Lance Hool was born in Mexico City on 11.5.1948.He learnt the trade infront of and behind a  camera.His first movie as an actor was Soldier Blue then came Howard Hawks¨s movie Rio Lobo starring legendary John Wayne.,Then he received his MBA and entered film industry full time.

In 1977 he relocated to Los Angeles and became one of the leading producers in business. He worked upon films like Survival Run with Ray Milland, Caboblanco with Charles Bronson and Jason Robarts, Ten to Midnight and The Evil That Men Do –both starring Charles Bronson.Other movies were The Honor Guard with Rod Steiger and Missing in Action I and II which he written produced and part II also directed.

In 1987 he formed Silver Lions Films with his brother Conrad and started to work on independant movies.In short time span they made 10 films including Steel Dawn with Patrick Swayze, Dead or Alive with Kris Kristofferson, Gunmen and Road Flower with Christopher Lambert, The Air Up There with Kevin Bacon and Pure Luck with Danny Glover.

Lance served as executive producer on Flipper starring Paul Hogan and young Elijah Wood.Another production work was on Man on fire with Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning and Christophen Walken.. In 2001 he produced Crocodile Dundee in L.A. with Paul Hogan.

Since he workd on several projects it was no mean feat to make him answer our questions but after  3months try, he did and we are grateful.

Mike Downey is one of the European’s leading and most active producer of independent film from UK.He was a guest of FebioFest and although we never heard about him before, we soon had nothing but admiration and praise for him and his work and attitude. Mike is very friendly and articulate person who speaks very clear English and makes sure every word is understanable and clear. He doesn’ t beat about the bush, once the question is placed, without a second of hesitation he answers matter-of- factly with humor underneath it, so whole interview was very funny and full of laugh.You can ask him about everything and he always has a good reply. When asked what his political orientation is, he said with laugh that he is “champagne socialist”.

Kim Novak was the star guest of recent FebioFest.This actress was top box office star in mid 50’ s, her parents are of Czech descent.She is most known for her role in Hitchkock’ s movie “Vertigo” and she voluntarily left Hollywood since it was too much for her.She liked it on the festival so much that she prolonged her stay for couple of days.We met her three times in 2 days and were able to talk to her in her suite or almost 30 mins.She was very nice and approachable.

If we got an offer to have a dinner with an artist, we would have chosen much awarded French director J.J. Annaud.Despite his fame he is modest, kind, friendly, talks very interestingly and is witty.He was a guest star of current FebioFest where he not only received the main price Kristian but also showed in premiere his new film Wolf Totem. We talked not only about his new film.

Fero Fenič is one of our best independent director, who tried to make things his own way, shoot meaningfull documements, say something about given topic. Born in Slovakia but living for decades in Czech Republic, he never bent or compromised.To be able to do what he wanted, he set up his own company Febio which also helped other filmmakers. Then to build a platform he established FebioFest, one of the biggest independent festivals in Europe He loves travelling and is very thoughtfull, educated and kind person.