 mm
www.aleksanderfilm.com

2013 – 10th PLANETE+ DOC FF in Warsaw, Poland (World Premiere)

2013 – CPH:DOX Film Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark (New Vision Award)

Z daleka widok jest piękny (It Looks Pretty from a Distance)

2011, feature film, 77 mins, super 16 mm transferred to 35 mm

2011 – New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland
(Best New Polish Film Award)

2012 – International Film Festival Rotterdam, Neatherlands
(International premiere, Tiger Awards Competition)

2012 – Yerevan Iinternational Film Festival, Armenia
(Golden Apricot Award)

Swineherd (Świniopas)

2008, feature film, 85 min, super 16 mm transferred to 35 mm