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Marek Šulík studied documentary film direction at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. After finishing his studies, he established himself primarily as an editor of documentary films that received worldwide acclaim at important festivals. He collaborated on feature projects directed by Peter Kerekes (66 seasons, Cooking History, Velvet Terrorists), Martin Kollár (October 5), Viera Čákanyová (FREM, White on White), Filip Remunda (Czech Journal, Meet the Movie), and many more. In addition, he worked on his own directing projects. His work includes films with social themes, educational films, portrait work, ethnographic documentaries, and films that work with found footage.

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Marek Šulík studied documentary film direction at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. After finishing his studies, he established himself primarily as an editor of documentary films that received worldwide acclaim at important festivals. He collaborated on feature projects directed by Peter Kerekes (66 seasons, Cooking History, Velvet Terrorists), Martin Kollár (October 5), Viera Čákanyová (FREM, White on White), Filip Remunda (Czech Journal, Meet the Movie), and many more. In addition, he worked on his own directing projects. His work includes films with social themes, educational films, portrait work, ethnographic documentaries, and films that work with found footage.

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Wishing on a Star

Peter Kerekes (1973, Slovakia) is a film director, producer and teacher. He directed & produced 107 mothers (2021), Velvet terrorists (2013), Cooking History (2009)
and 66 Seasons (2003). He produced the omnibus documentary Occupation 1968 and co-produced the films Stepne (2023) by Maryna Vroda, Fragile memory (2022) by Ihor Ivanko, Caught in the net (2020) by Vít Klusák and Barbara Chalupová, and The Wind. Documentary thriller (2019) by Michal Bielawski. Peter Kerekes is teaching at Academy of Performing Artrs in Bratislava and at the DocNomads – joint masters in Budapest.

Még nem az vagyok, aki lenni akarok

Klára Tasovská a prágai Képzőművészeti Akadémia újmédia szakán és a szintén prágai FAMU dokumentumfilm szakán végezte felsőfokú tanulmányait. Első egész estés dokumentum filmje az Az Erőd (2012) a filmet Lukáš Kokeš-sal közösen rendezte és a Ji.hlava IDFF 2012 fesztiválon a legjobb cseh dokumentumfilmnek járó díjat is megnyerte. A film más európai fesztiválok mellett a CPH:DOX 2012 versenyprogramjában is szerepelt, és jelölték a 2013-as LUX-díjra. Előző, szintén Kokeš-sal készült filmje a Nothing Like Before (2017) az IDFA 2017-es versenyprogramjában indult.

I'm Not Everything I Want to Be

Klára Tasovská graduated from the New Media Department at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Documentary Film Department at FAMU in Prague. Her feature-length debut Fortress, directed together with Lukáš Kokeš, was awarded Best Czech Documentary at Ji.hlava IDFF 2012. It also competed at CPH:DOX 2012 among other European festivals and was nominated for the LUX Prize 2013. Her previous film Nothing Like Before, co-directed by Lukáš Kokeš, premiered at IDFA’s First Appearance Competition 2017.

Fresh Memories: The Look

Volodymyr Kolbasa filmrendező és médiaművész, klasszikus filmművészeti, és immerzív XR és médiaművészeti háttérrel. A kölni international filmschule digitális narratívák mesterszakán és a Viewfinder Erasmus Mundus mesterszakán is diplomázatt operatőrként, utóbbi program keretében a National Film School @ IADT, Írország, SZFE, Magyarország és a Baltic Film School, Tallinnban is tanult. A filmes munkái mellett múzeumi terek AR-projektjeinek és VR interaktív filmek fejlesztésében is közreműködik.

Ondřej Morávec rendező, forgatókönyvíró és producer, a Brainz Studios kreatív csoport együttműködője. 2014 óta független dramaturgként dolgozik több cseh filmfesztiválon. Az Anifilm, Letní filmová škola, Febiofest és Zlín filmfesztiválok VR-film kategóriáinak kurátora, valamint a prágai (CZ) Art*VR fesztivál társalapítója. Első VR alkotása a ‘Darkening’ 2022-ben debütált a Velencei Filmfesztiválon. Később animációs film kategóriában a Cseh Oroszlán-díjra jelölték. Legújabb alkotása a Fresh Memories: The Look az idei South by Southwest (SXSW) fesztiválon mutatkozott be.

A háború nyolcadik napja

Oksana Moiseniuk Ukrajnában született és ott diplomázott újságíróként. Jelenleg Csehországban él. Charón (2021) címmel készített egy rövidfilmet, első dokumentumfilmje A háború nyolcadik napja, amelyet a Jihlava IDFF Czech Joy versenyében mutattak be, és egyben a fesztivál nyitófilmje volt. A film nemzetközi bemutatója a Müncheni 38. DOK.festen volt.

Fresh Memories: The Look

Volodymyr Kolbasa is a filmmaker and media artist with a background in classical cinema and immersive XR and media art. He also graduated as a cinematographer from the master's course in digital narratives at the international film school in Cologne and from the Viewfinder Erasmus Mundus master's course, within the latter program he also studied at the National Film School @ IADT, Ireland, SZFE, Hungary and the Baltic Film School, Tallinn. In addition to his film work, he also contributes to the development of AR projects for museum spaces and VR interactive films.

Ondřej Morávec is an independent director, screenwriter, and producer. He closely collaborates with Brainz Studios independent creative group. Since 2014 he has worked as an independent dramaturgist for multiple Czech film festivals. He curates VR movie categories at Anifilm, Letní filmová škola, Febiofest, and Zlín film fest festivals and he is the co-founder of Art*VR Festival in Prague (CZ). The world premiere of his first VR project ‘Darkening’ was held at the Venice Film Festival in 2022. Later, it was nominated for the Czech Lion Award in the animated movie category. His new project Fresh Memories: The Look premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival this year.

8th Day of the War

Oksana Moiseniuk was born in Ukraine, where she graduated as a journalist. She currently lives in the Czech Republic. In 2021, she shot a short documentary, Charón. Her debut feature-length documentary, 8th Day of the War premiered at Jihlava IDFF, in the Czech Joy competition, where it was the opening screening. The film had its international premiere at 38. DOK.fest München.

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