Biography: Anastasia Babenko is a Ukrainian writer/director based in Seattle, WA. Her debut short film The Diaper Cake received a Vimeo Staff Pick and played over twenty Oscar-qualifying film festivals around the globe, including Clermont-Ferrand IFF, Palm Springs ShortFest, Short Shorts & Asia, etc. Her new project Siren's Cove, was selected for Talents Sarajevo Script Lab 2023 and MIDPOINT Shorts 2024-2025 development program. The research for the project was supported by the Northwest Film Forum and The Andy Warhol Foundation.