Director Tereza Nvotová on Father, Mečiar and the politics making her “very scared”
Update: 2025-10-03
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Director Tereza Nvotová is enjoying one of the most successful moments in her career, with her film Father having competed at the recent Venice festival – and now greatly surpassing box office expectations. Nvotová, who is 37, is from Slovakia but moved to Prague two decades ago, and also spends a lot of time in New York. Our conversation takes in the genesis of the hard-hitting Father, her interactions with one-time strongman politician Vladimír Mečiar, and the current political situations in Slovakia and America.
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