Lucia Kasova

Lucia Kašová
EducationAcademy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
National Film and Television School
Valencia Polytechnic University
OccupationsDocumentary filmmaker, director, screenwriter
Years active2010s–present

Lucia Kasova (also spelled Lucia Kašová) is a Slovak documentary filmmaker, director and screenwriter.[1][2] Her work focuses on questions of freedom, equality, social issues and character-driven stories. Her most notable films include The Sailor (2021)[3][4], her feature-length documentary debut, and Orchestra from the Land of Silence (2020), a documentary about Afghanistan's all-female Zohra Orchestra. Both films were screened at international film festivals and received international recognition.

Education

Kašová studied documentary directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) in Slovakia. She has also studied at the National Film and Television School in the United Kingdom and at Technical University of Valencia in Spain. She has participated in documentary development and training programmes including Doc.Incubator, MFI Script 4 Film and East Doc Forum[5].[6]

Career

Kašová's early work included short documentary and experimental films. Her 2018 film Concrete Times[7] is a documentary city essay about Bratislava and the changing landscape along the Danube. The film was selected for international film festivals and received several awards.[8]

Her short documentary Orchestra from the Land of Silence (2020) focuses on an all-female Zohra Orchestra in Afghanistan and the experiences of young women studying music in Kabul. The film was screened at numerous international festivals and received international recognition.[9][1][10]

Kašová has also worked on television documentary projects, including the series Ex-Prime Ministers, where she interviewed Robert Fico, who was a former prime minister at the time and later returned to the office[11]. She has collaborated with the Slovak music festival Pohoda on documentary projects.[12][13]

The Sailor

Kašová's feature-length documentary debut, The Sailor, was released in 2021. She directed the film and wrote its story and screenplay. The film follows Paul Johnson, an elderly sailor living on his boat in the Caribbean, as he reflects on freedom, ageing and his unconventional way of life.[3]

The Sailor had its world premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto in 2021, where it was presented in the World Showcase programme.[14][15]

The film won the Grand Prize for Best Feature Documentary at the 2021 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.[4]

Later work

Kašová is one of three directors of the documentary Wasteland Chronicles (Zóny nikoho), together with Viera Čákanyová and Barbora Sliepková. She is also credited as a co-author of the story and screenplay. The film examines environmental contamination and ecological damage at several locations in Slovakia.[16][17]

Kašová is the director and screenwriter of World of Walls, an international creative documentary set against a near-future backdrop of extreme social inequality and climate crisis. The project was presented at international documentary industry forums and won the Pitch the Doc Prize at East Doc Platform in 2023.[18][19][20]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2017 Mama. Gabriel. Television[21] Director, writer
2017 43 Years of Bratislava Metro Director, writer
2018 Concrete Times[7][22] Director, writer
2019 Ex-Prime Ministers: Robert Fico[23][11] Director
2020 Orchestra from the Land of Silence[9][24][10] Director
2021 The Sailor[3][15][25][26][27][4][28][24] Director, writer
2023 Power[29][30] Cast
2026 Wasteland Chronicles (Zóny nikoho)[16][17] Director, story, screenplay
2027 World of Walls[31][18][32][33] Director, screenwriter

The filmography is primarily based on the Slovak Film Institute (SFÚ)[2], ČSFD[13], IDF[8] and IMDB[34] with additional sources used to verify individual works and credits.

References

  1. 1 2 "Lucia Kašová". Institute of Documentary Film. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Lucia Kašová". Slovak Film Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Sailor". Slovak Film Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Awards". Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival. Retrieved 25 August 2026. BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY GRAND PRIZE: "The Sailor", directed by Lucia Kašová, Slovakia, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Lucia Kašová – Official Website". Lucia Kašová. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Lucia Kasová". GuideDoc. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Concrete Times". DOKweb. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Lucia Kašová — biography". Institute of Documentary Film. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Orchestra from the Land of Silence, a documentary produced by Pohoda, is at international festivals and has also been nominated for film awards". Pohoda Festival. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Interview with Lucia Kašová". WOMEX. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Interview with filmmaker Lucia Kasova". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Lucia Kašová". DAFilms.
  13. 1 2 "Lucia Kašová". ČSFD.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Hot Docs 2021 Festival Guide" (PDF). Hot Docs. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  15. 1 2 "The Sailor world premieres at the 28th Hot Docs Film Festival". Slovak Film Institute. 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Wasteland Chronicles". Slovak Film Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  17. 1 2 "Wasteland Chronicles". Czech Film Center. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  18. 1 2 "World of Walls". Slovak Film Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "World of Walls". Institute of Documentary Film. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "East Doc Platform 2023 awards". Institute of Documentary Film. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "Mother. Gabriele. Television". DOKweb. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "Who won the 60th BRNO16?". BRNO16. 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2026. The first ever Czechoslovakian 16 award was given to Concrete Times by Lucie Kašová.
  23. ↑ Kašová, Lucia. "Lucia Kašová nakrútila dokument o expremiérovi Robertovi Ficovi" [Lucia Kašová Made a Documentary About Former Prime Minister Robert Fico]. SME – Closer (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  24. 1 2 "Searching for freedom". DOK.REVUE. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "Industry Days 2019" (PDF). Slovak Film Institute. 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  26. ↑ "New & Upcoming Slovak Films 2021" (PDF). Slovak Film Institute. 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  27. ↑ "Nakrútila film o morskom tulákovi The Sailor, teraz mieri na prestížny festival Hot Docs". Pravda. 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  28. ↑ "The Sailor: Slovak documentary wins award at US film festival". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  29. ↑ "Power". Slovak Film Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  30. ↑ "Review: Power". Cineuropa. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  31. ↑ "Lucia Kašová". Audiovisual Fund. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  32. ↑ "PRODUCTION: Lucia Kašová in Postproduction with Slovak/Belgian/Czech/French World of Walls". FilmNewEurope.com. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  33. ↑ "World of Walls". DOKweb. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  34. ↑ "Lucia Kasová". IMDb. Retrieved 25 August 2026.


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