Experience

Sarasota Film Festival

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Development

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  Sarasota, Florida

• Director Of Operations

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

  Sarasota, Florida Area

• Marketing & Events Manager

  • Feb 2018 - Nov 2019

  Sarasota, Florida



BLEST YOGA AND WELLNESS

• Yoga Teacher & Sound Healer

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Sarasota, Florida, United States Petra is a yoga and meditation teacher, a spiritual coach, and a sound healer, channeling the power of essential oils, crystals and sound. Her mission is to help women awaken the Goddess within and empower them towards a life of courageous potency, clear intuition and unwavering focus with sacred intent. Petra loves teaching yoga and her specialty is the fusion of traditional elements from Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa with Kundalini yoga kriyas. Every class she leads consists of a… Show more Petra is a yoga and meditation teacher, a spiritual coach, and a sound healer, channeling the power of essential oils, crystals and sound. Her mission is to help women awaken the Goddess within and empower them towards a life of courageous potency, clear intuition and unwavering focus with sacred intent. Petra loves teaching yoga and her specialty is the fusion of traditional elements from Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa with Kundalini yoga kriyas. Every class she leads consists of a meditation, chanting, and a healing sound bath using her chakra balancing Crystal bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, tongue drum, or the beautifully mind-clearing symphonic Paiste Gong. Petra’s practice also includes creating essential oil chakra balancing blends and one-on-one healing sessions that feature Ayurvedic health assessments as well as coaching in customized approaches to healthy lifestyle, yoga and meditation. A founder of Blest Yoga, Petra is a RYT-500 teacher, whose passion for yoga started in 2015 during a period of life change and personal growth. Expanding on her yoga training, Petra also studied with the Indian mystic Sadhguru, completed his Inner Engineering program, and was initiated into the sacred Shambhavi Mahamudra. Petra is also a follower of Paramahansa Yogananda and spent years learning with his organization Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). Born in Prague, Czech Republic, Petra is also an accomplished artist and a film and festival producer. She is a proud mommy to two boys she is raising together with her husband and producing partner Paul in sunny Sarasota, Florida. For more info about Blest Yoga go to: http://www.blestyoga.com/ Show less



Prague Youth Film Festival

• Producer

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic



48 Hour Film Project

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • 2010 - May 2019

  Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic Producing an international film festival event for amateur and professional filmmakers with significant media attention. Grew the festival from recruiting 24 teams (300 filmmakers) in 2011 to 70 teams (over 700 filmmakers) in 2013. * Coordinated marketing campaigns with over 40 major brands, including Pilsner Urquell, Red Bull, Canon, Jägermeister, Magnesia, Ceska Sporitelna Bank, Air Bank, Panalux, Panavision, Nova Cinema, Voyo.cz, Copy General and others. * Secured sponsorship… Show more Producing an international film festival event for amateur and professional filmmakers with significant media attention. Grew the festival from recruiting 24 teams (300 filmmakers) in 2011 to 70 teams (over 700 filmmakers) in 2013. * Coordinated marketing campaigns with over 40 major brands, including Pilsner Urquell, Red Bull, Canon, Jägermeister, Magnesia, Ceska Sporitelna Bank, Air Bank, Panalux, Panavision, Nova Cinema, Voyo.cz, Copy General and others. * Secured sponsorship and budgeted the festival’s operations. * Managed employees in a high-pressure, time-driven event production. * Developed and managed email and print marketing programs with educational institutions like Prague College, FAMU, University of New York in Prague. * Marketed the festival by developing and implementing television, radio, internet and print campaigns, working closely with media partners like TV NOVA, Czech Television, major Czech radio stations, press agencies, newspapers and online publications. * Worked closely with state and local organizations like the Czech Ministry of Culture, Czech Film Commission, City of Prague, Czech Tourism. * Organized educational workshops. * Managed the judging and post-production of over 150 short films, working closely with judges and post-production houses in a time-sensitive manner. * Organized screenings and award ceremonies hosted by celebrities at major cinemas in Prague for over a 1000 audience members per year. * Coordinated the international travel of Czech teams to the finale in the U.S. Show less



Films by Giants

• Producer

  • Jul 2011 - Oct 2018

  * Running day-to-day operations of a film and video production company, including budgeting, scheduling, hiring and coordinating of vendors and crew, working with SAG and other unions, communicating with state film commissions and implementing incentive packages. * Produced and found distribution for an award-winning film “Moses on the Mesa”, which so far screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide. Produced a feature documentary film “The Caveman of Atomic City”. Produced the web series… Show more * Running day-to-day operations of a film and video production company, including budgeting, scheduling, hiring and coordinating of vendors and crew, working with SAG and other unions, communicating with state film commissions and implementing incentive packages. * Produced and found distribution for an award-winning film “Moses on the Mesa”, which so far screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide. Produced a feature documentary film “The Caveman of Atomic City”. Produced the web series “Spaceship Florida”. Show less



Visual Data

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 200 - 300 Employee

• ITTP Coordinator for Czech Republic

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2016

  Czech Republic Managed a team of translators for Netflix subtitles team of Czech Republic.



New Spirit Cinema

• Entertainment Providers

• Producer

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2013

  Producer, Line-Producer, Production Manager, Production Coordinator, Marketing strategy and planning, Distribution, Social Media, Research.



LTT Productions

• Production Manager

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  Los Angeles, CA Managed 6 episodes of TV Series "Will To Live" for TV One Network.



Sheknows.com

• Production Coordinator

  • Apr 2011 - Apr 2011

  Phoenix, Arizona Area Coordinated commercial shoots for clients such as Marshalls, Aussie, TJ Maxx.



Stillking Films

• Movies and Sound Recording
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator, Assistant Director

  • Jan 2002 - 2008

  Prague, CZ/ Los Angeles, CA Worked as an assistant director and a department coordinator on feature films and commercials. Coordinated the art department on a major motion picture (“Wanted”), working closely with an Oscar-winning production designer. Administered budgets, ordered equipment and supplies, made travel arrangements, organized department meetings. More info about movies worked on: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1920571/



International Production Company

• Production Manager, Coordinator, Assistant Director

  • May 2004 - Apr 2007

  Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic Coordinated the production of dozens of commercials (for clients such as Nescafe, Hasbro, Opel, Czech Telecom), as well as feature films (including major motion pictures “Hostel, “Hostel 2”).