MDAG Industry Guest
Kristof received his Masters in Documentary Direction at the National Film and Television School (UK). In 2014 he released Elephant’s Dream, a portrait of three state-owned institutions and their workers in DR Congo, a film he directed/filmed and co-produced. He is an IDFA Academy and EURODOC graduate and is one of the Emerging Producers for Jihlava 2019. He won several awards, such as Grand Prize Nanook-Jean Rouch in Paris, Magic Hour Award at Docs Against Gravity (Warsaw), the TRT 2nd International Documentary Award in Istanbul, Special Mention Bertha Best International Documentary at One World Media Awards (UK), the Buzz Wilson Award at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival, and his work screened at various festivals internationally. Kristofs' latest film MOTHER (2019), was broadcasted on Al Jazeera English, described by The Guardian as “Stunning and heartbreaking” (5 out of 5 stars). The film was theatrically distributed in the UK with international acclaim. It was executive produced by Kirsten Johnson. It was screened at IFFR, Sheffield Doc/Fest, DOCNYC a.o.
He regularly teaches and gives workshops on documentary research, storytelling and production.
