Matej Sotník is a partner and producer at Somatic Films (CZ) and guča films (SK) and co-founder and creative director of Film Expanded distribution. The films he has produced premiered at leading international film festivals such as Berlinale (Notes from Eremocene), Karlovy Vary IFF (Action Item, The Other One, Lapilli), Busan IFF, IDFA, DOK Leipzig, FIPADOC, FIDMarseille, and many others. He is currently producing new films by internationally established directors such as Viera Čakanyová, Paula Ďurinová, Lynne Siefert and Anna Kryvenko, as well as few debut works by emerging talents. In his projects, he has brought on board co-producers from Germany, France, Canada, Austria, Italy, or the U.S., along with broadcasters such as ARTE and Deutsche Welle. Matej is an alumnus of Emerging Producers, MIDPOINT Series Launch, MFI Doc Lab, and IDFAcademy. He is a co-founder of the Slovak Documentary Film Association and member of the European Film Academy.