The block 25 Years of Czech Animated Commercials offers a rich selection of Czech commercials created after the Velvet Revolution, including spots by Michal Žabka, Noro Držiak, Jan Balej and Jaromír Plachý. Screening begins in the Schwarzenberg Hall at 13.30.
Films nominated for the traditional and prestigious Cartoon d’Or award will be screened in the J. K. Tyl Theatre at 19.30.
Midnight Animation starts today. For three nights, you can visit the Světozor Cinema to watch films you would not image existed. The screening of A Deeper Insight, today’s special selection of short films with the themes of decomposition and entrails, begins at 23.30.
We invite all fans of Jiří Brdečka, the Czech (and international) classic author of animated films, to the launch of a unique triple-DVD set recently published by Anifilm. The launch will take place in the Schwarzenberg Hall today at 17.00; you will also have a chance to buy the set consisting of 3 DVDs with a total of 34 films. Brdečka won international acclaim with film such as e.g. Love and the Zeppelin, Gallina Vogelbirdae and Do lesíčka na čekanou. Brdečka’s acute vision of the magical inner world together with his irony and poetic sensibility make his works an important and valuable part of world animation. See for yourselves – Brdečka’s films will also be screened on the first floor of the Old Town Hall during the whole festival.