Filmmakers
Producer / co-director Jeffrey
Brown first visited the Strakonice
Bagpipe Festival in 2000. Having lived in the Czech Republic for
20 years, he has produced a number of documentaries and narrative
features in Europe, Africa and North America, screening on Netflix,
HBO, Showtime, PBS and more. He splits time between the Czech lands
and Austin, TX.
Writer / co-director Keith
Jones has lived in the Czech Republic for the last 20 years and
has directed a number of documentaries, including the feature
documentaries Punk in
Africa and Vinyl
Generation. He is currently working on a feature documentary on
the South African band The Flames.
Director Radim
Spáček has directed a number of feature films, including the
critically acclaimed Young Men Discovering the World, and Walking Too
Fast winner of six Czech Academy Awards, including Best Film and Best
Director. Radim has shot docs in Afghanistan and India and several TV
series for Czech TV.
Producer, photographer and camera operator Minna
Pyyhkala lived in Prague for 20 years before relocating to
Boston, Mass. Her art exhibits include, The Split Up (Helsinki) and
Hi-Die (Slovakia), among others. Minna teaches conceptually-oriented
art photography workshops in Prague and Boston.
Cameraman Dalibor
Fencl has shot music cilps, experimental films and short
documentaries over the last several years in the Czech lands and
internationally.