Jitka studied Film Studies at Charles University and production at FAMU, Prague. She also briefly studied comparative literature, which remains her passion. Jitka has worked for various Czech film festivals in the Industry or Program department. In 2013 she started her own production company called Frame Films, named after New Zealand poet Janet Frame. Within a few years two producers, Zuzana Kučerová and Hana Šilarová, joined the company. Together, the team continues work with several talents.
projects in progress
The Jungle „Placht“ (documentary) - directed by Alice Růžičková; producer. Film about Czech painter who lives life full of dualism (he has two families, lives in two countries: Czech Republic and Peru etc.).
CameRRaman Robert Richardson - directed by Jana Hojdová, producer. Premiere planned for 2021.
finished projects
Message from Dement - directed by Tomáš Elšík, 45 min, Czech Republic, 2013; production (produced by FAMU).
Central Bus Station (documentary) - directed by Tomáš Elšík, 75 min, Czech Republic, 2018; producer.
Soviet Man - directed by Ivo Briedis, 70 min, Lithuania/Latvia/Czech Republic, 2019; producer with Hana Šilarová
Love and Metamorphoses - directed by Yanira Yariv, 90 min, France/Italy;
producer. A fresh look at Metamorphoses, the Latin poem by Ovid. An imaginative approach to the theme of gender identity in contemporary society.
Tahrir Liberation Square (documentary) - directed by Stefano Savona, 90 min, France/Italy;
producer. A real-time chronicle of the two most exciting weeks in the history of
modern Egypt as lived by their protagonists.
News
awards / Central Bus Station / Jitka Kotrlová / Ji.hlava IDFF / Special Mention of the Czech Joy Jury - 29.10.2018