Štěpán Hulík

Czech Republic

Born in 1984 in Uherské Hradiště, Štěpán Hulík graduated from the Department of Film Studies at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and completed his studies of scriptwriting and dramatic art at the Film Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. For his first literary work, Cinema of Oblivion (Kinematografie zapomnění, 2011), which mapped out the condition of Czech cinema during the infamous normalisation period, he won the Magnesia Litera award. As a screenwriter, he debuted with Burning Bush (Hořící keř, 2013), a historical TV mini-series produced by HBO Europe and directed by Agnieszka Holland for which he received the Czech Lion award. He continued his collaboration with HBO Europe this year by writing a screenplay for the eight-part crime mini-series, Wasteland (Pustina).

Juries 2016

Fiction Competition Jury

Canan Gerede

Turkey

Štěpán Hulík

Czech Republic

Documentary Competition Jury

Nenad Puhovski

Croatia

Shorts Competition Jury

Úna Feely

Ireland

Noud Heerkens

Netherlands

FIPRESCI Jury

Student Jury

Norbert Franko

Slovakia

Juraj Mydla

Slovakia

Adam Straka

Slovakia