
Anna Ansone
Directing
Biography
Anna Ansone (1993) is a Latvian film director. Ansone studied at the National Film School in Riga and completed her postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). Her graduation film, Still Life (2020), was shown at numerous short film festivals and won the West-Art Jury prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. In 2022, Can’t Help Myself (2022) won Best Short at Riga International Film Festival and screened at Rotterdam in 2023.
Known For

After an argument with his mother, 12-year-old Dan, who suffers from scoliosis, seeks love and intimacy from 17-year-old Anna, who is supposed to look after him. While his mother, who works for a security company, is on the night shift, Dan and Anna cross set boundaries.
Violet

Helen suspects that her beloved son has a girlfriend what he is trying to hide. She is terrified of the possibility that her son could leave her for his girlfriend. Dainis invites her to a party in the hope that they both will be able to become friends, but due to missunderstanding a disaster strikes.
Tango
Latvian artist Ulla's grant in Rostock leads to a solo show in her sister Darta's city. Amid rising family tensions and an unreachable mother, Ulla and pregnant Darta embark on a transformative journey home, facing unresolved emotions and fractured relationships.
Summer Blues

Annia (28) lives in Riga and always is in a process and finding her own way, expressing herself in multiple roles. She works as a show manager at The New Riga Theatre, but later she needs to find out how to be unemployed. She teaches tap dance in her own studio, and a great part of her life is to be Dr. Clown in Children's clinical hospital.
Annia

Estere spends her days by the sea selling ice cream. Trying to find peace, she listens to meditation podcasts and self-help books. Meanwhile, strangers caressed by the summer sun look for the same in tarot cards, alcohol and the Bible. Estere starts to imitate overheard conversations: stuck in positive self-verbalization, she repeats it until she believes it.
Can’t Help Myself

Marta is ready to do anything to seduce her mysterious drumming teacher Ivars. However, Marta’s provocations don’t seem to work on him. After many misunderstandings an unexpected friendship is born.
Cowbell

Elīna returns to the summer house of her childhood to show it to buyers. The visceral presence of her dead grandmother forces her to reflect on the legacy of failing familial relations – and how she and her mother are approaching a similar fate.