Lucie Králová

Czech Republic

Biography

Lucie Králová (b. 1978) studied at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, and she is currently completing her course at the documentary film department of Prague’s FAMU. Her films The Ill-Fated Child /Zlopověstné dítě (2003), co-director Miloslav Novák and Sold/Prodáno (2005) won the Czech Documentary Film of the Year at the IFDF in Jihlava.

Filmography:

Normální Tonda Dvořák a ti druzí/ Normal Tony Dvorák and the Others (10´, CZ, 2001)
Zlopověstné dítě/ The Ill-Fated Child - with Miloslav Novák (37´, CZ, 2003)
Nadtrpaslík (25´, CZ, 2003)
Děti z Hartmanic (30´, CZ, 2004)
Prodáno (25´, CZ, 2005)
Ztracená dovolená/ Lost Holiday (85´, CZ, 2006)
Hranice pachu/ The Border of the Smell (27´, CZ, 2006)
Legie - Patria Nostra (56´, CZ, 2007)

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Lost Holiday

Ztracená dovolená (Orig.) / 2007 / Czech Republic / 84 min

Awarded BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 30 MINUTES LONG at 42nd Karlovy Vary IFF.

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Sold

Prodáno (Orig.) / 2005 / Czech Republic / 28 min

The Hradčany district of Prague. A 16th century building, which abuts the Foreign Ministry, is one of the few places in the area still inhabited by its original, pre-Revolution tenants.

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The Czech Hump

Pahrbek český (Orig.) / 2009 / Czech Republic / 58 min

The documentary records the construction carried out in extremely difficult conditions, its changes and the reactions of various people. Can this small house on four legs last till the next spring?

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The Superdwarf

Nadtrpaslík (Orig.) / 2003 / Czech Republic / 25 min

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