KOVA — documenting cultures before the world notices

01 / Manifesto

KOVA is a studio.

Not an agency. Not a classic production house. Not a content factory. We document people, events and communities before their significance is widely noticed.

We don't watch from the outside. We get to know people, earn their trust, and stay present long enough to understand their motivations, relationships, habits and stories. We don't come only for footage. We build relationships, keep the memory and create an archive. We own what we make.

We earn like a business, so we can create like a cultural institution — standing on three pillars: Originals. Services. Space. Each plays a different role, moves at a different rhythm and earns revenue in a different way. All of them serve the same purpose: building KOVA's position as a creator who documents important people, events and communities.

Pillar 1Originals — KOVA Originals

The Community of Speed, the archive, KOVA Editions. Proof and identity — not a priced product for sale.

Pillar 2Services — KOVA Studio

Main revenue. One ladder: Pilot → Brand Film → Content System → Embedded.

Pillar 3Space — H241

290 m² at Grabiszyńska 241: rental, events, the community's home.

We judge every decision by one criterion: Does this build the archive, access to people and events, or a lasting partnership?

If it doesn't build any of these three values, it isn't the right project for KOVA — regardless of the fee on offer.

02 / Work

The work comes first.

Three films that show best how we work — and four other threads underneath. Click a tile: context, our role, formats and proof open up.

The Community of Speed — frame from the pilot

Full pilot · 27:23

01 / Pillar 1 — Originals · KOVA Originals · documentary series

The Community of Speed

An original KOVA production. A series about the community built around speed — the hero is the human, not the machine. You can watch the full pilot right here, without leaving the site.

Cast: Zasada · Walker · Emory · PrzygońskiPilot 27:23Season 1 · 6 episodesTheatrical premiere 28.11.2025 · Kino LunaSeason 2 in production

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Wrocław's Manhattan — frame from the film

Trailer · 1:33

02 / Feature film · 79 min

(Nie)zwykły Manhattan

The research didn't end in the edit suite. Together with the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław, we launched a public search for the woman in Chris Niedenthal's photograph. She was found and entered the film.

Zero media budget11+ outletsMDAG 2022TVP Kultura 2024DAFilms

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03 / Documentary film · 2024

Ryzykowne Piękno
(Risky Beauty)

A documentary about the price of appearance. No verdict, camera close to the face. The project came to us in 2022 from the aesthetic-medicine community — with a problem, not a ready-made thesis. Two years of material and two layers run in parallel: personal and expert.

Premiere 22.03.2024Dolnośląskie Centrum FilmowePost-screening talkDir. Filip Janerka

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The Community of Speed is an independent documentary project — it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Porsche AG.

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03 / Services

Three pillars,
one Services ladder.

Intellectual property builds credibility. Services sell it. Space gives both a physical home. Click the pillar that applies to you — inside is who it's for, how we run it, and what you get at the end.

Everything KOVA owns and that exists independently of any single client or budget: films, formats, archive, publications. Intellectual property builds KOVA's identity and cultural credibility, which is why Pillar 2 clients choose us and pay a premium for our point of view.

Who it's for

Brands and institutions who want to be part of the story, not an interruption in the middle of it — sponsorship, co-production, licensing.

How it runs

We choose the topic ourselves. The partner gets a clearly defined place: presence in the series' world, events at H241, access to the audience.

What you keep

A stake in a title that lives on after the premiere — screenings, VOD, press and events at H241.

The Community of Speed
KOVA archive (40 TB, licensing)
KOVA Editions
Premieres and events
Season sponsorship
Licensing / VOD

TCOS season sponsorship Archive licensing — priced individually per shot

The Community of Speed is an independent documentary project — it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Porsche AG.

Enter TCOS

We don't sell workdays, cameras or a file count. We sell the ability to enter a world the brand can't credibly tell on its own. Four rungs of one path — not four separate products.

01 / KOVA Pilot One shoot day

Entry. Hero film 60–90 s, 3–5 vertical cuts, a photo package. Goal: conversion to a larger project or a retainer within 60–90 days. See details →

02 / KOVA Brand Film Full brand production

Core. A full brand film or branded documentary — research, script, production, direction, edit, colour, sound design. See details →

03 / KOVA Content System Core · Growth · Signature

Core service. One planned shoot day feeds many formats. Three tiers: Core (quarterly shoot), Growth (monthly shoot), Signature (more days, access to H241). See details →

04 / KOVA Embedded Presence for a whole season

Premium. A permanent documentarian for a brand, team or season — presence, readiness, archive access all season long. See details →

Start with the Pilot Lower entry threshold than a full mid-market production

Porsche dealers, premium brands, partners testing the collaboration before a bigger contract.

See the whole Services ladder

H241 diversifies revenue and smooths cash flow between large projects. A photo studio, a set, a place for events and premieres — a showroom of what KOVA can do, and physical proof that KOVA is more than a team working project by project.

Who it's for

Productions looking for space, brands planning an event, and creators who want to show their thing to an audience.

How it runs

You book the rental yourself on the H241 site. We run the event — from concept to footage before, during and after.

What you keep

A space with full support, or a finished event with a complete set of photos and films.

Rental — studio hire
Events — premieres, screenings, branded dinners
Community home — a recurring ritual
Brand Salon
Production Residency
Podcast / recording

Hourly and daily rental Events — from an intimate meeting to a B2B premiere with content

On the H241 site we sell availability and pricing. Here — what H241 can do for a project.

See the three models

04 / H241

H241 isn't a room.
It's KOVA's community home.

290 m² of our own space in Wrocław. A photo studio, a set, an event, a premiere and a content engine, all in one place.

H241 studio at Grabiszyńska 241 in Wrocław

01 / Studio rental

Space for your production

Photography, a session, a recording, an ad shoot. Pricing, dates and online booking on the H241 site.

Pricing and booking

02 / Our own events

Premieres, screenings, talks

KOVA and H241 formats: film premieres, screenings, meetups, sets. An audience that comes for the content.

See the formats

03 / Commissioned events

Brand events with material

Brand Salon, Cultural Launch, Production Residency, a company event. Always with content coverage: before, during and after.

Do an event with KOVA

05 / KOVA VOD

Whole films.
Right now.

Not trailers — full KOVA titles to watch right here, no registration, no fees. The player starts only after you click.

Playback launches YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode. The Community of Speed is an independent documentary project — it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Porsche AG.

06 / KOVA Prints

Frames for your wall.

Frames from our films and original photography, as posters. Same frame, same colour, same typography as in the project.

50 × 75 cm · matte art paper · pigment print, made to order.

All posters

07 / Author

An author's house,
not an agency.

Behind every project stands one specific person with a specific point of view — not a department where the brief passes from hand to hand.

Filip Janerka, director and founder of KOVA — Filip Janerka / founder & director

Filip Janerka — director, producer and founder of KOVA. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, and a lecturer at the Wrocław Film School.

He started in design, photography and mixed media, so he came to documentary from the image side, not the reportage side. Hence the duality of KOVA: documentary honesty in what we say, and full control over how it looks.

He runs each project personally — from the first conversation with a protagonist, through research and direction, to the premiere and what happens with the film afterwards. That's why we don't take on everything at once.

DesignPhotographyMultimediaFilmDocumentary

The full KOVA story

Original architecture photography — Architecture / rhythm

Original fashion portrait in an urban setting — Portrait / movement

Original still-life photography — Still life / story

08 / Trust

Brands, institutions
and shared work.

Wrocław is a base, not a border. We build the crew to fit the task, and keep control of the image in one place.

2018year founded

290 m²our own H241 studio

79 minfeature film in distribution

6TCOS episodes · season 1

Selected brand experience

AMREST / KFC · LOTTO · DIESEL · MICHELIN · ROCKETJOBS.PL · GEPETTO · IML JEANS · ALLEGRO

Project and institutional collaborations

Museum of Architecture in Wrocław · Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Subcarpathian Regional Tourist Organisation · Marshal's Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Brand names describe selected past experience of KOVA and Filip Janerka; they are not a declaration of a current partnership. Project collaborations are indicated on specific case studies.

09 / Contact

Write to us.
We reply within one
business day.

Three fields and a message — that's enough to start the conversation. The rest: format, timing, budget and crew, we'll work out together.

Fastest — write directly

studio@kova.productions

We reply within one business day — with specifics, not a deck.

H241 · Grabiszyńska 241
Wrocław. You can also just drop by and see where it's made.

Full project brief

KOVA documents cultures, before the world notices they are cultures.

KOVA is a studio.

The Community of Speed

(Nie)zwykły Manhattan

Ryzykowne Piękno(Risky Beauty)

Space for your production

Premieres, screenings, talks

Brand events with material

Ryzykowne Piękno
(Risky Beauty)