Anka Sasnal
Anka SASNAL (1973, Poland) is an editor and scriptwriter. She lives and works in Cracow. It Looks Pretty from a Distance (2011) is the directorial debut of Anka and her husband, visual artist Wilhelm Sasnal.
Filmography
Z daleka widok jest piekny/It Looks Pretty from a Distance (co-dir. 2011), Aleksander (co-dir. 2013, doc), Huba (co-dir. 2014), Slonce, to slonce mnie oslepilo/The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me (co-dir. 2016), Nie zgubilismy drogi/We Haven’t Lost Our Way (co-dir. 2022), The Assistant (co-dir. 2024)
Anka Sasnal at IFFR
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The Assistant
A bookbinder becomes an inventor’s assistant, navigating ambition, servitude, and the machinations of contemporary neo-liberal society.
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It Looks Pretty from a Distance
This first feature by contemporary artists Wilhelm and Anka Sasnal is a grasping chronicle of the decline and fall of a Polish village, where every