Jana Cernik

Born in Bratislava (Slovakia), she grew up in Marocco and Hamburg. Jana graduated in applied cultural studies with a focus on film. She worked for the Kinemathek Hamburg and for several international film festivals. She also worked as a freelance translator and journalist and later became a film editor for the TV Magazin TV Today. From 2002 until 2013 she established and directed the national promotional body Czech Film Center (CFC) on behalf of the Czech Audiovisual Producers Association. Her last task was to manage the department of project development and professional training activities. For more than ten years, Jana was the CFC representative of the European Film Promotion. Since August 2013, Jana Cernik has been one of the managing directors of AG Kurzfilm, together with Jutta Wille, and is responsible for areas such as film policy and advocacy, in addition to specific projects like the nationwide Short Film Day. She represents the association on the administrative council of the FFA, is a member of the FFA’s Committee for Structural and Innovation Issues, and represents AG Kurzfilm in the shareholders’ meeting of German Films. Since 2023, she has also been a member of the supervisory board of German Films.