Pavel Sladký is a film critic and cultural journalist. He graduated from Czech Philology studies and Journalism Studies at Charles University. He works for leading Czech media, public service national broadcaster Czech Radio and iRozhlas.cz and has also published his writings in Cinepur magazine and on Aktualne.cz and ČT Art. He hosts Film a doba (Film and Times) podcast about cinematography and Casablanca podcast on travelling. He works for various Czech film festivals as a dramaturge. Pavel Sladký has authored book about key film directors of today called Film jsou tajné dveře do reality (Film as a secret gateway to reality) (2020).