Team
Patrik Krivanek
Patrik Krivanek
Patrik Krivanek
Festival Director
Patrik Krivanek is a Czech-British film director, producer, and screenwriter based in London. He studied film with a focus on screenwriting at the Film and Television School Wales and earned a BA in film from the prestigious Westminster Film School, specializing in directing. He also participated in the Sundance Institute
Festival Director
Patrik Krivanek is a Czech-British film director, producer, and screenwriter based in London. He studied film with a focus on screenwriting at the Film and Television School Wales and earned a BA in film from the prestigious Westminster Film School, specializing in directing. He also participated in the Sundance Institute’s Directing Actors program, further refining his directing voice. He has worked on both international and Czech productions, including the talent show Britain’s Got Talent, the feature films Smiles of Sad Men and Two Words as the Key, and Masters of the Air, an Apple TV+ series produced by Spielberg, Hanks, and Goetzman.
His films and screenplays have earned accolades at prestigious Academy Award-qualifying festivals and screenplay competitions, such as the Austin Film Festival, the Atlanta Film Festival, and the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, among others. In 2020, he founded Ephor Pictures Ltd, an independent British production company. As a producer, he has participated in the Producers Network at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Founder of the International Film Gala (London), he leverages his extensive knowledge and experience from his work with several prominent film festivals, including the Westminster Film Festival and the Cardiff Independent Film Festival.
He is also currently in pre-production on his directorial feature debut, Muddy Shoes.
Luca Ferrara
Patrik Krivanek
Patrik Krivanek
Head of Programming
Luca Ferrara is an Italian filmmaker specializing in short and feature films, as well as commercials. He is the founder and director of the international Brixia Film Festival in Brescia and previously led the Westminster Film Society and Westminster Film Festival in 2018 and 2019, returning as Jury President in 2020.
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Head of Programming
Luca Ferrara is an Italian filmmaker specializing in short and feature films, as well as commercials. He is the founder and director of the international Brixia Film Festival in Brescia and previously led the Westminster Film Society and Westminster Film Festival in 2018 and 2019, returning as Jury President in 2020.
Currently, he serves as the Head of Programming of our festival and collaborates with various international film festivals and screenwriting competitions, including the Oudeis International Film Festival in Rome.
Jury
We Are Westminster!
The festival is curated and judged by a diverse panel of film academics, Westminster alumni, and both emerging and established industry professionals, including past BAFTA and Academy Award® (Oscar®) nominees and winners.