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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.

Ms. President

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.

Szerelem, töredékekben

Chloé Barreau Rómában élő rendező, kreatív producer és tanár. Televíziós pályafutása alatt számos rövidfilmet rendezett, mint az Acqua Passata (2000) és több televíziós dokumentumfilmet is, mint az Anna M. (2003) és a Blue Is the Colour (2004). Sikeres televíziós karrierje mellett sem hagyja abba az alkotást, gyakran együttműködik Andres Arce Maldonado rendezővel, például a Stardust Memories (2008) és a La Faute à Mon Père (2012) című dokumentumfilmeknél. Legújabb dokumentumfilm rendezése a Fragments of a Life Loved (2023).

Fragments of a Life Loved

Chloé Barreau is a director, creative producer and teacher based in Rome, Italy. Barreau directed various short films including Acqua Passata (2000) and TV documentaries such as Anna M. (2003) and Blue Is the Colour (2004). Despite a successful career in television, she never stops creating, often collaborating with director Andres Arce Maldonado- such as for documentaries Stardust Memories (2008) & La Faute à Mon Père (2012). In 2023, she directed Fragments of a Life Loved, a 90' documentary produced by Matteo Rovere's Grøenlandia group.

A szeretet nem csak egy narancs

Otilia Babara moldovai dokumentumfilm-rendező, jelenleg Brüsszelben él. A Docnomads európai mesterprogramon (Belgium, Magyarország, Portugália) szerzett dokumentumfilmes diplomát, a Berlinale Talents 2013-as ösztöndíjasa. Rendezőként és producerként jegyzett rövidfilmjei az Irene (2015), amelyet több nemzetközi filmfesztivál programjába beválogattak, valamint a Women on Canvas (2009), amely díjat nyert az Astra Filmfesztiválon és a Cronograf Filmfesztiválon. Vonzza az, amit az emberek általában nem vesznek észre. Filmjei feltárják az apró részletekben rejlő mély sebeket, és lenyűgözik őt a nők el nem mondott történetei.

A római menetelés

Mark Cousins ír-skót rendező és író. Filmjei – mint a The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a What is This Film Called Love?, a Life May Be, az A Story of Children and Film, az Atomic, a Stockholm My Love, az I am Belfast és a The Eyes of Orson Welles – láthatók voltak a Cannes-i, Berlini, Velencei és a Sundance Filmfesztiválon, és számos díjat nyertek, mint a Prix Italia, a Peabody, a Stanley Kubrick-díjat és az Európai Filmdíjat az innovatív történetmesélésért. Filmezett Irakban, Szarajevó ostroma idején, Iránban, Mexikóban, szerte Ázsiában, Amerikában és Európában.

Love Is Not an Orange

Otilia Babara is a documentary filmmaker from Moldova, currently based in Brussels. She holds a degree in documentary filmmaking from the DocNomads European Master program (Belgium, Hungary, Portugal), and is a 2013 Berlinale Talents fellow. She directed and produced the short films Irene (2015), selected for several international film festivals, and Women on Canvas (2009), awarded at the Astra and Cronograf Film Festivals. She is drawn to those who usually go unnoticed. Her films expose big wounds hidden in small details. She's fascinated by the untold stories of women.

The March on Rome

Mark Cousins is an Irish-Scottish director and writer. His films – including The Story of Film: An Odyssey, What is This Film Called Love?, Life May Be, A Story of Children and Film, Atomic, Stockholm My Love, I am Belfast and The Eyes of Orson Welles – have premiered in Cannes, Berlin, Sundance and Venice film festivals and have won the Prix Italia, a Peabody, the Stanley Kubrick Award and the European Film Award for Innovative Storytelling. He has filmed in Iraq, Sarajevo during the siege, Iran, Mexico, across Asia and in America in Europe. Mark’s books include Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary and The Story of Looking. He has collaborated with Tilda Swinton on innovative film events, and tries to find new, filmic ways to explore his themes: looking, cities, cinema, childhood, and recovery. His 14 hour documentary Women Make Film tries to rethink cinema. His newest films are The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, The Story of Looking and The Story of Film: A New Generation. He has walked across Los Angeles, Belfast, Moscow, Beijing, London, Paris, Berlin, Dakar and Mexico City and likes night swimming.

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