Eva Vik
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Eva Vik | |
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 Eva Vik in 2022 | |
| Born | Eva Doležalová May 5, 1991 |
| Other names | Eva Dolezalova |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Awards | Full list |
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Eva Vik (born Eva Doležalová May 5, 1991) is a Czech filmmaker, film director, screenwriter and producer. Vik is represented by Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) worldwide.[1]
Vik's film work has premiered on Mubi, Nowness, Dazed, Amazon Prime Video, and Vogue, and screened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Biography
At the age of 10, Eva Vik[2] began acting in Czech films and theatrical productions, thanks to her grandmother who entered her in a local casting call. She later became a regular in a Theatre Studio “V,” where she in addition co-wrote plays.[citation needed]
At the age of 18, she moved to London to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but stayed for one year. After RADA, Vik participated in a few films with well-known directors such as Shane Black and Mike Figgis.[citation needed]
She then moved to Paris. In 2021, Vic was named in Forbes' 30 Under 30 feature.[3][4]
Personal life
Vik's birth surname is Doležalová, but in 2023, she took the maiden surname of her grandmother, Vik.[5] She said she no longer felt inclined to follow the patriarchal structure of women being fastened to male surnames and instead wanted to continue the family name of strong and independent women such as her mother and grandmother.[citation needed]
Vik speaks five languages: English, French, Czech, Italian and Polish.
Career
In order to pursue writing and directing, in 2017, Vik moved to Los Angeles, where she completed her first short film, Sound of Sun, starring Sean Penn and Suki Waterhouse, released by NOWNESS.[citation needed]
Since then, Vik has directed several other short films, including Carte Blanche, starring Dylan Sprouse, Suki Waterhouse, and Jack Kilmer, for which she received an Audience Award at the Mammoth Film Festival in 2019 and a Breakout Director Award in Capri Hollywood International Film Festival in 2020. The film was distributed by Amazon Prime Video. Vik also earned the Best Director's Award in 2021 for Maestro, starring Clara McGregor and Karel Dobrý at Independent Shorts Awards USA and the grand Jury Prize for Best Drama. Maestro was later released by Amazon Prime Video.
In 2022 Vik wrote and directed Serpentine, a sci-fi body-horror about a covert snake cult breaking the genetic code to bring about a new interspecies, starring Barbara Palvin, Luke Brandon Field, and Soo Joo Park. Serpentine earned Vik a Tribeca Festival premiere, X Award nomination, and won the Best Genre Short Film at Mammoth Film Festival.[citation needed]
Vik's latest work includes Raven, a poetic sci-fi about a relationship between extraterrestrial intelligence and humanity, which was released by Vogue magazine in February 2023.
Centre Pompidou in Paris screened Vik's trilogy of Transformational Shorts: Sound of Sun, Somnio, and Samice, all in the subject of metamorphosis into each own self and psyche, for which she was awarded by 7000 Art Company in France.
Vik is an ambassador for the White Ribbon Campaign USA, a global movement working to end violence against women and children.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | Distributor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
| 2016 | Sound of Sun | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short Film, starring Suki Waterhouse & Sean Penn | Centre Pompidou & Nowness |
| 2017 | Somnio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short Film, starring Syrie Moskowitz | Centre Pompidou |
| 2018 | Good Looking[6] by Suki Waterhouse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Music Video, starring Jordan Barrett & Suki Waterhouse | Vevo |
| 2018 | Les Inconnus: Escape | Yes | Yes | Yes | Video & Commercial, starring Jade Weber, Katty Ukhanova, Lauren Taylor | Vogue |
| 2019 | Butcher Boy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film, starring Jack Kilmer & Camille Rowe | Dazed |
| 2019 | Carte Blanche | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film, starring Dylan Sprouse, Jack Kilmer, Suki Waterhouse, Johnny Whitworth | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2019 | Samice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film, starring Rainey Qualley, Ray Nicholson, Emily Labowe | Centre Pompidou |
| 2020 | Maestro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film, starring Karel Dobrý, Clara McGregor, Lucky Blue Smith, Annica Lilljeblad | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2021 | Anima Us | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film, starring Inja Zalta & Dave Davis | Dazed |
| 2022 | Raven | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film, starring Stanislav Majer, Barbora Podzimková, Hana Vagnerová, Adam Vacula | Vogue |
| 2022 | Oblivion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Music video, starring Remington Leith, Emerson Barrettt, Sebastian Danzig | Vevo |
| 2022 | Fletcher: Better Version | Yes | Yes | Yes | Music video, starring Ava Capri, Gavin Leatherwood, Fletcher | Vevo |
| 2022 | Broken | Yes | Yes | Yes | Music video, starring Inja Zalta, Remington Leith, Emerson Barrett | Vevo |
| 2023 | Serpentine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film, starring Barbara Palvin, Luke Brandon Field, Soo Joo Park | Nowness |
Awards and recognitions
Awards
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| Year | Nominated Work | Category | Awarded by |
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| 2019 | Carte Blanche | Audience Award | Mammoth Film Festival |
| 2020 | Carte Blanche | Breakout Director Award | Capri Hollywood Film Festival |
| 2020 | Maestro | Jury Prize Best Director | Independent Shorts Awards |
| 2020 | Maestro | Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement | Independent Shorts Awards |
| 2020 | Maestro | Platinum Award Winner for Best Drama Short | Independent Shorts Awards |
| 2020 | Maestro | Best Women Short | Cyrus Film Festival |
| 2022 | Serpentine | Finalist | Tribeca Film Festival for the X Award |
| 2022 | Serpentine | Best Genre Film | Mammoth Film Festival |
Recognitions
| Year | Recognition | Category |
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| 2019 | Award for Transformational Trilogy: Sound of Sun, Somnio, and Samice screened at the Centre Pompidou Foundation, Paris | Film/Arts |
| 2019 | Award for Philanthropy: work with White Ribbon foundation against domestic violence towards women and children | Social/Community work |
References
- ^ "RSA Films - Eva Vik". rsafilms.com.
- ^ "An Interview with Eva Vik". Archived from the original on 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Eva Vik".
- ^ "Forbes 30 pod 30 – ročník 2021".
- ^ "Award-Winning Director Eva Vik Takes Grandmother's Surname for Artistic Freedom - LA Weekly". laweekly.com.
- ^ "Good Looking - Suki Waterhouse (Music Video 2018)".