Nikola is a Czech-based director, photographer, and visual artist specializing in experimental documentary cinema. A FAMU graduate, notable works include Mrs Happy, a short film based on found letters from fifties Czechoslovakia, his debut feature La Reine explores a French lavender distillery and its community, a portrait of individual and collective memory shows that there are two ways to enjoy freedom, either as a medicinal herb or a poison drug. The film premiered at Jihlava IDFF 2023 and won domestic and international awards. He engages in media-archeology and often looks for inspiration while traveling, he likes to look for secluded communities and derelict structures, often revisiting places and people for many years. Nikola recently completed a project on Canadian Aboriginal cinema
Czech Republic