Jana Ševčíková
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Jana Ševčíková

Apr 22, 1953 - Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

With films that reflect on life in contemporary Eastern Europe, Czech filmmaker Jana Ševcíková has distinguished herself as a practitioner of poetic documentary. A graduate of the Prague Film Academy, her thesis film, Piemule (1984), offers a frank examination of Czech émigrés in Romania during the final years of Ceausecu‘s totaltitarian regime. She has produced films independently, such as Jakub (1992), and received state funding from the Czech Ministry of Culture. Her films have been shown at festivals in Berlin, Strasbourg, Karlovy Vary and Cracow. Praised throughout Europe, Ševčíková‘s intimately crafted works challenge the distanced conventions of ethnographic filmmaking.

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Movie2005Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner HerzogSelf

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Movie2014Lean A Ladder Against HeavenDirectorDirecting
Movie2014Lean A Ladder Against HeavenWriterWriting
Movie2022Those Who Dance in the DarkWriterWriting
Movie2022Those Who Dance in the DarkDirectorDirecting
Movie2002The Old BelieversDirectorDirecting
Movie1992JakubDirectorDirecting
Movie2002The Rite of SpringDirectorDirecting
Movie2002The Old BelieversWriterWriting
Movie2002The Rite of SpringScreenplayWriting
Movie1984PiemuleDirectorDirecting
Movie1984PiemuleWriterWriting
Movie2008GyumriDirectorDirecting
Movie2008GyumriWriterWriting
Movie2008GyumriProducerProduction
Movie1992JakubProducerProduction
Movie2009SweetgrassThanksCrew
Movie1981Worldly ChildrenDirectorDirecting
Movie1984PiemulePresenterCrew
Movie1984PiemuleProducerProduction
Movie2002The Old BelieversPresenterCrew
Movie1992JakubScreenplayWriting
Movie2014Lean A Ladder Against HeavenProducerProduction
Movie2002The Old BelieversProducerProduction
Movie1986TulakónaScreenplayWriting
Movie1986TulakónaDirectorDirecting