Apolena Rychlíková

Year of birth: 1989
Profession: Producer, Film Director
Country: Czech Republic

Czech documentarian and journalist Rychlíková focuses on socially critical documentaries. Her film Hajek at the Castle, Petr in the House (2011) earned an Animus Award from director Karel Vachek. Her documentary on the phenomenon of cheap labor, The Limits of Work (2017), was named Best Czech Documentary in the Czech Joy section at the 21st Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, and also earned the Film Critics’ Award in the non-cinema category. In 2017, Rychlíková was a laureate of the Open Society Foundation’s Journalism Award in the category of “Best Commentary.”