About
Born and raised in Slovakia, Beata first worked in international sales in Paris before becoming a producer at Umedia in Brussels. She is now CFO at Wrong Men. She founded Paris-based Pivonka Production and Brussels-based Naoko Films. With both companies, she produces fiction, documentaries and everything in between, supporting directors who are eager to explore borders between genres and create new forms.
projects in progress
Foals (documentary) - Directed by Salomé Hévin, in post-production; producer. A documentary about masculinity in Russia.
The Magic City: Birmingham according to Sun Ra (documentary) - Directed by Guillaume Maupin and Pablo Guarise, in development; producer. A joyful documentary about a legendary jazzman.
The Wild Mountain (documentary) - Directed by Miguel Moraes Cabral, in development; producer. A documentary set in a garbage dump in Portugal.
The Greatest Village in the World (fiction) - Directed by Noëlle Bastin and Baptiste Bogaert, in development; producer. A feature film about a series of mysterious suicides in Wallonia.
finished projects
My Brilliant Friend (fiction) - Directed by Saverio Costanzo, 8x50 min, Italy/Belgium, 2018; executive producer. Venice IFF, HBO TV series.
The Other Lamb (fiction) - Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska, 96 min, Ireland/Belgium/Denmark, 2019; executive producer. Toronto IFF.
Hunting Down - Directed by Noëlle Bastin and Baptiste Bogaert, 40 min, Belgium/France, 2020; producer. Clermont-Ferrand Short FF.
The Hill - Directed by Denis Gheerbrant and Lina Tsrimova, 79 min, France/Belgium, 2022; producer. The ACID selection at the Cannes FF.
News
Producer Beata Saboova updated promo video - 23.11.2022
new project / The Greatest Village in the World / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
new project / The Wild Mountain / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
new project / The Magic City: Birmingham according to Sun Ra / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
new project / Foals / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
new project / The Hill / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
new project / Hunting Down / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
new project / The Other Lamb / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
new project / My Brilliant Friend / Beata Saboova / New project has been added - 11.10.2022
Production company
Name: Naoko Films
Address: 121 rue de Flandre, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Contact number: +32 468 380 319
E-mail address: beata@naokofilms.be
Website: naokofilms.be
