Šimon Špidla

editing

Šimon Špidla studied photography at the Film school in Zlín and editing at FAMU Prague. He is author of a series of contemplative films On the river shore (2003) and The Shift (2004); the latter was screened at the prestigious festivals in Anger and in Clermont-Ferrand. He also made the film Josef Božek (2005) and a short study on the sub-machine gun Sa 58 For internal use only (2006). In 2011, he released his film Into oblivion that was nominated for the Pavel Koutecký’s Prize in 2012, received the Czech Radio Prize for the best sound at the festival One world in 2012, and was screened at the IFF Rotterdam. As an editor he cooperated with the prominent Czech and Slovak directors, such as Věra Chytilová, Jan Němec, Erika Hníková, Martin Řezníček, Lucia Králová, Adam Oľha, and Jan Šikl. Together with the directors Pavel Abrahám and Tomáš Bojar he worked on the feature-length documentary films Czech RAPublic (2008) and 2:0 (2012). Furthermore, he cooperated with Marta Nováková on the film Marta that was claimed the best debut at the festival Cottbus in 2006; with the author he is now finishing the film 8 Heads of Madness. Together with director Zuzana Špidlová he created the film Bába (2008) that won the first prize in the Cinéfondation section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently working on his feature-length film debut.