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Taskovski Films is co-producer and sales agent of the multi-award winning documentaryCzech Dream (Czech Rep.), the most successful European documentary film ever. Our portfolio includes Rene (Czech Rep.), winner of the European Academy Award – Prix Arte 2008, the Golden Dove for the Best International documentary at DOK Leipzig 2008, and other awards; Cooking History (Slovakia/ Austria), nominated for the European Academy Award, winner of the Special Jury Award at Hot Docs 2009, FIPRESCI Jury Award, Leipzig DOKS 2009, and many others; The Shutka Book of Records (Czech Rep.); The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories (Bulgaria), winner of the Grierson Award at the Times BFI London Film Festival; Other Worlds (Slovakia); The Art of Selling (Estonia), Russia/Chechnya: Voices of Dissent (UK); The Beetle KFZ – 1348(Brazil); The Return (UK, Germany, Cambodia); Mitumba (Italy), and many more.
Our feature films include Gravehopping (Slovenia, Croatia); Rules of Lies (Czech Republic); Go West (Bosnia and Hercegovina); Huddersfield (Serbia, Bosnia & Hercegovina).
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Education
Originally from Bosnia, Irena studied in Prague, graduating from the Film Academy (FAMU). She has also studied at the Sam Spiegel Film and TV School in Jerusalem and obtained a Masters degree from the National Film & Television School in London, UK.
Work Experience
In addition to running her own film company, Irena has worked in development and financing at London based production company Autonoumus (UK producers of Bosnian film No Mans Land, D.Tanovic), and in the marketing and publicity department of Tartan Films Distribution London, focusing on independent foreign language films.
Festivals
In 2004, Irena worked as a scout for Eastern European films for the Venice Film Festival Biennale. She has also organised and programmed several film festivals, including a tribute to Stephen Frears at the 2001 Sarajevo Film Festival, Indies Film Festival in Prague 1999, and Festival of Czech Films in Bosnia 1998.
In autumn 2007 Irena founded the Film Institute in Banjaluka and intiated the Banjaluka International Film Festival – BLIFF 2008, acting as its artistic director.
Irena has been a jury member at the Festroja Inernational Film Festival Portugal 2005, the Trieste Film Festival 2008, the Krakow International Film Festival 2008, and ZagrebDox 2009.
Tutoring
Irena is a lecturer at the Prague Film Academy (FAMU), and tutor at the Prague Institute of Documentary Film, as expert on international film sales and distribution, with the focus on European creative documentary cinema. She has also lectured professtionals about Marketing and Promotional strategies and distribution for many festivals, including Krakow International Film Festival, Connecting Cottbus Germany, Baltic event Tallin Estonia, Sunny Side of the Docs, and many more. (https://www.top5.com/)
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