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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

Annette Gjerde-Hansen, Norwegian President of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes 2026, writes about the background of the jury's decision to award Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord" with their prize.
In his retrospect of the festival, Peter Paul Huth highlights, above all, the films in the Cannes Classics series.

Events

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

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