Magdalena Hejzlarová is a visual artist and stop-motion animation expert. She graduated from Prague’s Academy of Applied Arts and Design with her student short HYPNAGOGIA (2017), premiered at Ji.hlava IDFF, depicting animated accounts of people describing their experiences of falling asleep. Magdalena worked at several art and animation studios in Prague & Rotterdam. She is a commissioned artist and animator and has collaborated on remarkable films like LA TRAVERSÉE directed by Florence Miailhe (Honourable Mention at Annecy 2021) or APART by Diana Cam Van Nguyen (BAFTA Student Film Award finalist). She assists artists with disabilities in a Prague-based art studio. Along with Hun Tun, Magdalena created a radio documentary and a podcast series for Czech Radio both concerning sleep and insomnia.