Viera Čákanyová
Director
Bio
Slovak director Viera Čákanyová (1980) studied screenwriting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and documentary filmmaking at FAMU in Prague, where she received an award at the FAMUfest festival for her student films Piraňa (2007) and Alda (2009).
Her experimental documentary FREM premiered at the Ji.hlava IDFF 2019 and was further presented at the Berlinale 2020, Sheffield IDFF, or Vienale 2020. Its loose sequel White on White won the Opus Bonum prize at the Ji.hlava IDFF 2020 and went on to be screened at Sheffield IDFF 2021 and Montreal IDFF 2021.
Besides working on her own films, she also works as a script editor and editor of independent film projects and makes documentary films for non-profit organizations and television.
Her experimental documentary FREM premiered at the Ji.hlava IDFF 2019 and was further presented at the Berlinale 2020, Sheffield IDFF, or Vienale 2020. Its loose sequel White on White won the Opus Bonum prize at the Ji.hlava IDFF 2020 and went on to be screened at Sheffield IDFF 2021 and Montreal IDFF 2021.
Besides working on her own films, she also works as a script editor and editor of independent film projects and makes documentary films for non-profit organizations and television.
