writer/ director
Sasha Xiaoyan Li
Sasha is an independent filmmaker who works enthusiastically on bridging and building platforms between the West and the East within the fields of film, arts and culture.
Born and raised in China, Sasha went to the Netherlands for culture exchange in 2008, then started her college study at Utrecht University. In the beginning of 2014 she founded Acumen Film to focus on human conditions with multicultural theme. She hopes that through Acumen Film, it would be possible to offer the audience one more channel in their busy lives, to take a rest and look back into their inner worlds, to reconnect with ourselves and others. After all, we are all human beings with same emotions.
Sasha is currently based in Los Angeles, Amsterdam and China. Her short films have been selected into over a dozens of festivals including Leiden International Film Festival and St. Louis International Film Festival. Her first feature film, Autumn Willow (in development) has been selected into SINO-EUROPEAN LAB at Bridging the Dragon as well as 2022 Torino Film Lab. Recently She entered 2023 Zurich Film Festival Academy as writer and director.