Co-owner and producer at sentimentalfilm and Punkchart films production companies. Within Punkhcart films, he's developing feature film projects as a majority producer (Erik by Juraj Lehotský, Posol by Ivan Ostrochovský).
Co-producer of Made in Ash (2012) by Iveta Grófová (Slovak National Nomination for the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film Category).
His feature documentary debut Velvet Terrorists, which he co-directed with Pavol Pekarčík and Peter Kerekes, received the FEDEORA Award at Karlovy Vary IFF in 2013. It was presented at the Berlinale within the Forum section in its international premiere and received the Tagesspiegel Readers' Prize. His feature debut Koza (2015) received the Works in Progress Award for the most promising project at Karlovy Vary IFF in 2014 and is now premiered at the Berlinale Forum. The film was nominated for the Best First Feature Award by the Festival Director.
Filmography (selected)
2015 |
Koza (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský) |
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fiction film, 75 min. |
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2014 |
Pavol Šimai (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský) |
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documentary film, 26 min. |
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2013 |
Velvet Terrorists(dir. Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes) |
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documentary film, 87 min. |
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>FEDEORA Award (Karlovy Vary IFF) |
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>Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award (Berlinale) |
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>Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award (Berlinale) |
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>Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award (Berlinale) |
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>Special Mention (Planete+ Doc) |
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>FIPRESCI Award (Novi Sad IFF)
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>Special Mention of the Jury (Hamptons IFF)
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Celluloid Country (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský, Martin Šulík) |
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documentary TV series, 9 x 26 min. |
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After finishing studies at City University, continued studying documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Co-owner and producer at sentimentalfilm and UN FILM films production companies, focused on feature films, creative documentaries and commercials. In recent years he produced and co-produced various feature films with domestic and international success.
Among our most aspiring projects in development and pre-production are following fiction films OUT by György Kristóf, Swan Bride by Miro Remo and as a co-producer on Erik by Juraj Lehotský.
2015 |
Koza (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský) |
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fiction film, 75 min. |
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2014 |
Hostage (dir. Juraj Nvota) |
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fiction film, 110 min. |
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2013 |
Velvet Terrorists(dir. Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes) |
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documentary film, 87 min. |
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>FEDEORA Award (Karlovy Vary IFF) |
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>Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award (Berlinale) |
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>Special Mention (Planete+ Doc) |
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>FIPRESCI Award (Novi Sad IFF) |
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>Special Mention of the Jury (Hamptons IFF) |
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2010 |
Matchmaking Mayor (dir. Erika Hníková) |
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documentary film, 72 min. |
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>Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award (Berlinale) |
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>Best Documentary (Vukovar FF) |
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>Best Documentary (Cinematik IFF) |
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>Best Documentary (Shaken’s Stars FF Almaty) |
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2007 |
Muzika (dir. Juraj Nvota) |
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fiction film, 99 min. |
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>9 x SUN IN THE NET (best movie, best direction, best script, best actor, best music,
best editor, best sound, best actress – supporting role, best set deging
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>IGRIC’08 (best direction, best actor) |
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A Prague based film producer and owner of endorfilm. He is focused mainly on
making films for cinema. Graduate from University of Economics, Prague in 2001 and from FAMU, Prague in 2004. Graduate from EAVE in 2007. Producer On The Move – IFF Cannes 2008. His productions were selected for numerous international festivals including four times Berlinale: Matchmaking Mayor by Erika Hníková was awarded with Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award within the Forum section, A Night Too Young by Olmo Omerzu screened in Forum and Berlinale Goes Kiez in 2012 and this year he is very proud to premiere two co-productions at Berlinale: Aferim! by Radu Jude in Competition and Koza by Ivan Ostrochovský in Forum.
Other recent productions are Trabant vs. South America by Dan Přibáň, a docureality that attracted more than 25.000 admissions in Czech cinemas in 2014, and Always Together by Eva Tomanová which premiered in IDFA 2014 Competiton for First Appearace and earned the Nomination. Jiří produced also produced two national candidates for Oscar – in 2013 it was Made in Ash by Iveta Grófová.
Filmography (selected)
2015 |
Koza (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský) |
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fiction film, 75 min. |
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Aferim! (dir. Radu Jude) |
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fiction film, 108 min. |
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2014 |
Always Together (dir. Eva Tomanová) |
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documentary film, 75 min. |
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>Nomination IDFA 2014 Competition for First Appearance |
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2013 |
The Story of Mr. Love (dir. Dagmar Smržová) |
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documentary film, 75 min. |
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>Student Award (Finále Plzeň) |
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>Special Mention (Finále Plzeň) |
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2012 |
Made in Ash (dir. Iveta Grófová) |
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fiction film, 80 min. |
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>Golden Angel for Best Director (Tofifest Toruń IFF) |
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>Best Slovak Fiction Film (Bratislava IFF) |
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>Special Mention (Crossing Europe Linz) |
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>Slovak National Nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film Category – Academy Awards (Oscar) |
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>Special Mention (Neisse FF) |
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>Igric for Best Direction |
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2011 |
A Night Too Young (dir. Olmo Omerzu) |
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fiction film, 65 min. |
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>Discovery Of The Year (Czech Film Critics’ Awards) |
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>Best Film (Neisse FF) |
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>Best Directing (Voices FF Vologda) |
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>Best Film (Famufest Prague |
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>Special Mention (Bradford FF) |
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2010 |
Matchmaking Mayor (dir. Erika Hníková) |
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documentary film, 72 min. |
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>Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award (Berlinale) |
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>Best Documentary (Vukovar FF) |
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>Best Documentary (Cinematik IFF) |
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>Best Documentary (Shaken’s Stars FF Almaty) |
A scriptwriter, script editor and lecturer. Graduated at the department of scriptwriting and script editing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Currectly, he is a lecturer at the department. He's the president of the Slovak Film and Television Academy and he's a member of the Czech Film and Television Academy.
He was involved in several successful Slovak films in the last 20 years: Garden, Orbis Pictus and City of the Sun by Martin Šulík, My zdes by Jaro Vojtek, the Cannes-winning Blind Loves and Miracle by Juraj Lehotský, Thanks, Fine by Mátyás Prikler, all of which were awarded and presented at a number of significant film festivals worldwide.
Filmography (selected)
2015 |
Koza (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský) |
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fiction film, 75 min. |
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2014 |
Slovakia 2.0 (The Funeral of the President segment, dir. Martin Šulík) |
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fiction film, 112 min. |
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Children (dir. Jaro Vojtek) |
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fiction film, 100 min. |
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So Far, So Near (dir. Jaro Vojtek) |
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documentary, 80 min. |
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2013 |
Miracle (dir. Juraj Lehotský) |
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fiction film, 78 min. |
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>Special Mention (Karlovy Vary IFF) |
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>Outstanding Actress Award (Cottbus FF) |
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>Grand Prix (Arras FF) |
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>Best Actress Award (Kino Pavasaris Vilnius IFF) |
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>Best Film FF (Neisse FF) |
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Fine, Thanks (dir. Mátyás Prikler) |
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fiction film, 134 min. |
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2012 |
Made in Ash (dir. Iveta Grófová) |
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fiction film, 80 min. |
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>Golden Angel for Best Director (Tofifest Toruń IFF) |
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>Best Slovak Fiction Film (Bratislava IFF) |
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>Special Mention (Crossing Europe Linz) |
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>Slovak National Nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film Category – Academy Awards (Oscar) |
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>Special Mention (Neisse FF) |
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>Igric for Best Direction |
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2011 |
Gypsy (dir. Martin Šulík) |
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fiction film, 107 min. |
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>Special Jury Prize, Special Mention for Ján Mižigár
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>Don Quijote Award (FICC Jury) |
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>Europa Cinemas Label Award (Karlovy Vary IFF) |
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>Jury Prize (Les Arcs European FF) |
Studied cinematography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Currently works as an independent photographer, cinematographer and director.
As a photographer, he works on long-term projects and residencies (Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Israel). For his work he received several awards, such as the Oscar Barnack Award in 2014 (Germany), 3PPP Photography Grant (France), Backlight Photography Award in 2008 and 2003 (Finland).
His works were exhibited at galleries around the world, including Maison Européen de la Photography (Paris), Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), Le Chateau d'Eau (Toulouse), MOCA Shanghai, Guandong Museum of Art, Zamek Ujazdowski (Warsaw). He has published three photography books – Nothing Special (Actes Sud, France, 2008), Cahier (Diaphane, France, 2011) and Field Trip (Mack, UK, 2013).
As a cinematographer, he worked on a number of films, including Koza (2015), Velvet Terrorists (2013), Cooking History (2009), 66 Seasons (2003) and others. As a director he debuted with the short autobiographical portrait Autoportrait (2012), at the moment he's working on his first documentary feature A Man on a Bike.
Filmography (selected)
2015 |
Koza (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský) |
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fiction film, 75 min. |
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2013 |
Velvet Terrorists(dir. Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes) |
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documentary film, 87 min. |
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>FEDEORA Award (Karlovy Vary IFF) |
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>Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award (Berlinale) |
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>Special Mention (Planete+ Doc) |
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>FIPRESCI Award (Novi Sad IFF) |
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>Special Mention of the Jury (Hamptons IFF) |
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2009 |
Cooking History (dir. Peter Kerekes) |
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documentary film, 90 min. |
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>Best Documentary (Viennale) |
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>FIPRESCI Jury Award (DOK Leipzig) |
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>Golden Hugo for Best Documentary (Chicago IFF) |
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>Special Jury Prize (Hot Docs) |
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>Prix Arte Nomination (EFA) |
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2003 |
66 Seasons (dir. Peter Kerekes) |
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documentary film, 86 min. |
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>Best Central European Documentary (Jihlava IFDF) |
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>Best Documentary Film (DocAviv IFF) |
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>Grand Prix (MediaWave Gyor) |
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>Best European Film (Syracuse Intl Film and Video Festival) |
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>Best Film (Kinoglaz IFF) |
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>Best Director (Navarra IFDF) |
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>Best Documentary (Baltic-o-Balkan Paris FF) |
Studied scriptwriting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and also graduated documentary filmmaking at FAMU in Prague. Her student films received awards at various film festivals - Piraňa (2007) and Alda (2009) were awarded at Famufest, Alda also winning Regard Neuf at Visions du Réel IFF, Under Underground (2006) won the Student Jury Award and a Special Mention at the Etiuda & Anima IFF, 100 Days (2009) received the Grand Prix of the Early Melons IF of Student Films and the Grand Prix at Etiuda & Anima IFF.
Apart from working on her own films, Viera also works as a script editor and editor, and in 2014 she participated on two omnibus feature films as a director.
Filmography (selected)
2015 |
Koza (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský) |
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fiction film, 75 min. |
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2014 |
Nina (dir. Veronika Obertová, Michaela Čopíková) |
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animation film, 17 min. - editing |
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2014 |
Slovakia 2.0 (The Funeral of the President segment, dir. Martin Šulík) |
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fiction film, 112 min. |
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Gottland (Flyin. h.rse segment, dir. Viera Čákanyová) |
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documentary film, 100 min. |
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2009 |
Alda (dir. Viera Čákanyová) |
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documentary film, 52 min. |
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>Best Directing, Best Editing (Famufest) |
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>Regard Neuf (Visions du Réel IFF) |
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>Golden Key for Best Documentary by Director under 35 years (IDFF Kassel) |
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2009 |
100 Days (dir. Viera Čákanyová) |
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documentary film, 22 min. |
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>Grand Prix (Early Melons IF of Student Films) |
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>Grand Prix (Etiuda & Anima IFF) |
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>Best Cinematography (Ostrava Kamera Oko) |
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2007 |
Piraňa (dir. Viera Čákanyová) |
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Documentary film, 26 min. |
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>Best Film (Famufest) |
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2006 |
Under Under Ground (dir. Viera Čákanyová) |
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documentary film, 18 min. |
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>Special Mention, Student Jury Award (Etiuda & Anima IFF) |
