Pavel Prokopic is a Czech filmmaker, researcher and lecturer in Film Production at the University of Salford, specialising in directing, experimental film and innovative practices. His current work focuses on advancing cinema as a unique form of art and storytelling by combining creative work, philosophical concepts,  and cutting-edge technologies. Previously, Pavel has written and directed several dramas and experimental projects, and worked as a freelance cinematographer in London. He also worked as a content director/producer on an IoT research project The Living Room of the Future with BBC R&D and the British Council. His work has been widely published, exhibited and presented, including FACT in Liverpool, Grosvenor Gallery in Manchester and Victoria & Albert Museum in London, as well as the Journal for Artistic Research and Leonardo. He holds a an AHRC-funded PhD in Film, and a Master’s degree in Film Aesthetics from Magdalen College, University of Oxford.