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That same year Polak announced that she would make her English language debut with ''Vita & Virginia'' about the love-affair between [[Virginia Woolf]] and [[Vita Sackville-West]] starring [[Romola Garai]] as [[Vita Sackville-West|Sackville-West]] <ref>{{cite web|last1=Macnab|first1=Geoffrey|title=Polak reveals Vita and Virginia details|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/polak-reveals-vita-and-virginia-details/5083267.article|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> She later dropped out of the film and was replaced by [[Chanya Button]].
That same year Polak announced that she would make her English language debut with ''Vita & Virginia'' about the love-affair between [[Virginia Woolf]] and [[Vita Sackville-West]] starring [[Romola Garai]] as [[Vita Sackville-West|Sackville-West]] <ref>{{cite web|last1=Macnab|first1=Geoffrey|title=Polak reveals Vita and Virginia details|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/polak-reveals-vita-and-virginia-details/5083267.article|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> She later dropped out of the film and was replaced by [[Chanya Button]].


Polak's next feature film was the movie ''[[Dirty God]]'' about a woman who sustained facial burns after an acid attack.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dalton |first1=Ben |title=First look at Sacha Polak's acid attack drama 'Dirty God' (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/first-look-at-sacha-polaks-acid-attack-drama-dirty-god-exclusive/5126527.article |accessdate=9 September 2018}}</ref>
Polak's next feature film was the movie ''[[Dirty God]]'' about a woman who sustained facial burns after an acid attack by her ex-partner.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dalton |first1=Ben |title=First look at Sacha Polak's acid attack drama 'Dirty God' (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/first-look-at-sacha-polaks-acid-attack-drama-dirty-god-exclusive/5126527.article |accessdate=9 September 2018}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 18:03, 25 June 2019

Sacha Polak in 2011

Sacha Polak (born 1982) is a Dutch film director.

Career

In 2012 Polak's feature film debut Hemel played at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Additionally her short Brother and her step-mother Meral Uslu's film on which she was a script supervisor, all played at the festival as well.[1]

In 2015 Polak's second film Zurich played at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

That same year Polak announced that she would make her English language debut with Vita & Virginia about the love-affair between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West starring Romola Garai as Sackville-West [3] She later dropped out of the film and was replaced by Chanya Button.

Polak's next feature film was the movie Dirty God about a woman who sustained facial burns after an acid attack by her ex-partner.[4]

Personal life

Polak's mother died of breast cancer 11 months after she was born.[5]

Director Meral Uslu is her step-mother.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Return to Berlin: interview with director Sacha Polak". Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ^ Lodge, Guy. "Film Review: 'Zurich'". Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey. "Polak reveals Vita and Virginia details". Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  4. ^ Dalton, Ben. "First look at Sacha Polak's acid attack drama 'Dirty God' (exclusive)". Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. ^ "VIFF 2014 Review: New Boobs". Retrieved 15 June 2015.