EDITOR
Nicole Hálová is a freelance documentary editor based in London. Whilst studying for her master’s in Prague, she co-edited The Islands and the Whales with editor Mary Lampson (2016) (Dir: Mike Day) which was nominated for Emmy and BAFTA awards, and won a Peabody Award and the Grand Jury prize at DOCNYC. Nicole lived in the Netherlands where she edited Good Neighbours (2018) (Dir: Stella Van Voorst) premiering at IDFA, and Carrousel (2019) (Dir: Marina Meijer), winning the Golden Calf award at the Netherlands FF.
After relocating to London, her work includes The Elvermen (2021) (dir. Isla Badenoch) and Cowboy Poets (2022), both screened at the Camden International Film Festival. She was an additional editor on All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) (Dir:Laura Poitras) which received acclaim from critics and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 95th Academy Awards. Nicole also worked installation pieces, such as TiChan by Philipp Ebeling and Olivia Arthur, MAGNUM PHOTOS, and currently is working on a project with Forensic Architecture.
Cowboy Poets
Mike Day / 2022 / 81 min / USA, UK / Documentary
CIFF/ Zurich film festival / Artistic Vision award winner at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2023
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
(Additional editing)
Laura Poitras/ Documentary/2022/
Golden Lion [Winner] Best Film/ Golden Athena [Winner] Best Documentary
A Travellers Guide
Ton van Zantvoort & Josefien van Kooten /2022/ ND/ Documentary
The Elvermen
Isla Badenoch / 2020 / UK / Documentary
VISION DU REEL, supported by British Council, Film Market + Showcase 2022 /BRITISH SHORTS Film Festival, Berlin 2022 / SHORT OF THE WEEK + VIMEO STAFF PICK, 2021/ CAMERIMAGE Short Documentary Competition 2021 / CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2021 / SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST 2021 (UK Competition)
CORNWALL Film Festival 2021, Best Sound + Music Award/ DOCS IN EXILE, Athens 2021/ UN FOOD X Film Festival 2021/HEBREDIES INTERNATIONAL Film Festival 2021
Honds
Josefien van Kooten / 2020 / NEWTON film / NL / Documentary / Netherlands Film Festival
Olivia Arthur and Philipp Ebeling, MAGNUM PHOTOS / 2019 / UK FR / Video installation piece
Marina Meijer / Netherlands / 2019 / 68 min
IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary / IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary / GoldenCalf winner for Best Short Documentary at the Netherlands Film Festival
Stella Van Voorst / Netherlands / 2018 / 80 min / Documentary
IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary / One World Film Festival
Co-edited with Mary Lampson
Mike Day / 2016 / 83 min / Documentary
Emmy Awards Nomination / 77th Peabody Award / Grand Jury prize at DOC NYC / Best documentary award at RIFF | Reykjavík International Film Festival and Scottish BAFTA nomination
Dying for Beginners / The Key of Silence
Bára Kopecká, Marek Bouda / CR / 2017 / 50 min / Documentary
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
King Rat
Co-edited with Alex Thompson & Henry Johnston
Henry Johnston / USA / 2019
Winner "Audience Choice" at the Indy Film Fest
Last Days of Summer
(Additional editing)
/Karl Friis Forchhammer / 2020 / Denmark, Poland / 56 min / Documentary / CPH:DOX 2020
WOOD
(Additional editing)
Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger / 95 min / Austria, Germany, Romania /
2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
CONSULTING
All You See
Niki Padidar /Netherlands / 2022 / 72 min
Life is Dream
Vanessa Abajo Perez / Basalt Film / 2020
ASSISTANT EDITOR
The Last Nomads /2022/ Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić
WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc) / 2019 / 90mins / Documentary
Amidlisa / Antoine Tassin / Documentary series / FR,USA / 2018
The Lovers and the Despot of North Korea / Ross Adam, Rob Cannan / UK, USA / 2016 / 98 mins / Documentary / Sundance Film Festival 2016
Skokan / 2017 / Petr Václav / Czech republic
We are Never Alone / 2016 / Petr Václav / Czech republic
Road Movie / Martin Jelínek / 2015 / Czech republic
Martin Hejl & Coll. 2x100 mil. M2 / 20.02.2015 – 17.05.2015 /
National Gallery in Prague has re-staged the Czech-Slovak Biennale exhibition in Veletržní Palace
Short videos documenting the emergence, evolution and disappearance of prefabricated building panels as a building method in Czechoslovakia.
SOUND RECORDIST / PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Cowboy Poets / Mike Day / Documentary
The Tour / Mike Day / Documentary / in production
Amidlisa / Antoine Tassin / Documentary series / FR,USA / 2018
EDUCATION
MA Film editing, FAMU (Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) 2019
BA Film editing, FAMU (Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague)
SPŠG Hellichova, Photography and media