Czech filmmaker Helena Třeštíková awarded French Order of Arts and Letters

Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Třeštíková has been awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters in recognition of her work. The award was presented to her by the new French ambassador to Prague, Stéphane Crouzat. The order is awarded to personalities who have contributed to the dissemination of art and literature in France and worldwide. Třeštíková said her visit to Paris in 1969 and her encounter with French culture motivated her to become a film director. A retrospective of the Czech director's film work was shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2021. Among the documentaries shown were Private Universe, Marriage Stories or films documenting powerful human interest stories such as Katka, Marcela or Mallory.