Had he followed the family tradition, he would now be dealing mainly with crop rotation plans and the condition of the machinery in the yard. Stanislav Slovák comes from a village near Bruntál, where it was naturally assumed that he would one day take over the family farm. But his parents also encouraged him to find his own path first. And that path led from grammar school to film directing in Zlín, and later to the CME Content…

Vojtěch Kába grew up in Brno, and for a long time it seemed that his world would revolve more around orchestras than film sets. After high school, he enrolled at JAMU to study music production, spending several years moving between philharmonic halls and concert stages, learning how big cultural institutions function behind the scenes. But he found himself increasingly drawn to the visual world. He began recording performances,…

Gabriela Gabašová comes from Považská Bystrica, but she has been living and working in Prague for several years now. Her path led from the Bratislava Conservatory and a brief study of film and television dramaturgy and screenwriting at VŠMU to DAMU, where she spent several years studying directing and dramaturgy. Alongside her studies, she began to write — for radio, for friends at FAMU, for theatre. She adapted books, revised…

Petr Kamil Ponec is from Brno, and he found his way to film through a multimedia-focused high school. Alongside filmmaking, he studied animation, graphic design, sculpture, and art history. Over time, one thing became clear: what interested him most was storytelling. He originally aimed for screenwriting at FAMU, but in the end he was accepted into directing. He enjoys directing, yet he still feels that writing is slightly…