Anca Damian

Anca Damian

director, writer, producer

Anca Damian was born on Apr 01, 1962 in Romania. Anca Damian's big-screen debut came with A Very Unsettled Summer directed by Anca Damian in 2013. Anca Damian is known for Marona's Fantastic Tale directed by Anca Damian, Lizzie Brocheré stars as Marona and Bruno Salomone as Manole. Anca Damian has got 40 awards and 42 nominations so far. The most recent award Anca Damian achieved is Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Anca Damian plays is Marona's Fantastic Tale which will be released on Jun 12, 2020.

Anca Damian studied at the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest where she majored in cinematography and later obtained a Doctor's degree in Film. She has worked as the director of photography for two feature films and many other documentary films. Her first feature film as a director- "Crossing dates" (2008)- participated in numerous film festival competitions such as Pusan Film Festival, Chicago, Goteborg, Cottbus, Goa and Rome. Her second feature as a director, screenwriter and producer 'Crulic - The Path to Beyond'(2011), was selected at Locarno, BFI London, Annecy, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Pusan, New Directors/New Films, totaling more that 150 festival selections. The movie also received the Cristal Award in Annecy, and more than 35 prizes at other notable film festivals. Her third feature as a director, screenwriter and producer "A Very Unsettled Summer"/O vara foarte instabila (2013), a Romanian-Czech-Swedish-UK coproduction, received three prizes from at the Romanian Filmmakers' Union annual Awards and was screened in Warsaw IFF, Goteborg IFF, Febiofest (Prague), East End Film Festival (London). The international cast included Jamie Sives, Ana Ularu and Kim Bodnia. "The Magic Mountain" a docu-drama animation is her 4th feature film.

  • Birthday

    Apr 01, 1962
  • Place of Birth

    Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Known For

Awards

40 wins & 42 nominations

Annecy International Animated Film Festival
2021
Best French Feature Film
Winner - André-Martin Award
2012
Best Feature
Winner - Cristal
Crulic - drumul spre dincolo (2011)
Dublin International Film Festival
2020
L'extraordinaire voyage de Marona (2019)
Winner - Dublin Film Critics Special Jury Prize
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