After an acid attack that left her with severe facial burns, Jade, a divorced young mother, needs to come to terms with her scars, both physical and mental, reclaim her life and redefine her identity. A powerful indictment of the quiet, unspoken misogyny that pervades contemporary society, avoiding subtly clichés, as well as of the selfie-obsessed world of social media “beauty” that has taken over everyday life. A down-to-earth drama about the deconstruction of traditional social roles and estrangement in a fragmented society.
Dirty God
Dirty God
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Sacha Polak
- Script: Sacha Polak, Susanne Farrell
- Cinematography: Ruben Impens
- Editing: Sander Vos
- Sound: Michelle Fingleton, Oliver Pattinama
- Music: Rutger Reinders
- Actors: Vicky Knight, Katherine Kelly, Eliza Brady-Girard, Rebecca Stone, Bluey Robinson, Dana Marienci
- Producers: Marleen Slot, Michael Elliott
- Co-producers: Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, John Keville, Conor Barry
- Costumes: Tine Deseure, Sara Hakkenberg
- Executive producer: Frank Klein, Clea de Koning, Nicky Tüske, Isabel Davis, Eva Yates, Celine Haddad |
- Make Up: Morten Jacobsen, Rogier Samuels, Lindelotte van der Meer
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: The Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Ireland
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 104΄
- Contact: Independent, mail@independentfilmcompany.com
Sacha Polak
Sacha Polak is an award-winning director and screenwriter. In 2006 she graduated from the Dutch Academy for Film and Television. Her debut feature film Hemel won the FIPRESCI Award at the Berlinale Forum. Her latest feature Dirty God had its international premiere at Sundance Film Festival and was selected as the opening film of the 49th Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Filmography
2012 Hemel
2013 New Boobs (doc)
2015 Zurich
2019 Dirty God
2013 New Boobs (doc)
2015 Zurich
2019 Dirty God