Robert Kirchhoff

In his professional career he filmed and produced many feature documentaries, many of which achieved a significant recognition at numerous festivals domestically and internationally.

His filmmaking focuses on current social topics that cope with “traumatic” heritage of historical events in Central Europe in the 20th century.

To name the few, he provides a critical insight into current situation of minorities at the edge of society in post-communist Slovakia (Black Word/Calo Lav, 1999), or explores the social and moral identity in the wake of the “capitalism” in former Eastern Bloc (Hey you Slovaks, 2002).

One of its major projects is cultural chronicle Alternative archive which collects social and cultural events, memories, statements and a free series of social documentary films Film and society which Robert Kirchhoff is an author, producer and literary advisor.

Since 2003 he also participated as a producer or a co-producer on some of the most significant and awarded Slovak and Czech documentaries that gained national and international recognition.