Ondřej Provazník was born in Prague, where he studied journalism at Charles University and scriptwriting at FAMU. Together with fellow director Martin Dušek, he co-directed two successful feature documentaries, A Town Called Hermitage (2007) and Coal in the Soul (2010) and in 2019, they released their feature-length fiction debut Old-Timers. The film won the 2019 Czech Film Critics’ Award for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor, the Czech Lion Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and the Best World Cinema Award at the 2020 Phoenix Film Festival.
SCREENINGS WITH Q&A
March 10th. 20:30, Forum Cinemas Vingis. Tickets
March 11th. 15:45, Skalvija. Tickets
Ed Sayers is the director, editor and one of the producers of the forthcoming feature documentary Super Nature: a love letter to nature filmed on Super 8, by people connecting across the world. The film had its World Premiere as a Grierson nominee at BFI London Film Festival in October 2025 and its International Premiere at Gothenburg Film Festival in the International Competition. Ed’s background is in directing and producing ads and music videos, most notably with high public engagement such as producing T-Mobile ‘Dance’
Shih-Ching Tsou is a Taiwanese-American writer, director, and producer based in New York, known for emotionally precise, culturally grounded storytelling that bridges intimate human experience with social observation. She co-directed the Independent Spirit Award–nominated Take Out with Sean Baker, and went on to collaborate closely with Baker as a producer on internationally acclaimed films including Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, which premiered at major festivals such as SXSW, Sundance, and Cannes.
