Cinémotif Films is a Prague-based independent film production company founded in 2016 by Kristýna Michálek Květová. While the company started with producing mostly debut features and author documentaries, Cinémotif Film has, in time, expanded its portfolio and engages in all types of audiovisual productions, including minority co-productions.
The company has now three producers: Kristýna Michálek Květová, Martina Netíková and Tomáš Michálek. We focus on development and production of both feature and documentary films but also TV series suitable for European co-productions. We are interested in both majority and minority film projects that are looking for new approaches to filmmaking. We enjoy growing together with filmmakers that we can build long-lasting relationships with. Our films have travelled to festivals such as Venice, Locarno, Hot Docs or Visions du Réel.
We are members of Czech Audiovisual Producer Association.
KRISTÝNA MICHÁLEK KVĚTOVÁ
CEO & producer
kristyna@cinemotiffilms.cz
Founder of Cinémotif Films and a graduate of FAMU, Kristýna brings together Eastern and Western European voices through bold international co-productions and socially engaged stories. She gravitates toward auteur-driven projects that spark dialogue and cross cultural borders.
Her work includes Arved (2022), winner of Best Film at the Czech Film Critics’ Awards and nominated for twelve Czech Lions; Photophobia (Venice 2023), a hybrid war-time drama awarded the Europa Cinemas Label at Venice and screened at over 40 festivals; The Visitors (Locarno Semaine de la Critique 2022), a documentary on Arctic identity and migration selected for more than 40 international festivals; and Year of the Widow (Warsaw 2024), praised for Best Script and Best Leading Actress at the Czech national awards.
She is currently developing Nora (dir. Martin Krejčí), a psychological drama, and fiction debut Crystals (dir. Apolena Rychlíková).
Kristýna is an alumna of EURODOC, Midpoint, ACE Workshop 2025, and was named one of Producers on the Move 2024 in Cannes. She is a member of the European Film Academy.
MARTINA NETÍKOVÁ
producer
martina@cinemotiffilms.cz
A FAMU graduate with a background in photography and fine arts, Martina focuses on auteur-driven documentaries, hybrid works, and fiction with strong social and cultural resonance.
Her credits include Photophobia (Venice 2023), winner of the Europa Cinemas Label and shown at 40+ festivals; The Visitors (Locarno Semaine de la Critique 2022), Jury Prize at Ji.hlava and screened at Hot Docs, CPH:DOX and more; Echt (Ji.hlava 2024),
a portrait of painter Jan Merta; and Rites (2022), winner of the Czech Lion for Best Short Film.
Her current slate includes hybrid documentary My Other Perfect Me (dir. Veronika Lišková), Trial Death (dir. Tomáš Klein), the mini-series All that is Left (with Damián Vondrášek and Sára Zeithammerová), and the fiction debut Crystals (dir. Apolena Rychlíková).
Alongside her work at Cinémotif Films, she co-leads, together with Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, FAMU’s Master’s Production Atelier. Martina is a member of the Czech Film and Television Academy and an alumna of Focus Script (Cannes), EAVE Marketing Workshop and Midpoint.
TOMÁŠ MICHÁLEK
producer
tomas@cinemotiffilms.cz
A graduate of FAMU’s Production Department, Tomáš co-founded the independent company MasterFilm in 2011 and joined Cinémotif Films as senior producer in 2020. Influenced early by Věra Chytilová, he has built a career championing distinctive auteur voices in fiction, documentary and animation. He also co-leads a production atelier at FAMU with Jaromír Kallista.
His credits include Year of the Widow (Warsaw 2024); Photophobia (Venice 2023) – Europa Cinemas Label, Best Czech Joy at Ji.hlava, Czech Critics’ Best Documentary;
A Sensitive Person (KVIFF 2023) – five Czech Lion nominations; Arved (2022) – Czech Critics’ Best Film and multiple Czech Lion wins; Bear with Us (KVIFF 2018) – 100,000+ domestic admissions; and
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (KVIFF 2016, Rotterdam).
In animation he produced The Fruits of Clouds (2017) – Annecy, Berlinale, European Children’s Film Award, BAFTA nomination – and Mud Pie! (2021) – Cinekid, Giffoni, Belfast and others.
Tomáš is an alumnus of EAVE, EURODOC, ACE Training Days, and Emerging Producers 2016.
MAREK DUSIL
festivals, sales & office
marek@cinemotiffilms.cz
IVANA HORVÁTOVÁ
intership
ivana@cinemotiffilms.cz