Veronika graduated in cultural studies from Charles University and in screenwriting and dramaturgy from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). She made several TV documentaries before completing her feature-length debut Daniel’s World, which premiered at Berlinale, was screened at festivals worldwide and received the Audience Award at MFDF Ji.hlava. Her second feature-length doc The Visitors premiered at the Semaine de la Critique at Locarno IFF and was later screened at more than forty international festivals and received several awards. Her fiction feature debut The Year of the Widow (2024), premiered at Warsaw FF and was released theatrically, accompanied by the awareness campaign #YourStoryIsNotOver. Alongside her filmmaking work, Veronika has been actively involved in documentary development and training. For several years she headed the Ex Oriente Film Workshop at IDF and worked as a curator and acquisitions manager at DAFilms.
Czech Republic