Edition : Trieste 2016

JAN MACOLA

Producer – Mimesis Film (Czech Republic)

Contact : info@mimesis.cz

Biography

Mimesis Film was founded in 2012 by Jan Macola, who had been previously working for Barrandov Studios as Head of Co-Productions and Development. His producing debut „The Way Out“, written and directed by Petr Vaclav, premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2014 within the ACID selection and got seven Czech Film and Television Academy Awards, including the best picture category.

 

The company has produced Vaclav’s feature documentary Confession Of The Vanished and his features We Are Never Alone and Skokan. Mimesis Film has also produced documentaries „Normal Autistic Film“ by Miroslav Janek and „Into The North“ by Natasha Dudinski. It is currently developing Petr Vaclav’s Il Boemo.