About Us
EUROPE MEDIA NEST S.R.O. IS A CZECH-BASED FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY FOUNDED IN 2015 BY THE IRANIAN PRODUCER KAVEH FARNAM.
In the long term, Media Nest is trying to build a bridge between Czech/European and Iranian cinematography, support young, talented and independent filmmakers, and sponsor film festivals and events that shed light on the true picture of contemporary Iran.
Feature film which Media Nest co-produced together with Iranian production company FilmsInIran and German PakFilm, “Endless Borders” has won the VPRO Big Screen Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023.
award-winning
Production Company
Since its foundation Media Nest has produced or co-produced a number of feature films, short films and documentaries.
Feature Films:
- Dead of Night (Zharfnaye Shab) – 2024 –
- Endless Borders (Marzhaye bi payan) – 2023 – winner of the Big Screen Award International Film Festival Rotterdam
- There Is No Evil (Sheytan vojud nadarad) – 2020 – winner of the Golden Bear 70.Berlinale
- Son – Mother (Pesar-Madar) – 2019 – premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2019+
- Red Hatchback (Hatchback Ghermez) – 2019 – premiere Hamburg International Film Festival
- Leakage (Nasht) – 2019– premiere 69. Berlinale Forum
- A Man Of Integrity (Lerd) – 2017 – winner of Un Certain Regards Cannes Film Festival
- A Very Ordinary Citizen (Yek shahrvand-e kamelan maamouli) – 2015 – premiere Chicago International Film Festival
Documentaries:
- Revolution 3.0 (Revoluce 3.0) – 2024 –
- Moonshadow (Stín měsíce ; MahSayeh) – 2024 –
- Woodgirls – (Truhlářky ; A Duet For a Dream) – 2021 – premiere at SJIWFF Canada
- None Of Your Business (Va kas che) – 2019 – premiere at DOK Leipzig
- Like My Name Pegah (Mesle esmam Pegah) – 2018 – Best Documentary award by Iran Cinema House
- Rebel Beats – 2016 – produced for Radio Free Europe
Short films and Short Documentaries:
- My Father (Pedaram; Můj otec) – 2023 –
- And Me, I´m Dancing Too (Man Khod, Man Ham Miraghsam) – 2023 – premiere Berlinale Generation 14Plus, winner of Crystal Bear Berlinale 2023
- I am Trying to Remember (Man saei mikonam faramoush nakonam ; Zkouším si vzpomenout) – 2021 – premiéra IDFA – 2021 –
contact us
- Address:Štítného 7, 130 00 - Praha 3
- Phone:+420 241431405, +420 732830411
- Email:info@medianest.net
Gabriela Daniels
Gabriela Daniels has been managing Prague based film production company Europe Media Nest s.r.o. for over 7 years. She has been working as a production or a post-production manager on 5 feature films (Endless Borders winner of the Big Screen Award IFFR 2023, There Is No Evil winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale 2020, Son-Mother premiered in Toronto IFF 2019; Leakage premiered in Berlinale 2019; and A Man of Integrity - winner of Un Certain Regards Cannes 2017) and 5 documentaries (Rebel Beats co-produced together with Radio Free Europe; Like My Name Pegah winner of the best documentary by Iran Cinema House 2018; None of Your Business premiered in DOK Leipzig 2019, Woddgirls - A Duet For a Dream premiered at SJIWFF 2021. The latest documentary I Am Trying to Remember had a premiere at IDFA 2021). The latest short film she worked on won the Crystal Bear at Berlinale 2023 in the Generations 14Plus Section. She also looks after the distribution of the films Europe Media Nest s.r.o. produces.
Kaveh Farnam
Kaveh Farnam is an independent Iranian producer and writer, universally acclaimed for his cultural advocacy and socially conscious projects. He is internationally recognized for his collaborations with Mohammad Rasoulof on several award-winning productions. Those include the Big Screen Award for Endless Borders at IFFR 2023, 70th Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear award-winning film, There is No Evil (2020) and the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard winner, A Man of Integrity (2017). Noteworthy amongst his other projects are the Amnesty International Febio Fest Award-winning feature, Son-Mother (2019), and documentaries such as None of Your Business (2019) and Like My Name Pegah (2018). His latest feature Endless Borders won the Big Screen Award at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam 2023 and short film And Me, I´m Dancing Too won the Crystal Bear in Generations 14Plus at Berlinale 2023.
He is also a successful media entrepreneur and founder of Europe Media Nest, a production house in Prague, Czech Republic.
Farzad Pak
Farzad Pak, born on August 16,1977, is an Iranian film Producer based in Iran and Germany. During a career in film that spans more than 20 years, He has been involved with the production of documentary and award winning feature films with acclaimed International filmmakers in Iran and abroad. He is a long-time member of the Association of Iranian Independent producers and the association of Iranian documentary producers.
Leona Kunayová
Leona is a skilled post production manager and is a very valuable newest addition to our team.