Viera Čákanyová (*1980) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in Screenwriting and from FAMU in Prague in Documentary Filmmaking. Her student films received multiple awards as well as at international festivals. She won the Regard Neuf, Vaud Canton’s Award for Best First or Second Film at the Visions du Réel festival. Viera Čákanyová also works as script editor and editor for independent projects and makes documentaries for TV and non-profit organizations. Her debut feature FREM received its international premiere at the Berlinale, and was shown at more than twenty international film festivals across the world. Čákanyová’s latest film White on White received its world premiere at the 23rd Ji.hlava IDFF where
it became Best World Documentary.
it became Best World Documentary.