Mária Kralovič is a Slovak animator based in Bratislava. She graduated from the School of Applied Art in Kremnica and majored in the field of animation at VŠMU (The Academy of Performing Arts) in Bratislava. During her studies, she completed an internship at Escola de superior de theatro e cinema in Lisbon and later on she continued at VŠMU with her doctoral studies, where she presently lectures animation. Her previous movie, titled FIFI FATALE, was nominated for the Slovak national film award ‘Slnko v sieti" in 2018. Apart from animation, Maria focuses on illustration and design. In 2019, she made her debut with a comic book titled ‘Bežná’ (‘Ordinary’). She also designed 2D animation characters for feature animation film Living Large. She has gained multiple awards for her work and her movies were presented at Slovak and Czech film festivals.