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Written & Directed by

Vanessa Babic

From a young age, Vanessa has always felt most comfortable expressing herself through stories and visual art. Her passion for filmmaking has been cultivated during her time at Swinburne University of Technology, establishing herself as an up and coming Director. She has found herself drawn to writing, directing and even production design (including projects such asTea Party and Suitcase). While she is drawn to stories featuring fantasy and or horror elements, Vanessa loves grounding those elements through stories about human emotion and relationships. With a creative mind and natural curiosity, Vanessa is always eager to learn and develop herself personally and professionally.

Produced by

Tan Stevens

Tan studies film at Swinburne University in Melbourne, where he is currently undertaking his final year of study. In university he has enjoyed directing A Slice of Life (a film about a sentient pizza), andFinal Moments (a film about gods that decide life by playing games);producing The Pub (a documentary about the St Leonards Hotel), Indigo(a music video by artist hon3y.wav), and RollingIt Back (a documentary about the 2020 impact of COVID-19 in the Super Smash Bros Melee esports community). 

Tan is currently completing work on his two university grad films: having shot BURBIA (dir. Georgia Stewart), a faux-documentary about the misogyny and sexism that is a part of Australian pub culture, and producing ANA (dir. Vanessa Babic), a drama about the trauma of how untreated anorexia affects a mother-daughter relationship. His grad films are due for competition in 2022. 

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Produced by

Matt Williams

Matt Williams has been pursuing film production since high school and has since discovered a fondness for horror stories. Starting off as just an animator and visual effects hobbyist, his skillset has grown from editing to writing and directing.  He has also tried his hand at documentary sound design, composing and, in the case of“Ana”, co-producing. Matt has collaborated with Vanessa previously on a horror short called “Darker”, which he wrote and directed and she produced. He is also directing the upcoming comedy film “Wanda and Sully”, written by Scott Day andJoshua Merchant. Matt’s fondness for horror stories stems from their ability to not only thrill an audience but to act as a metaphor for invisible things in the world, like trauma, addiction and, in the case of “Ana”, anorexia.

Editor

Matt Temby

Matt Temby is an up-and-coming screen editor/VFX artist based in Melbourne, Australia. He has edited a variety of different content for screen including award nominated short films and documentaries such as 'The Mannequin Man' (2018) 'Tastes Like Fish' (2019) and‘MILD’ (2019). With a passion for the creative process and storytelling, Matt strives to help deliver the best version of a vision.

Production Designer

Tom Czermak

Tom Czermak is a final year student in the Bachelor of Film and Television (honours) at SwinburneUniversity of Technology with a background in animation. Since a young age Tom has been passionate about visual storytelling, taking a particular interest in visual effects, cinematography, film photography and photo editing. Having worked on several short narrative films, experimental films, documentaries and music videos over the course of his university years, Tom has developed his skills asa writer, director, production designer, sound designer, editor and visual effects artist. Throughout the production of Ana, Tom has acted as the production designer, working to ensure the film's set, prop and costume design feels authentic to an Australian narrative, helping to develop the subtext of this deeply personal film. Tom has a particular fondness for dramatic films and has been grateful to be involved in a production that tackles so many important issues relating to mental illness, eating disorders and toxic family environments. Beyond his university years Tom hopes to find work that will allow him to continue honing his craft as a filmmaker, photographer and visual storyteller.

Sound Designer

James Griffiths

James is in his fourth year of a Bachelor of Film andTelevision at Swinburne and enjoys all aspects of filmmaking. From the conceptualisation of an idea right through to the final touches on a finished film. For his final project, James is filling the role of sound designer on two short films: Ana and Sunlight. These projects have been challenging as Sound design is something James had a passion for but rarely was able to focus in depth on it. Throughout the production process over the past two years, James has learned a great deal not just about sound design but filmmaking in general and hopes to really create a great sound scape for these films. In the future,James hopes to become a writer/director, using his experience as a sound designer and in other departments throughout his university tenure to help better understand every aspect of filmmaking and use it to his advantage in creating his own projects.

Director of Photography

Tyler Mace

Throughout his childhood Tyler could always be found with a camera in his hands. Since then, he has established himself as one of Australia’s next generation Cinematographers, shooting various short films, commercials, and music videos. Tyler’s work features extremely high attention to detail, ensuring that each frame captures the tone and style of the film. He utilises every opportunity in the filmmaking process to develop his skill set and continue growing as a creative.