Barbora Kyas
film programmer, curator
Barbora Kyas graduated from Masaryk University with degrees in Aesthetics and Film and Audiovisual Culture Theory and History. Her research focuses on film and festival dramaturgy and programming, curatorship, and education in the field of children's and teenage cinema. Together with British scholar Noel Brown, she studies the phenomenon of children's film festivals. She collaborates with the production company Punk Film, representing their films at festivals, including The Devil's Quill (2018), The World According to Mucha (2020), and The Last Race (2022).
She has worked in programming teams at film festivals such as the Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth and the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. She was the Programme Director of the JUNIORFEST International Film Festival for Children and Youth from 2017 to 2023.
She is currently involved in the development of new projects for young audiences and contributes to the programming and film selection for the Zlín Film Festival.