Commitee 2024
David Laňka
Director
As a screenwriter and director, he is signed to the documentary series Chances for Children, the feature film Listen or the television series Stars Overhead. He is also behind the music videos for František Segrado or Danyl Johnson. In the music videos he “enjoys offering space for imagination and fantasy.”
Jan Drnek
Czech cinematographer who works in both dramatic and comedic film and TV series. His most famous works include the most successful Czech post-revolutionary film Women on the Run, the comedies Mothers and Heart on the Palm of Your Hand, and the sports comedy Vyšehrad: Serial. In addition to feature films, he also works in documentary.
Denisa Pfauserová
After graduating in acting from the College of Acting in Prague, she began working on several Prague stages. Her first major role was Kateřina in the Pod Palmovkou Theatre’s production of A Prayer for Kateřina Horovitzová. A significant role was the princess in the film fairy tale Řachanda or the barmaid Marika in the series Fire Chicken. She has also starred in the film The Painted Bird, On the Roof, Holidays in Provence, the series Ulice, The Harbour and others. She is also active as an influencer.
Sergio Caruso
Italian visual artist. After more than 10 years of working in various graphic design positions, he has gained extensive experience in print graphics, online graphics, animation and illustration. Thanks to his personal interest in art, he is able to combine fine art techniques and hand drawing with computer graphics.
Lukáš Frlajs
At the age of six, he dubbed in films such as Spy Kids, Harry Potter and Lethal Weapon. He also started appearing in front of the camera from childhood. He starred in Broken Promise, City of Shadows and others. He graduated from the Conservatory in Bratislava, then played in the opera Peter Grimes at the Slovak National Theatre. For his performance in the radio play Hugo and Vavroche, where he played the role of Victor Hugo, he won the Liftonda award. Most recently he starred in the sequel to Jakubisko’s legendary Perinbaba.
Kanat Torebay
Kanat Torebay is a wellknown Kazakhstan film and TV producer whose films (“Kelin” and “Zhat”) were twice Kazakhstan’s official Academy Award entry during last years. He was born on April 24th, 1971 in Kentau city, South Kazakhstan region. He studied at Chernigov Aviation High School and Kazakh state Univercity. He is a graduate from the Prague International Film School and an executive director of the
Kazakh Filmmakers Union, member of Turkic world film Association and Kazakhstan Producers Association. Torebay’s filmography as producer (2002-2018) icludes HOME NEAR THE SALT LAKE, THE WOLF’S HOUR, MOKSHAM, DAY WATCH, MUSTAFA SHOKAI, KELIN, URANIUM TYPHOON, TRACE, KEMPIR, ZHAT, SHYRAQSHY (GUARDIAN OF THE LIGHT) and others.