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Peter Balko
Profession:
WriterWriter
Country:
Slovakia
He studied screenwriting and film direction and currently teaches genre forms of film narration and Slovak literature.
He has written and co-written several feature and short films, awarded in Slovakia and abroad, including THE CANDIDATE/KANDIDÁT (dir. J. Karásek, 2013), which received 5 nominations and Slovak academy awards and reached 90,000 viewers in Slovak cinemas; THE LINE/ČIARA (dir. P. Bebjak, 2017), which won the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary IFF, 5 Slovak academy awards, reached turnout of 330,000 viewers in Slovak cinemas and was screened at dozens of foreign festivals.
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Mother of Darkness
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OLIGARCH
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