Anora

Friday 24. 1. 2025.
10:00 – The Damned Yard Theatre

Anora is a young exotic dancer from Brooklyn who, shortly after their meeting, marries Vanya, the son of a Russian oligarch. When the news reaches Russia, the groom’s parents head to New York, determined to annul the marriage.

Director: Sean Baker
Screenplay: Sean Baker
Director of Photography: Drew Daniels
Film Editing: Sean Baker
Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Elizabeth Siegal
Cast: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov
Duration: 139’
United States, 2024

About Director

Sean Baker

Sean Baker is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and editor. He is best known for directing independent feature films about the lives of marginalized people, especially sex workers. He is the recipient of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for the film Anora (2024). His previous movie Red Rocket (2021) also premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, as did The Florida Project (2017), to widespread critical acclaim. Sean was named Best Director by the New York Film Critics Circle. Tangerine (2015) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won an Independent Spirit and two Gotham Awards. Starlet (2012) won the Robert Altman Independent Spirit Award.