Marta Hruba
Education:
Stephen S. Wise Community High School, Los Angeles, CA, 1995, foreign exchange student
FAMU {Academy of Performing Arts}, Department of Documentary Directing, graduation June 2004.
Exchange program Erasmus, University Paris 8
M.A., final project documentaries: Study on being ashamed and Things
Thesis: Czech Documentary films as a mirror of the Israeli Society
Work experience:
Assisting directors Radim Spacek ,Veronika Sobkova and Daniela Gebova in developing their documentary film projects
Participation (director, executive producer) in charitable project for foster homes by Unilever
Leading of a film workshop within Hear our voice multimedia project, for Hackney Music Development Trust
4 things - Cinematic distribution of 4 student films by Warner Bros., executive production
Cooperation with the Program of Ronald S. Lauder Kindergarten in Prague
Participation in Ex Oriente workshop on international coproductions
Aviva Stanoff Design, New York, internship
Czech Television – POP 2001, participation in a monthly music magazine
GARP, Advertising Agency, participation in a commercial video
Pode Bal, artistic group, making a video
People in Need Foundation, Summer 1995, voluntary work
Films:
From a seed to an ear of grain, FAMU, documentary, 1997
Our timber house, FAMU, documentary, 1998
Best friends, FAMU, fiction,1998
Field research, FAMU, documentary, 1999
She, B.A. project film, FAMU, documentary, 2000
Baruch haba, short film about the Program of Ronald S. Lauder Kindergarten in Prague, 2001
Looking for Luke Holland, portrait for the One World Festival, 2001
Things, final project film, FAMU, documentary, 2005
Kol echad, documentary, 2006
Hear our voice, participation on multimedia project, 2006
The seven days , 2008
Developing and in production:
Garden of dreams – preparing for international coproduction
Study on being ashamed – in production, premiere 2007
Festivals and awards:
Our timber house, 1999 – The FAMU Film Festival – Honourable Mention,
Field research, 2000 – The FAMU Film Festival – 4th place
2000 – the Pilsen Film Festival – Finals
She, 2001 – The FAMU Film Festival – The Foundation for the Support of Cinematography Award,
2002 – Terezin Fort Film Festival
Things,
2004 – The FAMU Film Festival – 1st Prize (Maxim) - Best Documentary
2005 – Finale Pilsen, Festival of Czech Films – Gold Kingfisher for best documentary up to 30 min
– Mixer, student film festival, prize for the best documentary
– Sheffield International Documentary Festival, selected for the festival tour
– Munich International Festival of Film Schools
Tel Aviv International Student FilmFestival
Sleepwalkers Film festival
Doc Lisboa
Languages and other skills:
Czech (native), English (fluent), French (fluent), German (read and written) and Hebrew (working proficiency), basic Final Cut Pro knowledge
Other interests:
Literature, theatre, photography, politics, swimming.