Mariana Čengel Solčanská

Mariana Čengel Solčanská (born 14 February 1978) is a Slovak film director, screenwriter and writer. Solčanská was born in Nitra, Slovakia. She studied political science and cultural studies at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra as well as film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava under the supervision of Stanislav Párnický and Martin Šulík. In 2014 she obtained a doctorate in media studies from the Pan-European University. Following a string of short student movies, Solčanská full-length debut was the historical adventure movie The Legend of Flying Cypri…