Andrea Culková is a Czech filmmaker and visual artist whose work explores institutional dysfunction, social change, and political imagination through documentary, performance, and a distinctive visual language. Her films often combine observation with humor, ritual, and elements of artistic intervention.
Her early film Internal Office Communication screened at Ji.hlava and DOK Leipzig and was subsequently banned by the Czech government. Her feature documentary Sugar Blues premiered internationally in the F:ACT Award competition at CPH:DOX and went on to screen at numerous festivals, receive worldwide television sales and international theatrical distribution, including a commercial cinema release in Japan. Her meta-art project HART ON premiered at DOK Leipzig, while Don't Take My Life sparked a national debate on debt enforcement. Her later works include Raising Boys for the Future, an intimate exploration of contemporary masculinity, and the essayistic feature Grief, addressing climate collapse and psychological anxiety. Her fiction screenplay The Fragile Beauty of Masculinity was selected for the EWA Network Scriptwriters' Residency in Berlin.
Alongside her filmmaking, Culková works as a researcher and activist. Since 2019, her PhD research has focused on the “Deliberative Wave,” and she co-founded the Platform for Citizens' Assemblies in the Czech Republic.
Her latest feature documentary, Dear People, Dear Citizens, is the result of more than five years of work across Europe, following the emergence of citizens' assemblies and new forms of democratic participation. Combining observational documentary with performative and ritual elements, the film transforms political frustration into a provocative exploration of how democracy might be reimagined.
Her early film Internal Office Communication screened at Ji.hlava and DOK Leipzig and was subsequently banned by the Czech government. Her feature documentary Sugar Blues premiered internationally in the F:ACT Award competition at CPH:DOX and went on to screen at numerous festivals, receive worldwide television sales and international theatrical distribution, including a commercial cinema release in Japan. Her meta-art project HART ON premiered at DOK Leipzig, while Don't Take My Life sparked a national debate on debt enforcement. Her later works include Raising Boys for the Future, an intimate exploration of contemporary masculinity, and the essayistic feature Grief, addressing climate collapse and psychological anxiety. Her fiction screenplay The Fragile Beauty of Masculinity was selected for the EWA Network Scriptwriters' Residency in Berlin.
Alongside her filmmaking, Culková works as a researcher and activist. Since 2019, her PhD research has focused on the “Deliberative Wave,” and she co-founded the Platform for Citizens' Assemblies in the Czech Republic.
Her latest feature documentary, Dear People, Dear Citizens, is the result of more than five years of work across Europe, following the emergence of citizens' assemblies and new forms of democratic participation. Combining observational documentary with performative and ritual elements, the film transforms political frustration into a provocative exploration of how democracy might be reimagined.