Marko Škop (born 1974 in

Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

) is a Slovak film director. He received degrees in journalism at

Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava ( sk, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is name ...

in 1996 and in film directing at the

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava ( sk, Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949. The university consists of three faculties: *''Theatre Faculty'' (Acting, Directing, Dramat ...

in 2001. He gained his PhD in Mass Media from the Faculty of Philosophy at

in 2005.

Awards

At the

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

, ''Other Worlds'' received the "Audience Award" and "Special Mention of the Jury" in 2006, and ''Osadné'' was awarded "Best Documentary" in 2009. At the

BFI London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shor ...

, ''Osadné'' was nominated for the "Grierson Award" in 2009. At the

2015 Toronto International Film Festival The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's ''Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naom ...

, ''Eva Nová'' won the prize of the

International Federation of Film Critics The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

(FIPRESCI) for the Discovery programme.

Filmography

* 2006: ''Other Worlds'' / Iné svety * 2008: ''Blind Loves'' / Slepé lásky (Producer) * 2009: ''Osadné'' * 2012: ''New Life of Family Album'' / Nový život (Producer) * 2013: ''Miracle'' / Zázrak (Producer) * 2015: ''

Eva Nová ''Eva Nová'' is a 2015 Slovak-Czech drama film written, directed and co-produced by Marko Škop. It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It was selected as the S ...

'' (Director / Writer / Producer) * 2019 : ''

Let There Be Light "Let there be light" is an English translation of the Hebrew (''yehi 'or'') found in Genesis 1:3 of the Torah, the first part of the Hebrew Bible. In Old Testament translations of the phrase, translations include the Greek phrase (''genēth ...

'' (Director / Producer)

References

External links

* 1974 births Living people People from Prešov Slovak film directors Sun in a Net Awards winners {{Slovakia-film-director-stub