Anna
Director: Dekel Berenson
Script: Dekel Berenson
Director of Photography: Volodymyr Ivanov
Producer: Merlin Merton
Musician: Yaroslav Lodygin
Editing: Yegor Troyanovsky
Sound: Andrii Nidzelskyi
Cast: Anastasia Vyazovskaya, Svetlana Barandich, Alina Chornogub, Liana Khobelia
UK, Ukraine, Israel / Fiction / 15' / 2K / Color / 2019
Anna, a middle-aged single mother, lives in a small industrial town in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. She works in a meat processing plant, lives in a rundown apartment and dreams for a better life for herself and her 16-year-old daughter. Desperate for a change, she is lured by a radio advertisement to attend a party organized for foreign men who are touring the country, searching for love.
CV
Dekel Berenson is originally from Israel. Over the past three years, he has combined his two passions, making artistic films of high quality that bring to light real-world social and humanitarian issues.
Filmography
Anna 2019, Ashmina 2018, The Girl Were Doing Nothing 2017
Festivals Attended
Anna: Cannes Film Festival, AFI Fest, Toronto Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Aspen Film Festival, Short Shorts Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival
Awards
Anna: Best Live Action Short - Krakow Film Festival, Best British Short Film - British Independent Film Awards, Audience Award - Lviv International Short Film Festival, Best Actress - Catacumba Film Festival
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