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Eva Vik
Czech screenwriter and director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eva Vik (born Eva Doležalová May 5, 1991) is a Czech filmmaker, film director,[1] screenwriter, and producer, represented by Ridley Scott Creative Group worldwide.[1][2] She is known for films such as Serpentine (2023), Raven (2022) and Carte Blanche (2019). She has been recognized with numerous film awards for her rapidly rising career including the Breakout Director's Award at the Hollywood Film Festival, the Audience Award and the Best Genre Film Award at the Mammoth Film Festival, and the Best Director at HollyShorts Film Festival. Eva Vik's short film Serpentine (2023) has been nominated at the Tribeca Film Festival for the X Award and has over 2 million views on Nowness. Moreover, Eva Vik was awarded at Centre Pompidou for her Transformational Trilogy Sounds of Sun, Somnio, Samice in 2019. In 2021, Forbes magazine ranked Eva Vik among the 30 most influential people under 30.[3]
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In 2017, Eva Vik moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a screenwriter and director and made her first short film called Sound of Sun starring Sean Penn and Suki Waterhouse.
Several other short films followed, including: Carte Blanche with Dylan Sprouse, Suki Waterhouse, and Jack Kilmer who won the Audience Award at the Mammoth Film Festival in 2019 and a Breakout Director Award at the Hollywood Film Festival in 2020. And Maestro, with Clara McGregor and Karel Dobrý, which awarded her the Best Director Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the Independent Shorts Awards in 2021.
In 2022 and 2023, Eva Vik wrote and directed two body-horror science fiction works: Serpentine featuring Barbara Palvin, Luke Brandon Field, and Soo Joo Park, which earned her a Premiere at the Tribeca Festival, a nomination for the Tribeca X Award, and the awards for Best Genre Short Film at the Mammoth Film Festival and HollyShorts Film Festival. Vik's short film Raven was released by Vogue magazine and awarded at Academy Awards-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival in 2022.[4][5]
Eva Vik directed two projects in collaboration with Bulgari, Serpentine, a short film starring Barbara Palvin, and a Bulgari Omnia campaign starring Cailee Spaeny.[6]
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In 2023, she declared that she would henceforth carry the maiden name, Vik, honoring her maternal grandmother. She expressed her intention to move away from the patronymic tradition, choosing instead to adopt the surname of a strong, self-made woman who had profoundly influenced her life.[7][2]
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