Michael Kovich Jr.

Paraguayan-American filmmaker, Michael studied photography at El Instituto de la Imagen (Paraguay), and film at FAMU (Prague) and American University (Washington DC). In 2015, he presented a short film in the Cannes Film Festival Court Métrage repertoire, won the Best Dramatic Short at the EuroFilm Festival and received the Ron Sutton Award from American University for his artistic works. At the end of 2019, Michael premiered his first feature film, "El Supremo Manuscrito", winner of the Ibermedia program. Michael also presented in the virtual reality corner of the Cannes Festival (2017) the first virtual reality miniseries from South America: "OPUS VR", which was awarded in several countries for its originality and innovation. He now finished the Paraguayan horror television series, "El Regreso de las Sombras" (Telefuturo) and his next horror feature "El Apartamento".