Anastasia Babenko is a Ukrainian writer/director based in Seattle, WA. Her debut short film The Diaper Cake received a Vimeo Staff Pick and played over twenty Oscar-qualifying film festivals around the globe, including Clermont-Ferrand IFF, Palm Springs ShortFest, Short Shorts & Asia, etc. Her new project Siren's Cove, was selected for Talents Sarajevo Script Lab 2023, and is currently a part of MIDPOINT Shorts 2024-2025 development program. Anastasia curates cultural events, screenings, and art shows benefiting Ukraine. In 2024, she joined Bend Film Festival as one of the shorts programmers.
Publications
2022 – Ukraine films bring dose of reality to Palm Springs ShortFest / Palm Springs Life
2022 – Ukrainian film director turns focus to plight of home country / Kyodo News+
2022 – Seattle art show honors Ukrainian symbols of hope / Crosscut
2021 – Small Talk: Anastasia Babenko, Ukrainian film director / Marie Claire Ukraine
2021 – Three participants of 7+7 festival about their films, gender, and prejudice / BESTIN.UA
