Biography

Kateřina Karhánková is a director, screenwriter, animator, illustrator and visual artist. Her short films The New Species (2013) and The Fruits of Clouds (2017) were selected by the Annecy IFF for competition and have won a number of awards. Film Fruits of Clouds was also nominated for European Animation Awards 2018, BAFTA 2018 and was awarded by European Children’s Film Association as the best animated film for children on Berlinale 2019. Katerina is one of the directors of the animated TV series Hungry Bear Tales. Alexandra Májová is an illustrator, visual artist, animator and director. She studied animation at FAMU. In the course of her studies, she spent time at the animation department of Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. She has directed the short animated student films, Allergy (2008), Swimming Pool (2010) and Mythopolis (2013) among others, which won a number of significant awards both domestic and international. She currently illustrates children’s books, works on children TV series Hungry Bear Tales and on her new short animated film Washing Machine. This film is a part of the set Little Snowman and Other Animations.