Alice Nellis

Alice Nellis (b. 1971, České Budějovice) took a course in American and English language and literature at Charles University (1995) and then studied screenwriting at Prague’s FAMU (2000). Her feature film debut Eeny Meeny (1999) won Best Film at the San Francisco IFF. She won a Czech Lion for her script for Some Secrets (2002). Her subsequent film Little Girl Blue (2007) won a Best Film Czech Lion and, like her previous titles, was screened at Karlovy Vary. After the experimental film Mamas & Papas (2010), whose cast were unaware of the story’s outcome, she returned with the audience hit Perfect Days (2011). Alice Nellis is also a successful stage director: In 2012 she was nominated for the Alfréd Radok Award for her production of Philip Glass’s chamber opera Les enfants terribles.

48. MFF Karlovy Vary