Prague
Daniela is a curator, festival organiser and researcher. Born in Slovakia, she studied Film Studies and Gender Studies at Charles University in Prague, where she’s now based. She is the executive director of ART*VR – Festival of Virtual Reality and Immersive Art, the biggest festival in Central and Eastern Europe solely dedicated to XR.
She is also the project manager and head of acquisitions of the VOD platform DAFilms.com showing documentary and experimental film. In her research, she focuses on film festivals and their strategies for environmental sustainability, gender equality, diversity and inclusion. She coordinates the Critics Academy of Locarno Film Festival and occasionally writes for the Slovak online film magazine Pontón.