Expat Kino Talks

Petr Jakl is the current king of the mountain in the Czech film sphere after breaking into the world of Hollywood film production with his medieval epic about the most influential Czech historical figure, Jan Zizka. Now with endless projects on the horizon with some of the biggest names Hollywood has to offer, we talk with him about humble beginnings to his second life as he calls it conquering the world of film.

In this episode we welcome Stanislav Callas who we had a fascinating conversation with because he is an actor who is right in the middle of breaking out. After landing a major role on Netflix in Vikings Valhalla, Knightfall, Jojo Rabbit, and more, it's not often you get to talk to a young actor who is so in the middle of their next step. He gives us insights into the mental shift, job requirements, interesting set stories, moments of realization, travel issues, and everything in between. 

I know we are a bit late but we wanted to share with everyone just who we are as filmmakers and why we chose to spend our time and effort on this podcast. It's something that we're passionate about and we want you all to know why. We encourage anyone to reach out to us and we want to engage with the community. We look forward to hearing from you guys. 

Jarin Blaschke is an American cinematographer who is most known for working closely with Robert Eggers which led him to his first Academy Award nomination for his work on The Lighthouse. An extremely talented guy and very very humble and cool to talk to. Listen as we discuss goats vs seagulls on set, myth busting rumors surrounding his work with Eggers, and will Andrew and Henry finally figure out how to close an episode? 

Charlotte Vackova is a Czech filmmaker who focuses on directing. She found early success at just 25 years with her post grad short film "liquid soul" being shown at the Cannes film festival. She keeps filming short films, music videos, fashion films and commercials, while she is freelancing as a videographer and content creator.

In Ep. 2 of EKT Andrew and Henry speak with a true master of his art, Jindra Koci. He is an art director and production designer in film who has brought to the screen everything from everyone's favorite teenage euro-romp Eurotrip all the way to being apart of the Academy award winning team responsible for last years award sweep All Quiet on the Western Front. 

In our debut episode we sit down with Jiri Sadek, FAMO graduate who went on to start not 1, but 2 production companies being Old&Rich and CoFilm currently working as a producer. We discuss some of the ins and outs of Czech independent film scene, share some stories, get some scoops and more.