Ivana Hucíková is a Slovak writer and director based in Germany. Her work focuses on questions of identity, belonging, and personal freedom, with a strong emphasis on feminist and queer perspectives.

In 2017 she became a Fellow at the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio in Brooklyn, New York, where she co-directed and edited a short documentary film Into My Life, which went on to screen at major film festivals including Tribeca, Hot Docs, Camden, FestCurtas; won multiple awards and streamed on POV Shorts. Her following short documentary House of Velvet premiered at Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, the Slovak Queer Film Festival, and Żubroffka in 2023, and is now available worldwide on NOWNESS and KVIFF.TV. In January 2026 her latest short film on the history of the Stollwerck chocolate factory was broadcast on STVR as part of the fourth season of the TV documentary series Budujeme Slovensko.

Her professional journey includes participation in international programs such as IDFA Forum, Euro Connection at the Clermont-Ferrand film festival, European Short Pitch, IDFAcademy, Ex Oriente, and American Film Showcase.

Ivana holds a PhD in documentary film from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She currently works as a freelance writer and director, developing new documentary and fiction projects.