Participants of the
Tu+kino  2025 festival

Since 2006, she has worked for Czech Television. Between 2012 and 2016, she was a creative producer at Czech Television Brno. As a director, she is behind three series of the popular documentary series Ptáčata (Baby Birds) about children from a segregated school in Brno. After leaving Czech Television, she served as vice dean of FAMU for international relations, and currently teaches at the FAMU production department. She founded and runs the international serial production festival Serial Killer, and since 2021 has been director of the Television Institute. She is a member of the Tuke.TV Expert Council. 

studied screenwriting and, since 2022, also directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. As the son of a Roma family from Montenegro, he lived in Germany from 1991 to 2008 with temporary deferral of deportation ("Duldungsstatus"). This period was marked by constant uncertainty and the threat of expulsion. After graduating from high school, Sejad trained as an event manager and then studied Media Design and Production at the Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, where he successfully completed his bachelor's degree in 2020. In the winter semester of 2020, he began studying screenwriting at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Thanks to the great success of his second-year film Fifteen Minutes, which premiered at the Hof International Film Festival in 2022 and won several short film awards, he was offered a transfer to the directing program. His film German Is Hard Work premiered at the Hof International Film Festival in 2023.

Co-founder of Tuke.TV, an audiovisual platform reflecting Roma and Czech society through a wide range of online audiovisual content. In collaboration with Czech Television, she is developing a series adaptation of Věra Chytilová's original 1986 film Vlčí bouda (Wolf's Den). In 2024, she released her documentary directorial debut Rozdělené životy: Příběhy desegregace (Divided Lives: Stories of Desegregation). In addition to her work as a creative producer, she is dedicated to inclusion in audiovisual media and supporting creators of Roma origin. Her themes include the cultivation of public debate, Romani identity, gender equality, and finding ways to maintain perspective and humor. 

is a German Kurd, the son of immigrants who left Turkey for work. Between 2003 and 2006, he worked in Hamburg as a part-time worker, driver and assistant director on more than 20 feature films. During the same period, he made more than a dozen short films himself. Between 2006 and 2012, he studied under Michael Haneke and Peter Patzak at the Film Academy in Vienna. He has been to more than sixty festivals and his short school film Cheeese... (2008) has won fifteen awards. In 2011, Tabak received the Vienna Film Academy Award, which highlights his exemplary work and the artistic value of his work. His feature debut Your Beauty Is Priceless is his graduation film.​

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He was born in Mohács in 1956. In 1975, he began working at the studio in Kecskemét. He participated in the production of almost all of the studio's films, initially as a keyframe artist and cleaner, then as an animator, animation director, co-director, and director—both for television series and feature films.

is an animated film director, graphic designer, and educator. Important motifs in her animated films include various houses, rooms, living spaces, boxes, and, of course, their inhabitants. In recent years, she has also been working on spatial miniatures of these environments. For Eszter, it is precisely the experimentation with these elements, perspective illusions, and the relationship between character and space that makes her happy. 

began his career as an editor of adult films. After meeting director and producer Jiří Sádek, he began writing the screenplay for the film MULO, which tells the story of a demon from Romani folklore. The project successfully received support from the then State Cinematography Fund and is now in active development. During the pandemic, he began developing the project Vlčí bouda (Wolf's Den) with producer Alice Sigmund Heráková. The series is a remake of the classic film by internationally renowned director Věra Chytilová. Although another author eventually took over the work on the screenplay, Robert is still the author of the original story and screenplay. He is currently working with Heráková on a new project, a horror anthology called Hrůzovládci (The Lords of Horror). The first episode, a short film called Oko bouře (Eye of the Storm), has received support from the South Moravian Film Fund, and filming is currently planned for 2027. Robert is also a queer Romani and is actively involved in discussions about inclusion in film. He advocates for better representation of Roma and other minorities in audiovisual media, and his screenplays reflect the diversity of the world around us. He also teaches at Masaryk University and works as a voice actor.​​​​​​

is a British Romani filmmaker who is dedicated to authentically portraying his community on screen. He has worked as an assistant director on feature films, documentaries, and commercials for major studios and television networks, including the BBC, HBO, Warner Bros., Sony Music, Amazon, Film4, and Disney, gaining extensive experience in both development and production. Under the Romani-led production company Patrin Films, he developed, co-wrote, and directed the film Angry Bird. It was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Raindance Film Festival and is currently touring other festivals. He is also developing an original screenplay in collaboration with the BFI and, in collaboration with the creative studio DoBeDo, is preparing a book of photographs that will offer an inside look at the Romani community.

born in 1982 in Prizren (Kosovo), lives and works in Berlin. In 2005, he graduated from acting school in Freiburg and founded the organization Amaro Drom (Our Journey). After a year in Zurich, he moved to Berlin in 2006, where he acts and directs at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße theater (Romeo rennt), the Maxim Gorki Theater (Journey/Drom, Roma Armee), and other smaller theaters. Since 2007, Bytyçi has been working as an independent theater and media educator at various schools in Berlin. In 2012, he founded the RomaTrial e.V. association and developed his own interactive performance format, Hilton 437, in which he addresses social and political issues. In 2017, he initiated the AKE DIKHEA? Roma film festival, which he has been artistically directing ever since. In 2018, together with Delaine Le Bas, he curated the first Roma biennial COME OUT NOW!, which took place at the Maxim Gorki Theater.

born on August 9, 1985, graduated from the four-year GJBI high school in Ivančice. From 2005 to 2010, he studied editing at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, earning both a bachelor's and master's degree. At the same time, from 2009 to 2010, he completed the Erasmus program in feature film directing at the RITS film school, Erasmus Hogeschool in Brussels. His work focuses on projects dealing with minorities.

is a British Romani filmmaker from the Traveller community, working internationally in the UK, Germany, and other countries. In 2022, she was the creative producer of the animated documentary series People Die Twice, which presents the life stories of Romani survivors and victims of the Holocaust. From 2021 to 2024, she served as program manager, co-curator, and in 2024 also as co-director of the AKE DIKHEA? International Romani Film Festival in Berlin. In 2025, she prepared film programs for the Filmfest Dresden and Short Film Festival Hamburg. In 2023, she founded Patrin Films, one of the first Romani production companies in the UK. By 2025, Patrin Films had produced The Earth Beneath Margaret’s Feet and Angry Bird, winner of the Netflix Talent Fund Award, which premiered and was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Raindance Film Festival in June 2025. She is also the producer and screenwriter of the film ROMANY (for BBC Wales – available on BBC iPlayer). Since 2023, she has been a member of the European Film Academy and co-founder of the European Romani Filmmakers Network.

is a filmmaker living and working on the west coast of Sweden. He has experience in the DIY and underground scene and has worked on many low- and high-budget projects over the past fifteen years, both nationally and internationally. His short film Chavo won the award for best short film at the AKE DIKHEA? international festival.

has been working for many years at the Department of Social Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno. Among other things, she deals with the issues of socially disadvantaged groups, especially in the context of their activation and support in education. She is a researcher and co-researcher on various projects implemented in the Czech Republic and abroad. One of their topics is community development and community life.​

Originally a music producer, since 2022 he has been fully dedicated to creating audiovisual content with parodic, entertaining, and socially critical overtones. He is active on social media, and his domain is cult films and Romani life, which he transfers into well-known film scenes. He is involved in directing, screenwriting, and editing, and currently has several projects in development. Since September 2025, Herohero has been featuring his Romani version of the cult South Korean series Squid Game, to which he adds several characters and their stories. 

is the director of ARA ART, an organization focused on culture with a significant social impact, education, and promoting the rights of the Roma LGBTAIQ community. He is also an actor and documentary and theater director. He serves as a member of the Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs. David is the founder of the European Roma LGBTAIQ movement. He is a laureate of the Museum of Romani Culture Award (2018) and recipient of the František Kriegel Award for Courage (2019), awarded by Charter 77. In 2019, he was awarded the title of Pride Marshal. He is a member of the prestigious Ashoka Fellows program.

is a professional actor of Romani origin. He was born and raised in Prague and graduated from DAMU, where he studied alternative and puppet theater acting. He collaborates with the Romani organizations ARA ART, ROMEA, Slovo 21, and, most recently, TUKE TV. He has hosted events such as International Roma Day and served as press spokesman for the Khamoro World Roma Festival. He has appeared on stage at Brno's Divadlo Husa na provázku, Horácké divadlo in Jihlava, and the Summer Stage of the Revolving Auditorium in Český Krumlov. Prague audiences can see him regularly at the Pomezí Theater. He is a member of the theater and puppet troupe "Tmel," with which he regularly performs not only in Czechia but also abroad. Nick is also involved in film and television production – for example, he appeared in the upcoming series Oddíl B by Jan Prušinovský and Petr Kolečko, which should be available next year on the OnePlay platform.

má 24 rokov a žije v Trnave. Je absolventom štúdia filmovej scenáristiky a réžie na Vysokej škole múzických umení v Bratislave, kde svoje päťročné štúdium ukončil dojímavým magicko-realistickým scenárom o rómskom dospievaní počas konca sveta. Scenáristicky sa takisto podieľal na viacerých krátkych filmov, z ktorých sa niektoré dostali na zahraničné filmové festivaly, a momentálne píše thriller o mladom mužovi, ktorý sa schýli k neodvratnému činu. Vo svojej tvorbe sa Adrián zameriava na postavy mladých ľudí a rád mieša drámu so žánrami, či už ide o komédiu alebo horor.

is a director, screenwriter, and editor from India. He graduated from FAMU with a master's degree in directing. He worked as the main assistant director and collaborating editor on the feature-length documentary All That Breathes (2022), which was nominated for an Oscar. The film won top prizes at several festivals, including Cannes and Sundance. He is also co-director and editor of the film I Dream of Villainy, which was supported by the Catapult Film Fund. His graduation film Mulo Drom explores the Roma community in the Czech Republic and is set to premiere at major film festivals.

is a director, screenwriter, and editor from India. He graduated from FAMU with a master's degree in directing. He worked as the main assistant director and collaborating editor on the feature-length documentary All That Breathes (2022), which was nominated for an Oscar. The film won top prizes at several festivals, including Cannes and Sundance. He is also co-director and editor of the film I Dream of Villainy, which was supported by the Catapult Film Fund. His graduation film Mulo Drom explores the Roma community in the Czech Republic and is set to premiere at major film festivals.