When he was a child, he used to shuffle nervously in front of the television, convinced he could organize everything better. “I wanted to tell the people on the screen where to go, when to move, and what to say,” recalls Matěj František Preisler today. He started experimenting at home, directing even his own family at the dinner table—deciding who should sit where so the scene made dramatic sense. Once he discovered that…

Already in first grade, she told her teacher that one day she would be a producer. Back then, it was mainly because “they just talk on the phone and drink coffee.” Today, Barbora Hladíková knows very well how much stress and responsibility hide behind that cup of coffee. At twenty‑four, she has five years at FAMU behind her, a number of on‑set experiences, and a strong appetite for trying new things. Perhaps that’s why she…

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…