Established in 2013, For Film, s.r.o. is a production company developing and producing feature and documentary films as well as offering production services in the field of TV broadcasting content and advertising.

doc. Mgr. art. Barbara Hessová ArtD.Producer
Barbara Hessová graduated in film and multimedia production and distribution (Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava), where she received the Rector’s Prize and subsequently undertook her doctoral studies. Later she also became an associate professor.

She has worked for several production houses on documentary and feature films, as well as TV series.

She has also worked for the Audiovisual Fund (during the first year of its existence) helping to develop internal processes and regulations of the institution as well as a feature film program manager. In subsequent years she has been a member of various expert committees. She continues until now, in selected calls.

In 2019-2022 she worked for Audiovisual fund as a cash rebate manager – Support of audiovisual industry in Slovak republic.

As an independent producer, in 2007, she founded AH production company, where she had been developing and producing feature-length documentaries and feature films (Flooded, Parlika, Stanko, So Far, So Near, Comeback, Zdenka, Judge Me And Prove Me) until 2022. Since this company ceased to exist in its previous form, she continues to manage the copyrights under For Film, s.r.o. company.

She has been teaching in Film and TV Faculty Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava since 2009. In 2014-2018 also as a Vice-Dean For International Relations, later as a co-guarantor. Nowadays as an associate professor in Production Department.

Barbara Hessová, as a producer of “So Far So Near”, got a national Film Prize “Slnko v sieti”.

She is a member of Slovak Film and TV Academy. In the past she was also a member of the Supervisory Board.

She is a member of European Film Academy since 2015.