Eva Krížková

New Film Programme Members Joining One World International Documentary Film Festival 

We are excited to share that we have finalized the programming team for One World International Documentary Film Festival 2024 and would like to thank all the applicants who applied. After an open call, we have appointed three individuals who come from different continents than Europe – African, South American, and Asian. We received numerous applications, and while all applications were worth considering, we could only hire three individuals. 

Lerato Bokako, Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha, and Olivia Popp will be working on the international documentary film program. They have extensive knowledge and expertise in their respective regions and will also advise on films from these regions. Additionally, Tereza Rozálie Koldová will join the team to improve the selection of films for our competition: Slovakia and the Czech Republic for Human Rights. They will work with Eva Križková, the festival director, Katarína Gališinová, the film programmer and coordinator, and Michaela Kolláriková, the coordinator of the One World in Schools Programme, to organize the 25th festival. This year’s film program will be even more diverse and inclusive than in previous years. 

We feel privileged to be working with such amazing experts, film critics, programmers, and professionals, and we are looking forward to collaborating with them in future editions of the festival. You can find more details about our program team members below. 

Lerato Bokako 

As a film festival programmer and features writer, Lerato Bokako has a deep passion for storytelling and African cinema. Lerato has worked with a range of film festivals, from local to international, and has a keen eye for discovering new and exciting voices in cinema. In addition to her programming work, Lerato is also a features writer, covering a wide range of topics related to film and popular culture. Her writing has been published in various outlets, including Cosmopolitan SA, Art Facto and Aurora Sustainability. Lerato is committed to promoting diverse and inclusive voices, and believes that art has the power to unite and inspire.  

Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha 

Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha is a film researcher and programmer specialising in Latin American cinema. She conducted postdoctoral research at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) and was a Visiting Fellow at the KU Leuven (Belgium), Comenius University and the Academy of Performing Arts – VŠMU, both in Bratislava (Slovakia). She is the author of Espaços em conflito. Ensaios sobre a cidade no cinema argentino contemporâneo (2019) and A experiência do cinema de Lucrecia Martel: Resíduos do tempo e sons à beira da piscina (2014. Translation into Spanish in 2020), and co-editor of ReFocus: The Films of Lucrecia Martel (2022). Natalia currently works as a project manager and programme curator at the Cultural Section of the Embassy of Brazil in London, where she co-organises the Helena Solberg Cineclub. She is also the co-founder of Cinema Mentiré, a pop-up film club showcasing Latin American films in the UK. She has organised several film seasons in Brazil and has also contributed to numerous film festivals, institutions and publications worldwide, such as Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Electric Palace Cinema Hastings, London Short Film Festival, Centro Cultural São Paulo, BAFICI – Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, tranzit.sk, Cervantes Institute, Mubi Notebook, among others.  

Olivia Popp 

Olivia Popp is a Taiwanese American writer, critic, and programmer based in Berlin. She is a contributor for Cineuropa with bylines in Talking Shorts, Crooked Marquee, and others. Most recently, Olivia was a member of the International People’s Jury at the Five Flavours Asian Film Festival and participated in the Talent Press programme of Berlinale Talents.  

Tereza Rozálie Koldová 

Tereza holds an MA in Editing from FAMU in Prague. Her professional experience spans a wide range of projects, predominantly documentaries and trailers. Additionally, she has authored short documentary films, with notable recognition for “The Last Prior” at various festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad. Currently, Tereza is in the final stages of her three-year-long project shot on super8 film format. She is also actively engaged as a lecturer in educational initiatives and serves as the regional program manager for the established rough-cut workshop dok.incubator CZ&SK.