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Film director, editor, and curator
Country of origin
Czech Republic

Veronika Lišková graduated in cultural studies at Charles University and in screenwriting and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She has been working as a film director, documentary script editor, and curator. Her feature-length debut Daniel’s World premiered at the Berlinale in 2015. For several years Veronika was the head of the Ex Oriente film workshop at the Institute of Documentary Film and worked as a curator and acquisition manager at DAFilms. Currently, she cooperates with various film training programs and markets as a consultant and selector, serves as an expert for the Czech Film Fund, and is about to complete her second documentary The Visitors.

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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