Ivan Ostrochovský

Ivan Ostrochovský (b. 1972, Žilina, Czechoslovakia) graduated from the department of audiovisual studies and documentary filmmaking at Bratislava's Academy of Performing Arts. His documentary work includes Lesser Evil (2004) and Ilja (2009). He codirected his feature-length documentary debut Velvet Terrorists, which screened at the Karlovy Vary IFF, winning the FEDEORA Award; at the festival in Berlin it received the Tagesspiegel Readers' Prize. Ostrochovský coproduced the films Matchmaking Mayor (Nesvatbov, 2010, dir. Erika Hníková) and Made in Ash (Až do mesta Aš, 2010, dir. Iveta Grófová). Koza is his first dramatic feature.

50. MFF Karlovy Vary