Sasha Wortzel
Sasha Wortzel is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist exploring how past and present are inextricably linked through resonant spaces and their hauntings. She is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in Film-Video. Wortzel’s films have screened at the True/False Film Fest, MoMA DocFortnight, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, San Francisco International Film Festival, and Dokufest, among others. RIVER OF GRASS is her first feature. The film received support from the Sundance Institute, Ford Foundation, Doc Society, Field of Vision, and Chicken & Egg Pictures. Her short films include How to Carry Water (2023) IDA Awards nominee for best short documentary and currently streaming on Criterion Channel; This is an Address (2020), distributed by Field of Vision; and Happy Birthday Marsha! (2018; co-director Tourmaline), which won special mention at Outfest and is distributed by Frameline.
