Saša Dlouhý – in the 1990s, he started as a gallery owner and later, as a journalist, he concentrated on reports from cultural events. In the new millennium, he merged all his activities and began filming underwater for various productions. His collaboration with documentarist Roman Vávra resulted not only in making their own nature documentaries but also caused a thematic shift towards social issues.

Auteur films

• Azory pod hladinou (Azores Under Water)
• Valdéz: ráj velryb (Valdéz: The Whale Paradise)
• Trafačka: Chrám svobody (Trafacka: Temple of Freedom)
• Léto v Šanghaji (Summer in Shanghai)
• Liebe Indigo
• Je nám spolu dobře (Happy Together)
• Bohu žel (God Forsaken)

Production and co-production

• Lidi krve (Blood Kin) – directed by Miroslav Bambušek
• 73ᴼC – directed by Baz Dinka Shamoun
• Hlasy přicházejí z dáli (Voices from a Distance) - Ahmed Al-Sabaiei
• Za uhelnou oponou (Behind the Fosil Curtain) - Vladimír Turner
• Maso (Meat) – Veronika Hlinková
• Na věčné časy (Built to Last) – Haruna Honcoop

Nominations and awards

• Czech Lion Award
• Czech Film and Television Association (FITES) Award
• Trilobit
• Pavel Koutecký Award
• Festival of Underwater Photography Tachov
• International Festival of Diving Films Vysoké Tatry
• Lund Architecture Film Festival
• Worldfest Houston

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is a Portuguese based in Prague since 2018. She studied at the Drama School in Lisbon and
since then has worked on stage, TV and advertising. She is also a theater professor and
cultural assistant at the Portuguese Institute in Prague. She plays the cello and makes
puppets in her spare time. She recently joined the FREESAM production team.

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Studied sociology and Spanish philology,
Works in theatre and film production. She has worked for FREESAM since 2016,
participating in the production of most of its films.

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Studies sociology, specialising in qualitative methods. She left that pond years ago and since
then she has been navigating more or less distant waters, including documentary – whether
as an author or as a gofer, but best as an archive researcher. In that position, she has also
cooperated with Saša Dlouhý and his corporation FREESAM since 2010.

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