documentary filmmaker / researcher
lecturer in film & media practice at the University of Kent
PhD student in Film: Practice as Research
based in London / Prague
PRESENTATIONS
February 2024
Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences:
Invited talk
September 2023
London Calling! Conference for Czech scientists based in the UK:
Co-organiser & speaker
May 2023
UCL & Open City Doc Fest:
Presentation of my research project at an Anthropology of Home course
March 2023
RAI Conference and Film Festival:
Presentation at a Work-in-Progress Session
November 2022 & May 2023
UCL & Open City Doc Fest:
Presentation of my research project at an Anthropology of Home course
October 2022
University of Kent:
Presentation of my perspective on 'what a good city means' at the Good City event about urbanism organized by the Kent School of Architecture
June 2022
University of Kent:
Presentation of my research project at the University of Kent PGR SOA Conference Connections.
June 2021
University of Kent
Presentation of my research project at the University of Kent PGR SOA NonConference.
In November 2022, I was interviewed and quoted in an article for The Independent about Millenials, housing and films - I finally put the hours spent watching different series (and hopefully my research about home too) to use!
The full text can be read here.
‘It isn’t fair to depict millennials as homeowners’: Is TV finally catching up to the rental crisis?
By Katie Rosseinsky for The Independent
In September 2023, I co-organized the first conference of Czech scientists based in the UK called London Calling!
The event was done in collaboration with the Czexpats in Science organisation, the Czech Embassy London and the Czech Centre London.
OTHER
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2020 & 2024: I have worked as a peer reviewer for Brief Encounters Journal
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In September 2023, I chaired a discussion after the screening of My Father, the Prince film by Lila Schwarzenberg, organized by the Czech Centre London at the Czech Embassy London.
PUBLICATIONS
In between Barrandian and eternity:
A story of my grandfather Jiří Kovanda and his great friend Vojen Ložek
published at European Federation of Geologists blog and in Vesmir
'Our latest EFGeoBlog post is a beautiful story of the friendship between two Czech geologists: Jiří Kovanda and Vojen Ložek. Alžběta Kovandová writes about her grandfather's fantastic search to collate all of Ložek's published works.'
An article I wrote about my beloved grandfather, who passed away, and about his amazing search for all Vojen Ložek's works, which got published at the European Federation of Geologists blog and in Vesmir (Czech scientific journal).
The full text in English can be read here:
and in Czech:
Of foxes and men
published in AnimaLoci journal
'Sharing the fabric of our cities with wild animals is the norm. As long as they do not encroach upon the boundaries of the domestic wall, the space in which we live is also that of birds, mice, insects and other species. In London, urban foxes are the most iconic yet fragile manifestation of this inevitable coexistence. Filmmaker and researcher Alžběta Kovandová shares her thoughts and personal experience of these fleeting encounters.'
The full essay can be read on Anima Loci's website:
https://animaloci.org/of-foxes-and-men/
Londýn je „plný“ příležitostí / London is 'full' of opportunities
published in NOVÝ (film) journal
An article I wrote for NOVÝ (film) platform about my experience with finding a job in the film industry in London. Unfortunately, written only in Czech!
The full text can be read here:
https://www.novyfilm.cz/zamysleni/alzbeta-kovandova-londyn-je-plny-prilezitosti/
