Speakers & Juries

International Industry Insights Speakers

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Barbora Struss

Barbora Struss is the co-founder and CEO of MIDPOINT Institute – an international training and networking platform for film and series professionals, supporting content development and creative collaboration across Europe. In June 2025, she was appointed to the board of the Czech Audiovisual Fund for the support of television works. Prior to founding MIDPOINT, she worked across the European audiovisual sector, including film sales, international PR, as head of the Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Czech Republic, and in various international training initiatives.

Speaking at: International Industry Insights, Monday July 7, 10:30 – 13:30

Nicolás Celis

Mexican producer, a key figure of Latin America’s film industry. He was involved as a producer in the Oscar-winning Roma (Alfonso Cuarón) and he has produced works by renowned Mexican filmmakers Tatiana Huezo, Amat Escalante and Alfonso Cuarón. He has also worked on international co-productions for directors such as Jacques Audiard and Diego Lerman. He is a member of the Mexican and American Academies of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Producers Guild of America.

Miroslav Vlček

Miroslav Vlček works as a project manager at the Platform for Sustainable Audiovisual, where he focuses mainly on research in the field of greenfilming and on communicating measures that help reduce the negative impacts of filming. He also works as an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Ostrava, where he focuses on the topic of media sustainability in a broader context.

Markéta Šantrochová

Marketa Santrochova studied Czech language and literature and French translation. After more than eight years working closely with the Program Department of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, in 2004 she joined the newly created Czech Film Center, where she was tasked with developing its agenda and staking out its position in both the Czech and international film environments. She has served as head of the CFC since 2013. In May 2019, she was named the president of the European Film Promotion, an international network of film promotion institutes from 37 countries from throughout Europe.