Jaroslav Vojtek
(1968, Žilina) – film director, cinematographer,
script writer
Graduate from Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts,
Bratislava, department of direction of documentary films.
In 1999, he directed short story “Rojkovia” from a full-length feature
film “Šesť statočných”.
Documentary films, director:
Slepá viera (1993) – a portrayal of a grave-digger
devoted to the socialist ideals
Keby bol hlas zvonu čarovný (1994) - a portrayal
of the last living bell ringer
Vlasy II (1995) - a portrayal of a priest with
new ideals, Literary Fund Award
Strom (1995) – about a man and a tree given to
Vatican as a present
Nepozná ona mňa, ani ja ju... (1996) - a film
about antagonistic relationship of two people even after 30 years;
Igric Premium for
documentary film
Kameň po kameni (1997) - a film about an enthusiastic
man reconstructing ruins of a castle and believing in communist
ideals
Vtedy na východe (2000) - about one village where
Holy Mary appeared
Nechcené deti (2001) – documentary series about
children from children homes
Akvárium (2001) - a film about Kosovo refugees
who live in gymnasium in Beograd
Blázonko (2003) - about a man with mental and
psychic condition; Igric Premium
He is currently working on a new full-length documentary film “Hranica” (Border) about a village divided by a border.
Marek Leščák
(1971, Bratislava) – script writer
Graduated from Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, department
of Dramaturgy and Script writing.
Since 2001 teacher at FTF Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava.
Feature
films, script writer:
Záhrada (Garden, 1995) – (together with Martin
Šulík and Ondrej Šulaj), Czech Lion Award 1995 for the Best Script;
film was awarded many
international prizes
Orbis pictus (1997) - (with Martin Šulík and Ondrej
Šulaj) – Jury Award at the IFF Mannheim 1997 and Award of the Slovak
Film Critics
for the best Feature Film
Praha očima (1998) – “Obrázky z výletu”, short
story in the compilation (with Martin Šulík and Ondrej Šulaj)
Slnečný štát (2005) - (with Martin Šulík), Golden
Penguin Grand Prix at the Czech film presentation Finale Plzeň
2005
Documentary
films, script writer:
Vtedy na východe (2002) – (with Jaro Vojtek) – about a miracle
that devided Eastern Slovako village Litmanová
Hranica – in production, a film about a village divided by a border
Dramaturgy:
Nechcené deti (2001) - documentary series about children from children
homes
Andrej Bán
(1964, Bratislava) – author
of the story
Photographer and journalist. He brings reports from Slovakia and
conflict regions in the world (Kosovo, Israel, Iran, South America)
for the national media (Format, Domino forum, SME) and international
media (Reflex, The Guardian, Libération, TIME, The New Yorker).
Member of the international jury at Czech Press Photo (2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004).
Journalist in Mladé rozlety magazine (1987-1990), photographer
in Plus 7 dní magazine (1990-1991), freelanced photographer (1991-1992),
journalist in Mladý svět magazine (1992-1995), Reflex (1995-2001),
INDEX Book Club (2001-2003).
Chairman of the Človek v ohrození (People in Peril), humanitarian
organization, co-founder of the Slovak Documentary Photo Association.
Winner of the Crystal Wing 2005 for humanitarian aid organized
for Asia after tsunami disaster.
Documentary films, co-author, story and script:
Krátka pamäť (1993), directed by: Dušan Trančík
Tisovy stíny (1996), directed by: Dušan Trančík
Duše (1999), directed by: Marko Škop
Akvárium (2001), directed by: Jaro Vojtek
Maroš Šlapeta
(1972, Bratislava) – editor
Graduated from Academy of Performing Arts, department of editing,
Bratislava, 2004.
Quartétto (2001) - editor, full -length feature
film, directed by Laura Siváková
Cez prah (2001) - editor, short feature film,
directed by Róbert Šveda
Spáč (2001) - 16mm short feature film, script
writer, editor, director
Akvárium (2001) - editor, documentary film directed
by Jaro Vojtek
Nechcené deti (2001) - editor, series of documentary
films
Zmenšenina (2002) - 35mm short feature film, script
writer, editor, director
Tolerancia cudzie slovo? (2002) – editor, documentary
films directed by Jozef Banyák, Tomáš Kaminský
Občan a demokracia: Sloboda prejavu (2002) – editor,
documentary series, directed by Róbert Šveda
Blázonko (2003) - editor, documentary film directed
by Jaro Vojtek
Hlad (2003) - short feature film, script writer,
director
Ilja (2003) - editor, documentary film directed
by Ivan Ostrochovský
Cesty do stanice (2004) - editor, documentary
film directed by Róbert Šveda
Menšie zlo (2004) – editor, documentary film directed
by Ivan Ostrochovský
Banská Štiavnica (2004) – editor, documentary
film directed by Jaro Vojtek
Hranica – in production, documentary fim directed
by Jaro Vojtek
