She graduated from the directing department of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and the Higher School of Advertising. In 2008, she began working in television as a director of historical, popular science, and entertainment projects.

The premiere of her first documentary, “Crossroads,” a story about a street artist, took place in 2014 at the Warsaw Film Festival, where the work was awarded two prizes at once: a Special Mention from the Jury and the Audience Award. Subsequently, the film gained recognition at dozens of other film festivals and TV channels around the world.

Anastasia’s next documentary, “Debut” (2017), which tells the story of a theatre in a women’s prison, was first shown at the IDFA film festival in Amsterdam, received a Special Jury Prize at the Kraków Film Festival, and was nominated by Belarus for an Oscar in two categories at once — Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary Feature Film of the Year.

SHORT COMPETITION 2020