Vladislava Plančíková was raised in Mostová, a small village in southern Slovakia – a traditionally multiethnic, Slovak/Hungarian region. Driven by her interest in history, people, and the social context of people's lives, she enrolled in the Department of Journalism at the Comenius University in Bratislava and earned her Bachelor’s Degree. Later, she studied Documentary Filmmaking at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava. During her studies, she directed several student films which caught the interest of the audience and professionals at numerous European film festivals: A. Kraus (2010) - Trieste Film Festival (Eastweek Project - New Talents, Great Masters); Papa (2008) - Early Melons Festival in Bratislava; Našiel by som cvrčka v tráve (2009) ( If I Found a Bug in the Grass) - DOCS Film Festival, Áčko Student Film Festival, nomination for the best student documentary film. Apart from her student films she has worked as a director on several projects for the Slovak Public Service Broadcaster RTVS, e.g. the documentary series Deti o Deťoch (Children about Children) (2011); the Public Affairs Format Cesty nádeje (Roads of Hope) (2011). She has cooperated with numerous Slovak production companies and NGOs on social projects. She focuses mainly on social documentary filmmaking. Felvidek: Caught in Between is her feature-length documentary debut.
Slovakia