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Currently Anna is in pre-production with her first feature film as a writer and director.“Invictus Nox” is a Belgian-Swiss coproduction.The producers are Hans Everaert/BE and Rajko Jazbec/CH.

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https://www.catpics.ch/upcoming

https://menuettofilm.be/

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 Writing & Directing 

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Project Status

• "Invictus Nox" (Feature film) – Pre-production stage

• "Incertitude et désir" (Documentary) – Writing stage

• "Aurora" (Feature film)-writing stage

• "Wanda" (Feature film)-headwriter, Financing stage

• "the crucification of He-man" (Theater), Development stage

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Biography

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Anna Tenta is a Swiss/Austrian actress and former dancer. She was born in Salzburg *3.3.1977, grew up

in France and Switzerland, studied in Salzburg at Mozarteum/University of performing arts & SEAD, and worked afterwords for 11 years as dancer and choreographer internationally. She has danced for Cie.Sans Filtre, the Forsythe Company, Salome Schneebeli, Joachim Schloemer, Prue Lang and many others. As a choreographer she did both, her own group and solo work- as well as commissioned choreographies, for Schauspielhaus Zürich, NRJ fashion night and other runway events.In 2009 she received the award for outstanding achievement from the city of Zürich in the field of dance,choreography and performance. 

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After her son Johnny was born, she transitioned to acting and lived briefly in the US to receive solid acting training. Anna has since then appeared in numerous television and film productions and became popular in theater for "True Nature” (2012) a play written and co-directed by her in which she also played the lead. The play was an instant success and was mainly performed at “Theater am Neumarkt”/Zürich and at the “Stadttheater Bern”. 2014 she moved to Belgium, where she has been a series regular on a Flemish Belgian Comedy series called “De Zonen van Van As” (2014-18). She had the chance to work alongside Catherine Deneuve in the award winning and golden globe nominated Belgian film by Jaco van Dormaels, “le tout nouveau testament” that premiered in Cannes(2015). Anna later had a lead role in the second season of the BBC Drama Series "our girl", that was filmed in South Africa, directed by Jan Mattys. Later she was filming “freaks out” in Rome, a feature film by Gabriele Mainetti, in wich she played the partner of German actor Franz Rogowski. She appeared in several Swiss feature films such as “der Unschuldige” by Simon Jaquement, or “Jagdzeit” by Sabine Boss, acted in German TV formats like “Tatort” and other crime series. She worked with the Riahi brothers in Austria for "Dunkle Wasser", and with Mike Schaerer(CH) on "Maloney-Killerinstinkte". Recently (may 2025) had premiere with the Spanish feature film “lo que queda de ti” by Gala Gracia, that has already received numerous awards since its premiere.

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Film & TV awards & Recognitions

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• "lo que queda de ti" Best Film at FICMEC,

   Best Director at BiFest

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• "Er so, Sie so" Best Short at Bildrausch

   (Anna female lead)

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• "freaks out" (Gabriele Mainetti)

   Several prizes a.o. Venice Film Festival & IFFR

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• "der Wächter" (Albin Wildner)

   Numerous European awards (Anna female lead)

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• "De Zonen van van As" Vlaamse Televisiester:

   Best Comedy 2018

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• "the brand new testament" (Jaco van Dormael)

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- Belgian Oscar Entry (Foreign Film 2016)

- Golden Globe Nomination 2016

- Cannes, Quinzaine 2015

- Austin Film Fest (USA): Best Comedy

- Sunshine Award (Norway)

- Biografilm (Italy): Audience Award

- Haifa Filmfestival (Israel): Jury Award

- Les Vendanges du 7e Art (France)

•2014: Best Newcomer award/acting (NY Scholarship)

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•2009: Anerkennungspreis der Stadt Zürich/Dance

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•2003: Int.Scholarship Danceweb/Impulstanz

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•93–97:talent scholarship during her studies

       (Carl Orff Society)

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