Anastasija is a filmmaker and artist from Lithuania, currently based in Amsterdam. Her artistic practice spans film, video installations, and photography. In her work, she explores themes such as urban planning, community, utopia, and belonging.

Her projects have been shown at international film festivals and art events, including Visions du Réel, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Ji.hlava IDFF, and the Busan International Video Art Festival.

Anastasija is also the founder of the Amsterdam-based creative film studio, THIS FOLDER IS EMPTY, which focuses on providing film services for the cultural sector.

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FILMOGRAPHY

Tales of Perpetuity - feature documentary - in development
Hazy Earth - experimental short and video installation - 2023
Pagirnis - documentary short - 2021
Beyond The Sea - documentary short - 2020
Syndromes Of Mimicry - experimental short - 2017
God’s Eaters - documentary short - 2013
Temporarily - documentary short - 2011

EDUCATION

2016 MA Artistic Research in Film, The Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam
2012 BA Photography and Media Arts, Vilnius Academy of Arts

FILM FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS, TALKS

2025 “Circulo Roto: Glass, Concrete & Stone”, screening at Lab111, Amsterdam
2025 “Nieuwelingen”, Van Eesteren Museum, group show, Amsterdam
2025 “Who Owns the City?”, Vox-Pop Gallery, Amsterdam
2024 Asincronie Festival di Cinema Documentario e Fotografia, MX
2024 Ismailia International Film Festival, EG
2023 Cine Tekton! Festival Internacional de Cine y Arquitectura, MX
2023 CineEco – International Environmental Film Festival, PT
2023 Monstrale International Short Film Festival, DE
2023 Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh
2022 Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, IT
2022 Lublin Film Festival, PL
2022 Busan International Video Art Festival, group exhibition, KOR
2022 Storie Parallele Film Festival, IT
2022 “Hazy Earth”, Pleinkamer Gallery, duo exhibition, Amsterdam
2022 San Gio Verona Video Festival, IT
2022 Festival Gollut, Ribes de Freser, ES
2022 Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival, EE
2022 Bardolino Film Festival, IT
2022 Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, The Hague, NL
2022 “W139 Hosts...”, W139 gallery, group show, Amsterdam
2021 Ji.hlava IDFF, Int. Competition, Jihlava, CZ
2020 Broadcasting of ‘Beyond the Sea‘, on NPO 3, NL
2019 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, “Experimental shorts”, Oberhausen, DE
2019 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Int. Competiton, RO
2019 Baltanakts, Cultural Forum, Riga, LV
2019 In-Between State of Mind, screening at Freehome, Berlin; SURVIVAL KIT.lv, Riga
2019 SCCA-Ljubljana; The Easttopics, Budapest; MNAC, Bucharest
2018 Filmets Badalona Film Festival, Int. Competition, Spain
2018 Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin, Berlin
2018 Reykjavík International Film Festival, “Baltic Shorts” program, IS
2018 VideoEx, International Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, , CH
2018 Asolo Art Film Festival, Focus on East Europe and Russia” program, Asolo, IT
2018 Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema, International Competition, IT
2018 “Action at a Distance”, Corridoor Project Space, artist talk, Amsterdam
2017 Visions du Reel, International competition, Nyon, CH
2017 ZubrOFFka, International Short Film Festival, Bialystok, PL
2017 Montreal International Documentary Film Festival, International Competition, Montreal, CA
2017 Lago Film Fest, “Focus on Baltics” program, Lago, IT
2017 Vilnius International Short Film Festival, National Competition, Vilnius, LT

AWARDS, GRANTS

2024 Development grant, Amarte Fonds, The Netherlands
2022 Development grant, Vevamfonds, The Netherlands
2022 Best Film Award at Storie Parallele Film Festival, IT
2022 Audience Award at Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, The Hague, NL.
2022 Afwerking Vrije Filmproductie, Netherlands Film Fund
2022 Project grant, AFK, The Netherlands
2022 Project grant, Amarte Fonds, The Netherlands
2019 Film production grant (Teledoc Campus), Netherlands Film Fund, EO, CoBO
2018 Film research grant (Teledoc Campus), Netherlands Film Fund, EO, CoBO
2017 Artist support grant, Lithuanian Embassy in Italy
2017 Film promotion grant, Lithuanian Film Fund
2015 Project grant, Lithuanian Ministry of Culture
2012 Laureate of International Contemporary and Video Art festival “Waterpieces”, Riga, LV.