Alan Soural

director of photography / lightning designer / editor of animation projects

* 1983
lives in Prague, Czech Republic

2006-2011- Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Audiovisual Arts, Film/ Camera
2004-2006- Film School Zlin

Alan currently works not only with feature films, experimental projects and animations but also advertisements. As a D.O.P. he has long-term experiences with TV series, commercials  and Czech/international coproduction feature films

Alan is a member of Czech animation studio Kreus Film s.r.o

He won the Best Cinematography Award for Fibonacci at Mexico City Videodance Festival 2022.

Recently he was participating in shooting of the Czech feature Il Boemo, directed by Petr Vaclav.

Currently he is preparing Czech feature film Wirbel, to be realized in 2023 by director Tomáš Hubáček and also another stop-motion animation projects with different partners.

P. J. Piippo
screenwriter / director / production manager

* 1979
lives in Helsinki, Finland

He has worked as a screenwriter, director and production manager in several Finnish and international documentary, fiction and advertising productions since the late 1990s.

In addition, he has previously worked as a radio journalist. In 2016, his prose debut book 'Unieni Barcelona - Lyhyttä proosaa' (Saaga-kirjat) was published.

Piippo is a member of Finnish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild.

Katariina Lillqvist

director / scriptwriter / producer

lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic  and in several Finnish collective

Katariina Lillqvist  is the chairperson of film co-operative Camera Cagliostro, curator of the Mikulandska Art Recidency in Prague and of the Finnish Roma Museum in Helsinki. During summer months, you can meet her also in the free cultural centrum Kulttuurimeijeri in Salo, Finland.

Lillqvist has been working over 30 years with Czech animation artists, creating 27 stop-motion animations and also documents, radio features and installations. Her works have won numerous prizes and awards from major film festivals world-wide, including the Silver Bear of Berlin Film Festival, Special Prize of Annecy Animation Festival and Master of Animation-award from Lleida Animation Festival.

Michal Kubíček

animator / scenography

* 1983

lives in Prague

Michael studied animation in the  Film School of Zlin, CR. After graduation,  he has been the creative genius behind many Czech animation movies, commercials and theatre performances.

Michal is a member of Czech animation studio Kreus Film s.r.o.

Hi is also a skillful artisan, working with woods, iron and many another materials. 

Jan Turek

KreusFin proudly collaborates  with Jan Turek not only because of his excellent technological knowledge, but also because of his creative contribution and sharp visual skills in all postproduction works.

In his own studio Signal Generator s.r.o,  it is possible to realize all the imaginable tricks which are need for our audiovisual projects.