Director and producer Aleš Suk graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), where he later served as a lecturer in the Department of Editing. He also taught at the Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka, Croatia, where he currently lives and works. He is the founder and CEO of the production companies UKUS and KLEŠ. Among other projects, he produced the film Winter/Miracle, which won the Between the Seas section at the Ji.hlava IDFF in 2013, and directed the films The End of Light and (P.S.), which were also screened at the festival in previous years.