Andrea Sedláčková (born 22 February 1967) is a Czech

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and

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. Her 2000 film '' Victims and Murderers'' was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.

Early life

From 1986 to 1989, she studied screenwriting and dramaturgy at the

Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague () or FAMU is a film school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. It is the fifth oldest film school in ...

(FAMU). She participated in the January 1989 demonstrations in Prague. In the summer of 1989, while in London, she saw the televised 21 August 1989 demonstrations. She applied for political asylum in Paris, which she was granted on 17 November 1989 (

Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Pa ...

). She studied in the editing department of

La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École nationale supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Institute for Professional Image and Sound", formerly known as the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, IDHEC) is a French grande écol ...

, from which she was graduated in 1994.

Selected filmography

Director

* '' Victims and Murderers'' (2000) * ''Seducer'' (2002) * '' Fair Play'' (2014) * ''Backstage'' (2018)

Editor

* '' Our Happy Lives'' (1999) * '' Sachs' Disease'' (1999) * '' Une hirondelle a fait le printemps'' (2001) * ''

Almost Peaceful ''Almost Peaceful'' () is a 2002 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Michel Deville. The film entered the main competition at the 59th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot Cast * Simon Abkarian as Monsieur Albert ...

'' (2002) * '' Love Me If You Dare'' (2004) * '' Malabar Princess'' (2004) * '' Joyeux Noël'' (2005) * ''

Contre-enquête ''Counter Investigation'' () is a 2007 French crime film directed by Franck Mancuso that came out in 2007, with Jean Dujardin in the leading role. From a story by Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer ...

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Farewell'' (2009) * '' With Love... from the Age of Reason'' (2010) * ''

Demi-soeur ''Demi-soeur'' () is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Josiane Balasko and starring Balasko and Michel Blanc. Plot Nenette is a lady who has the mental age of an eight year old. After the death of her mother, she leaves on a search of her ...

'' (2013) * ''

L'Odeur de la mandarine ''The Scent of Mandarin'' () is a 2015 French drama film directed by Gilles Legrand. It stars Olivier Gourmet and Georgia Scalliet. It was nominated for two César Awards at the 41st César Awards. The mother and her child have to seek shelter und ...

'' (2015) * ''

A Kid ''A Kid'' () is a 2016 French-Canadian drama film written and directed by Philippe Lioret and starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand and Catherine De Léan Catherine De Léan (born April 27, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted ...

'' (2016) * ''

Garde alternée ''Garde alternée'' is a 2017 French comedy film directed by Alexandra Leclère. Plot A woman discovers that her husband has a mistress. She will then propose to the latter to share their life with her husband alternating one week out of two. Ca ...

'' (2017)

References

External links

* 1967 births Living people Czech film editors Czech screenwriters Czech women film directors Film directors from Prague Women film editors Czech women screenwriters La Fémis alumni Czechoslovak exiles Czechoslovak emigrants to France Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni {{CzechRepublic-film-director-stub