About
Zdena Sykorova (she/her) is a director of photography and director based between Prague and Berlin.
Coming from a background of theater and photography, her passion naturally lies in the visual storytelling of fiction and documentary films. She graduated The Cinematography department of FAMU at Prague in 2023.
Her versatile portfolio includes short films, music and dance videos, commercial and corporate content, made for a range of platforms like cinema, TV, YouTube and social media.
Biography
2016 – 2023 MgA. Cinematography, Film and TV School, The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague
2022 – 2023 Erasmus - Film & Motion design, University of Europe for Applied sciences, Berlin
2014 – 2016 Bc. Multimedia in Economic Practice, University of Economics, Prague
Selected works
The Other Side Of The Farmland (dir. Hana Neničková, prod. FAMU & Bionaut) and Ice Break (dir. Elvira Dulskaia, prod. FAMU & 8 Heads Productions), graduation medium lenght films she shot, are currently being screened on various czech and international film festivals and they both got the nomination for the Magnesia Award Czech Lions 2024.
Another recent work are liveaction parts of the semi-animated short film Hun Tun (dir. Magdalena Hejzlarová, prod. 13ka & Protest Studios/Paris, 2023), which is in the final stages of the post-production.
Filmography
Probouzení / The awakening (5 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2023)
Huntun (12 min, dir. Magdalena Hejzlarová, prod. 13ka, 2023) - anidoc, liveaction parts
Ledová trhlina / Ice Break (20 min, dir. Elvira Dulskaia, prod. FAMU & 8Heads productions, 2022)
Za polem / The other side of farmland (23 min, dir. Hana Neničková, prod. FAMU & Bionaut, 2022)
Cizí syn / Unrelated son (17 min, dir. Hana Neničková, prod. FAMU & Czech TV, 2020)
Dlouhá cesta (15 min, dir. Anastasia Serdyuk, prod. UMPRUM, 2020) - anidoc, liveaction parts
Sněžka (26 min, dir. Elvira Dulskia, prod. FAMU, 2019)
Počítám nebe (12min, dir. David Pavlis, prod. FAMU, 2020)
Československý Stalker (11 min, dir. Vojtěch Novotný, prod. FAMU, 2020)
72 pannen (10 min, dir. Širín Nafariehová, 2020)
Intermezzo (3 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2020)
Listopad (5 min, dir. Elvira Dulskaia, prod. FAMU, 2019)
Televizní experiment (11 min, dir. Anička Petruželová, prod. FAMU, 2019)
Bumerang (4 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2019)
Bonbon (4 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2018)
Pastevectví / Sheep herding (4 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2018)
SK Neptun (4 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2018)
Guerrila Gardening (4 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2018)
Řasy (6 min, dir. Elvira Dulskaia, prod. FAMU, 2017)
Babička / Grandmother (4 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2017)
Didgeridoo (3 min, dir. & dop Zdena Sýkorová, prod. FAMU, 2017)