Viera Čákanyová graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where she currently pursues her Doctor’s degree, majoring in scriptwriting, as well as from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, majoring in documentary filmmaking. Her student films, Under Underground (2006), Piraňa (2007), Alda (2009) and 100 Days (100 dní, 2009) have received several international awards. In her work, she often likes to dwell on the border between different genres, particularly between fiction and documentary film; her most recent picture, Letiaci kôň, is an animated documentary. Outside her own projects, Viera also works as script editor and editor for independent film productions