About
Michaela Kaliská is a Bratislava-based producer and co-founder of NINJA film, an independent company focused on bold and independent cinema. Their debut feature Lover, Not a Fighter won the Proxima Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary IFF. She holds an MA in Production and Distribution from the Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU) and is currently completing an MA in Gender Studies at Charles University in Prague. With more than eight years of production experience, she is an alumna of the Cannes Producers Network, IDFAcademy and East-West Talent Lab.
projects in progress
She Just Walked Into the Room, and She Doesn’t Know Why She Did It (hybrid short) - directed by Eva Sajanová, in post-production; producer. Premiere planned for 2027.
The Limits of Our Pain (hybrid short) - directed by Kvet Nguyen, in post-production; producer. Premiere planned for 2027.
Bond (animated short) - directed by Martina Malovaniková, in development; producer. Premiere planned for 2028.
Prometea (documentary essay) - directed by Kristína Žilinčárová, in production; producer. Premiere planned for 2028. Prometea examines the practice of cloning horses as a way humans (don’t) cope with death.
Vincel (short) - directed by Denisa Mullerová, in post-production (Slovakia); producer. Premiere planned for 2028.
finished projects
Where Do I Belong? (documentary trilogy) - directed by Martina Buchelová & Debora Pastirčáková, 78 min (3x25–27 min), Slovakia, 2023; producer.
Venus in Retrograde (short fiction) - directed by Štefánia Lovasová, 15 min, Slovakia, 2024; producer.
Lover, Not a Fighter (feature fiction) - directed by Martina Buchelová, 108 min, Slovakia/Czech Republic, 2026; producer.
News
new project / Vincel / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / Vincel / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / Prometea / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / Bond / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / The Limits of Our Pain / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / She Just Walked Into the Room, and She Doesn’t Know Why She Did It / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / Lover, Not a Fighter / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / Venus in Retrograde / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
new project / Where Do I Belong? / Michaela Kaliská / New project has been added - 13.10.2026
Production company
Name: NINJA film
Address: Karola Adlera 13, 841 02 Bratislava, Slovakia
Contact number: +421 917 640 496
E-mail address: m.kaliska@gmail.com
Website: www.instagram.com/_ninjafilm_/
