Iveta Grófová
Award-winning director and graduate of Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her feature debut MADE IN ASH (2012) was premiered at IFF Karlovy Vary and was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. This was followed by successful screenings and awards at many festivals, such as Thessaloniki IFF, Film Festival Cottbus, Torino Film Festival and numerous others. Iveta Grófová also directed a short story DISCO BOJ (2013) as a part of cinema feature film SLOVAKIA 2.0 and several documentaries for televisions, such as BLUES FOR SOLO MOTHERS (2014) – a time-lapse documentary about unemployed single mothers attempting to return to the job market after their maternity leave – and MONIKA KOMPANÍKOVÁ’S CRUISE DIARY – a documentary road movie of the author of the novel which is being adapted by Iveta’s upcoming second feature LITTLE HARBOUR. In 2010, she opened a production company Hulapa film focusing mainly on development and production of her author-driven films.

Director's statement
“When reading the book, I found within an immensely powerful coming-of-age story. I was instantly drawn to the unique visual palette that was expressed in the text and knew immediately that this was a story I had to tell. After my debut film, I wished to create a new film with appealing visual imagery and the world of children provides that perfect arena”.