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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Alexandra Makarová

Alexandra MAKAROVÁ (1985, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak-Austrian screenwriter and filmmaker born into a family of artists from Russia and Greece. She moved to Vienna to live with her mother, the painter Saša Makarová, and studied screenwriting and directing at the Film College Vienna. Break My Heart (2018), her film about Slovakian Roma begging in Vienna, was her feature directorial debut and won the Romy Award for best production in 2019. Perla will have its world premiere at IFFR 2025.

Filmography

An einem anderen Tag (2011, short), Sola (2013, short), Zerschlag mein Herz/Crush My Heart (2018), Perla (2025)

Alexandra Makarová at IFFR