Anna Czarska

Mildly Different (2021) Casting Director | Director | Music Supervisor | Post Production Supervisor | Producer | Screenwriter | Writer / Director

Mildly Different, is a dramatic short film written, directed, and co-produced by myself, about a young woman on the autism spectrum who struggles with the world around her until the kindness of one person changes her life. The film is created by, starring, and about autistic individuals. Many of our cast and crew are neurodiverse, including myself and the lead actress, IFTA-nominated autistic Irish actress, Jordanne Jones. The film had its Irish Premiere in November of last year at a limited screening at the gorgeous Stella Rathmines theatre. The film is currently in early stages of its festival run, awaiting acceptances from festivals around the world. After we complete our festival run, we are hoping to work towards acquiring distribution for the film for audiences worldwide. Mildly Different has won awards for its script previously and is also supported by the Arts Council Ireland's Disability Connect scheme, managed by Art's and Disability Ireland. Featured on Ireland AM, RTE Nationwide, Sunday World, Screen Skills Neurodiversity Webinar, Dublin Live, Dublin City FM, Spin 103.8, BBC's Lynette Fay Show, Pynck, Her, Women and Hollywood, Film in Dublin, Kildare Now, Spectrum Women, Demars Magazine, Near FM, and Reseach Autism.

Cost You Nothing (2020) Producer

Sticky Tape Productions and Mna Mna Films bring you an LGBTQ Drama short narrative film about how a mother's fractious relationship with her son disintegrates when she cannot accept the man he has become. Cost You Nothing was featured on RTE's ShortScreen in 2021.

Happy Birthday Dear (2021) Casting Director | Post Production Supervisor | Producer

A dramatic short about two people who are rushing off to celebrate a birthday when fate steps in for a serendipitous twist.

Law and Call Her (2020) Director | Post Production Supervisor | Producer

Law and Call Her is a mockudramedy by Vince Breheny. A douchebag and his sweetgirl battle it out in "court" when their love connection goes wrong.

Growing Charlotte (2020) Casting Director | Director | Editor | Producer

Growing Charlotte portrays something that every parent faces: how do we keep things together for our children when we are barely hanging on ourselves? An unemployed widower tries to connect to his daughter when she asks for a new gift. Filmed in Dublin, Ireland during lockdown and was completed in September 2020

WHAT?! (2019) Casting Director | Post Production Supervisor | Writer / Director

Supernatural comedy short about a man who encounters a series of strange events after his grandmother dies. About What!?: What!? was created without any funding but rather with a crew and cast who wanted to make something fun and original. While our film isn't for mainstream audiences, it has an absurdity to it's humour and we hope it will be on your guilty pleasure list of strange, quirky, yet fun B-movies -- as that was the vibe we were going for!

The Dining Room (2020) Costume Designer | Post Production Supervisor | Producer | Production Designer

A young woman meets her family in the past, only to discover that her identity is a lie. Sticky Tape Productions presents a Black Mirror-style sci-fi drama about time-travel -- Be mindful of what you ask for.

The Anderson Corporation Will Change Your Life (2020) 2nd Assistant Director | Script Supervisor

Sci-fi Short film where Henry Martin has lived a pretty uneventful existence. He never lived up to his full potential, never got his dream job or held onto his dream girl but now he has a chance to fix all that. Henry has won a lottery where the prize is a trip back in time to change just one thing he did in his past. Travelling back is easy - trying to figure out what one moment to go back to in order to fix everything, that's a different story.