Guest Speakers - Sections - 2019 - Visegrad Film Forum

Visegrad Film Forum

Marcin Łuczaj "Talent Spotter of Young Auter Cinema"

Marcin Łuczaj works for New Europe Film Sales, a Warsaw-based sales agency for both features and shorts - a company which represented films premiered at Berlinale, Venice or Cannes.

Hakim Belabbes "Little Money, Much Will in Creativity"

Hakim Belabbes is an award winning Moroccan American independent flmmaker. His film Sweat Rain was premiered at IFFR. Hakim created The Sahara Lab Initiative which he currently runs with partners Don Smith and Hammadi Gueroum.

Monika Willi "Developing the Narrative Structure out of the Material"

Monika Willi is an Austrian film editor known for her many years of collaboration with Michael Glawogger (Workingman's Death, Whores' Glory) and Michael Haneke (The Piano Teacher, The White Ribbon, Amour, Happy End).

Eugenio Caballero "Shaping the Scene"

A Mexican production designer. He is best known for his work on Pan’s Labyrinth for which he earned an Academy Award. His latest cooperation with Alfonso Cuarón on Roma brought him second nomination for an Academy Award.

Phedon Papamichael, ASC "How to Tell a Story"

An award winnig cinematoghrapher whom credits include many critically acclaimed films, such as The Million Dollar Hotel, 3:10 to Yuma, Walk The Line, The Descendants, Nebraska, Downsizing & more.

Mark H. Weingartner, ASC "Going behind the Visual Effects" - CANCELLED

Unfortunately this year Mark H. Weingartner, ASC had to cancel his participation at Visegrad Film Forum due to conflicting schedules.

Kirsten Johnson "The Power of Camera"

A New-York based documentary director, producer and principal cinematographer on over 40 feature-length documentaries. She was a principal cinematographer on Oscar-winning Citizenfour and Oscar nominated, The Invisible War.

Sergei Loznitsa "A Study of the People around Us"

Ukrainian filmmaker, who is world-known thanks to his short and feature-length documentaries as well as fiction films. His latest feature film Donbass received the prize for Best Directing of the Un Certain Regard section of...