Pavla Janoušková Kubečková

Pavla Janoušková Kubečková (1985) studied journalism and media studies at Charles University as well as Film Production at FAMU in Prague. In 2009, Pavla co-founded the production company nutprodukce and started working as an independent producer. Her first film "Graffitiger" was nominated for the Student Oscar. She was one of the producers of the highly successful HBO miniseries "Burning Bush", directed by Academy Award Nominee Agnieszka Holland. In 2013 she produced two feature documentaries: "Show!", which won the Czech Critics' Award for Best Czech Documentary and the Audience Award at the Jihlava IDFF, and "The Great Night", which was awarded Best Czech Documentary at the Jihlava IDFF and premiered in the main competition at CPH:DOX. In 2014, she completed two other feature documentaries ("Long Live Hunting!" and "My Home"), both of which screened at more than 10 international festivals. Last year Pavla produced a new documentary, "FC Roma", which premiered in competition at Karlovy Vary IFF and was awarded Best Czech Documentary at the Jihlava IDFF. She was also one of the initial and leading producers of "Wasteland", an original TV series for HBO Europe. Its international premiere was at the Toronto Film Festival as part of the Primetime selection. Pavla was also a co-producer of Agnieszka Holland’s latest feature film, "Spoor", which won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Prize at the 2017 Berlinale and is now on the EFA 2017 shortlist. As part of her education, Pavla attended many European film workshops, e.g. Emerging Producers, DOK.Incubator, Midpoint, Ex Oriente, Eurodoc, and she was selected as one of this year's Producers on the Move at the Cannes IFF.