Directing

Kristina Dufková

Born

1978-10-16 (48)

Place of birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

IMDb profile

Kristina Dufková was born on October 16, 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Kristina is a director and writer, known for Living Large (2024), Zubatá nekouse! (2019) and Malé pohádky (2006). Dufková is a director, animator, and artist. From 1997 to 1999, she studied at the Higher Vocational School of Film in Písek, majoring in animation. From 2000 to 2010, she studied at FAMU, at the Department of Animation. For her graduation film A Tear Is Needed (Usnula jsem, 2008), in which she also cast her partner Jiří Macháček and her daughter Berta, she won the Best Animated Film Award at Anifest 2009. Living Large (2024) is her debut feature film.

Known for

6.7

A 12-year-old boy faces bullying due to his weight and decides to take charge of his life by adopting a healthier lifestyle and trying to win the heart of the girl he admires. Through his journey, he learns the importance of positivity and standing against body shaming, discovering that true confidence comes from embracing who you are.

Living Large

2024

7.0

The film contains three Jan Werich's fairy tales, each directed by one artist. The first story sets out to the Sumava mountains in Southern Bohemia to find out whether Ogres ever lived there. The middle tale The Hat and the Little Jay Feather concerns a king who sends his three sons to bring back a hat he left at a tavern when he was young. The third and longest fairy tale Reason and Luck is about the two virtues of the title try to prove their importance by changing the life of a pig herder named Louis. Written by

Fimfarum - To the good of all

2011

Mom didn't ask me anything. She just took granny in. Now she lays in the middle of my room. And I have to take care of her. All the time. Winner of the Cinéfondation student section of the Cannes IFF.

The Old Hag

2009

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The series Zubatá nekouše aneb Šestkrát o smrti vážně i nevážně (Death Doesn't Bite, or Six Serious and Lighthearted Stories About Death), directed by Czech and Slovak animators, was intended for children aged nine and older.