DOCUMENTARY CALLS AFTER THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FUND Czech Audiovisual Fund in Dialogue with ARAS

How has support for documentary filmmaking changed after the transformation of the Czech Audiovisual Fund (SFA)? The session will outline where documentary calls have been placed within the Fund’s expanded structure and offer practical guidance on how to navigate them. At the end of the debate, the remaining members of all four expert councils of the Fund will briefly introduce themselves and their mandates, and invite the audience to the subsequent Happy Hours for one-to-one conversations and additional questions.

Panelists

Veronika Lengálová / Czech Audiovisual Fund

Petr Bilík / member of the Cinema Council, university lecturer in Film Studies, vice-dean at Palacký University

Tomáš Feřtek / member of the Small screen council, screenwriter and script editor

Petr Kubica / member of the Small screen council, programme director of Ji.hlava IDFF

Dan Krátký / member of the Infrastructure council, Czech Association of Cinema Operators, university lecturer in Film Studies

Zdeňka H. Kujová / vice-chair of the Infrastructure council and producer

Michaela Režová / chair of the Animation and Video Games council, animator, filmmaker and director

Moderator Jindřich Andrš / director and producer/ Association of Czech Film Directors, Screenwriters and Script Editors; Audiovisual Producers´ Association