Maša Hilčišin, Ph.D.
Principal Lecturer
Maša is a filmmaker, producer, lecturer and scholar, who has worked at Prague City University since 2009.
Her professional background includes working for media, cultural and human rights organisations in the region of former Yugoslavia where her interests were centred around human rights activism, cultural activism, media research and media formation within the context of nationalism.
Maša has been committed to making films on social issues and human rights. Her documentary films have been screened at various film festivals around the world including the Berlinale, the International LGBTI Film Festival in Mumbai, Frameline in San Francisco, MIX in NYC, and the International Women’s Film Festival in Dortmund|Cologne.
She has participated in a number of key projects at PCU, including Underground City XXI, Amnesty International workshops, and events organised by the Centre for Research and Interdisciplinary Studies. She is also a Czech Ambassador for the European Women’s Audiovisual Network and collaborates with the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival as a member of the pre-selection team. She also works as a producer with independent documentary film production company Bohemian Productions on feature documentary films.
In 2014, Maša gained her PhD from Masaryk University's Department of Film Studies and Audio-Visual Culture with a thesis on the subject of authenticity in representation in the observational documentary film of Helena Třeštíková.
Education
Masaryk University, CZ — Doctor's Degree
University of Sarajevo, BA — Master's Degree
University of Sarajevo, BA — Bachelor's Degree
Professional Activities
2019-2022 — Programme Creator of workshops for children in primary education
2014-2022 — Prague Film School, Lecturer
2000-2008 — National TV Sarajevo, Journalist and Editor of Culture and Arts
Exhibitions & Publications
Selected Exhibitions & Festivals:
2024: ARTivists; Diversity and Inclusion: All for One, One for All (creative panel discussion, and workshops) Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival 11th Annual Empowerment Weekend, Los Angeles
2023: Personal Images: Personal Semiotics of War - The New Museum of Networked Art, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid
2023: I was moving quietly (video installation): PENETRATE YOUR MIND: Group exhibition, Prague
2023: Panta Rhei (Experimental video and music performance) with Martin Andersson at Kino über Land, Dresden
2023: Personal Images: Personal Semiotics of War: Kino über Land, Dresden
2023: Not If You Can, But You Must: Kino über Land, Dresden
2022: Personal Images: Personal Semiotics of War: Ex Dox - Documentaries, Izmir Documentary Film Festival, Turkey
See more here.
Published Works:
"KLARA" - A book for children, Association of Foster Families, Prague, September, 2022.
"TARA" - A story about me and my mom, who was born a boy", Community Connect, Prague, May, 2021.
"Women Documentary Filmmakers: Framing War and 'Post-conflict' Zones", Prague College: CRIS Bulletin, Centre for Research and Interdisciplinary Studies, 2017.
Short Story "Balcony" (Balkon) Presented at a solo exhibition of photography by Milomir Kovacevic Strasni, April, 2017.
"Queer Representation in Post - Yugoslav Cinematography", PCU: CRIS Bulletin, Centre for Research and Interdisciplinary Studies, 2012.
"(Re)presentation of Women in Contemporary Bosnian Cinema", Bread and Roses/Zagreb, Croatia, 2009.
"Human Rights in Practice: Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008, Legal Provisions, Practice and International Human Rights Standards" with Public Opinion Survey, 2009.
"Vae Victis" Na – Strani, Zbornik radova o seksualnosti (Collection of Works on Sexuality) 2007.
"Women at Work" Humour Works Reader/City of Women, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007.
