Matus Krajnak is a comedy and comedy-drama writer,
director, and actor from Slovakia,
based in London.
His directing focus is on stories
that explore human bonds, love, identity, and humor.
His personal work is inspired by his own experiences, centering around
queer relationships, the lives of Eastern Europeans in the West,
self-realization, and self-acceptence.
(AN AWARD-WINNING COMEDY SERIES)
A queer influencer is taking on the London dating scene,
one awful fling at a time.
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(A COMEDY-DRAMA FEATURE FILM IN DEVELOPMENT)
Selected for the Mediterranean Film Institute 'Script 2 Film' Lab
The term Other White is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom to describe white persons who are not of the English, Welsh, Scottish, Romani or Irish ethnic groupings.
The feature-length film follows the comic and tragic life of a Slovak queer wanna-be filmmaker, as he tries to navigate his dream-crushing first year in London. This unrequited love letter to the capital city captures his uphill battle with the post-graduate crisis, othering, dead-end jobs, the London queer dating scene, and driving on the left side.
(A COMEDY-DRAMA SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT)
Selected for MIDPOINT Series Launch
The term Other White is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom to describe white persons who are not of the English, Welsh, Scottish, Romani or Irish ethnic groupings.
Other White is a half-hour auteur dramedy show about how difficult it is to be a young immigrant from Eastern Europe chasing professional and romantic dreams in London. It's a series about four outsiders with broken English who desperately want to be included in Western society but cannot find the way in.
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(A COMEDY-DRAMA SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT, 8x30 MINS, IN SLOVAK AND CZECH)Set in Prague, the dramedy series centers around the need for true friendship after 30, the complicated path to self-love, and the fact that it's never too late to live life on your own terms.
Created by Matus Krajnak and Eva Evelyn Kramerova
Matus Krajnak is the winner of the Seriencamp Festival,
and the Edinburgh TV Festival's New Voice Awards nominee,
and C21 Media International Drama Awards nominee.
