Šimon Dvorácek

Šimon Dvorácek was born in 1988 in Prague. He graduated at high school in photography and new media. He continues his study at Prague FAMU on Camera Department, where he graduated with master’s degree. During his studies, he made his first feature film in the Czech-Austrian co-production called MENANDROS & THAIS which is a experimental antique road movie with striking and theatrical stylization. Right after, he started work on a number of projects that often work in cross-genre of documentary and feature film. Last year, his short movie RECONSTRUCTION was in the International Short Film Competition - Pardi di domani at Locarno movie festival. At the moment, his latest projects, especially THE SOUND IS INNOCENT, the story of electronic music, was screened at the Vision du Reel in Nyon at the Burning Lights International Competition and also the movie called OFF SIDES about young ice hockey team exchange between Czech and Morrocco country, which was also screened there in Grand angle selection.