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Anifilm picks short and student films for the international competitions

Anifilm picks short and student films for the international competitions

This year’s selection of short and student films is, like the selection for feature films competition, incredibly varied and includes a wide range of techniques, countries and narrative methods. The audiences will have a chance to see the film Drunker Than a Skunk by the renowned Bill Plympton, a suggestive tale Gloria Victoria by Theodor Ushev and a surrealist piece Lonely Bones by the extravagant Rosto. Czech films will be represented by the brand new film by Jaromír Plachý called Chrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr or a Japanese-Czech project, a horror tale by the legendary Jiří Barta called Sněžná žena (Snow Woman). The selection will also present young authors and their new styles and poetics that are yet to be discovered. This year’s selection forms in total four showcases of short films and three showcases of student films – the competition of student films is also varied and prominent film school, mostly from Europe, have made it to the final selection.