International festival of animated films Třeboň Czech Republic May 1st - 6th 2018

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Charlie the Snowman’s Christmas Wedding

Petr Vodička | Czech Republic | 2017 | 12 min | CS

This film is the short debut of the famous Czech theatre director Petr Vodička. It is an original fairy tale drama starring Christmas decorations. After the tree is decorated, snowman Karel finds that he is hanging on the opposite side of the tree from his fiancé snowwoman Eva and sets out on a dramatic journey to rescue her.

Charlie the Snowman’s Christmas Wedding

Tu 01/05/2018
17.00-18.15
free seats: 2
Světozor Cinema

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
12.00-13.15
free seats: 178
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Sa 05/05/2018
10.00-11.15
free seats: 0
Puppet Theatre

Walking and Running

Vít Pancíř | Czech Republic | 2018 | 10 min

The stories of a young couple in love, an old lady caring for a flower on her window sill, a successful runner and a one-legged beggar on a street corner gradually intertwine in the presence of unrelenting wind which can, much like human steps, be considered as a metaphor for the tireless cycle of life.

Walking and Running

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

We 02/05/2018
12.30-13.48
free seats: 176
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
16.00-17.18
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.18
free seats: 59
Světozor Cinema

Hypnagogia

Magdalena Kvasničková | Czech Republic | 2017 | 5 min | CS

Hypnagogia is an original experiment that combines abstract scenes with techniques of traditional anidocs. The film depicts the state of falling asleep, and describes and illustrates the visual sensory phenomena that are experienced when crossing the borders of sleep in its own poetic and documentary-style way.

Hypnagogia

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

We 02/05/2018
10.30-11.49
free seats: 188
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
14.00-15.19
free seats: 19
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Sa 05/05/2018
20.00-21.19
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Wedding Day

Zuzana Čupová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min | CS

This lively film revolves around a frenzied rhythm – both musical and visual. In a vortex of pulsating images, the author managed to portray a traditional Czech country wedding along with its folklore traditions. Using artistic shortcuts, allusions and successful metamorphoses, she depicts the atmosphere of absolute merriment accompanied by the tones of Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances.

Wedding Day

We 02/05/2018
10.30-11.49
free seats: 188
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
14.00-15.19
free seats: 19
Puppet Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Sa 05/05/2018
20.00-21.19
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Chase

Michaela Režová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 12 min | CS

Using period graphics, this original anidoc revives the glory days of Czechoslovak hockey along with its dark moments. The author focuses on government repressions against the Czechoslovak national team players in 1950. The film is based on authentic testimonies of living witnesses and archive footage.

Chase

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

We 02/05/2018
14.00-15.23
free seats: 39
Světozor Cinema

Th 03/05/2018
15.00-16.23
free seats: 211
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Sa 05/05/2018
13.30-14.53
free seats: 0
Puppet Theatre

Wandering Bondy

Veronika Zacharová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 3 min | CS

This short, playful and pleasantly stylised “study” is an interpretation of the thoughts of Egon Bondy – famous Czech poet, writer and in particular philosopher. The author is deliberately not trying to illustrate the commentary, but rather to accompany it with a visual form humorously filled with associations, metaphors and irony.

Wandering Bondy

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

We 02/05/2018
14.00-15.23
free seats: 39
Světozor Cinema

Th 03/05/2018
15.00-16.23
free seats: 211
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Sa 05/05/2018
13.30-14.53
free seats: 0
Puppet Theatre

Little Red Riding Hood

Martina Holcová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 5 min | CS

The Little Red Riding Hood of old was a good-natured and defenceless girl, but the wolf will certainly not get to the Little Red Riding Hood from this film. In this artistically distinct film, the hungry beast will eventually feast on things other than what we would have expected. This humorously altered (non)fairy-tale about visiting Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother is unforgettably narrated by Czech actor Ota Jirák.

Little Red Riding Hood

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Th 03/05/2018
10.00-11.21
free seats: 175
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
19.00-20.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Su 06/05/2018
14.00-15.21
free seats: 53
Puppet Theatre

FOOD

Michaela Mihalyiova | Czech Republic | 2017 | 2 min

Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Morning, noon, evening. Beginning, middle, end. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and FOOD searches for parallels between eating and pairing rituals. The film uses cut-out animation and folded paper that introduces another dimension to classical cut-outs.

FOOD

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
10.00-11.21
free seats: 175
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
19.00-20.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
14.00-15.21
free seats: 53
Puppet Theatre

Mukumu

Pavla Baštanová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 8 min

This Czech film full of northern melancholy depicts the flow of time somewhere on an island where a man constantly fights with nature and with himself. Jumping off a cliff, facing attacks of a predator and encountering seals are just ordinary things here. In a land where the wind blows constantly, a man cannot afford to be baffled by anything.

Mukumu

Tu 01/05/2018
13.00-14.09
Puppet Theatre

We 02/05/2018
20.00-21.09
České Budějovice - Kampa

Th 03/05/2018
18.30-19.39
Puppet Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Th 03/05/2018
10.00-11.21
free seats: 175
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
19.00-20.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Su 06/05/2018
14.00-15.21
free seats: 53
Puppet Theatre

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Opak Dissu: Fabia Trap

Mikuláš Suchý, Vojtěch Kočí | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min | CS

Fabia Trap is a music video for the Czech trash/comedy rap label Opak Dissu. Using a mix of both digital and traditional animation techniques, the music video celebrates many bizarre, everyday icons of Czech culture. Directors Mikuláš Suchý and Vojtěch Kočí specialize in post-production modifications of classical hand animation.

Tu 01/05/2018
19.00-20.20
free seats: 82
Světozor Cinema

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
free seats: 78
Puppet Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.50
free seats: 43
Světozor Cinema

Fr 04/05/2018
10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
19.30-20.50
free seats: 15
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Barbora Poláková: Krosna

Kosuke Sugimoto | Czech Republic | 2017 | 5 min | CS

This visually inventive music video for a song by a popular Czech singer skilfully combines computer animation with real footage and plays with various scales and photographs. The music video was made in the Czech Republic, but its director belongs to a new wave of young Japanese authors specializing in synchronizing animation and music.

Barbora Poláková: Krosna

Tu 01/05/2018
19.00-20.20
free seats: 82
Světozor Cinema

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
free seats: 78
Puppet Theatre

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.50
free seats: 43
Světozor Cinema

Fr 04/05/2018
10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
19.30-20.50
free seats: 15
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

30 Amper

Michal Kubíček | Czech Republic | 2018 | 14 min

In this atmospheric film set in a post-apocalyptic world, the debuting director mixed western, sci-fi, horror and thriller. We watch the film’s main hero wander through the desolate world in search of something. When he finally finds what he’s been looking for after a fight with weird monsters, there is a surprising twist.

30 Amper

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

To the Ground

Ivan Studený, Zuzana Studená | Czech Republic | 2017 | 2 min | CS

This serious anidoc illustrates the story of a young woman who became a victim of domestic violence. And even though she took her baby and fled, she wound up in an even worse situation. The film will captivate you with its artistic style and its originally processed sound track.

To the Ground

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Switch of Roles

Pavel Koutský | Czech Republic | 2017 | 6 min

Pavel Koutský, the classic of Czech animation, once again addresses a topical issue: in the contemporary world, we are all both puppeteers and puppets without even noticing it. In his film, Koutský asks the question who is the object and who is the subject and who controls whom.

Switch of Roles

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

I’m Leaving

Viliam Vala | Czech Republic, Australia | 2018 | 10 min | EN

The Czech director of this puppet film studied animation in Melbourne in Australia. His film shows what happens when a quarter-century-old rusted chain on a prisoner’s leg takes life into its own hands after the prisoner loses his sparkle.

I’m Leaving

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Roll out the Barrels

Jan Bohuslav | Czech Republic | 2018 | 4 min

Love knows no age and even those who do not expect it can be hit by Cupid’s arrow. In this humorous story, a granny charms a grandpa who in his infatuation resolves to resort to every possible trick to seduce the object of his desires.

Roll out the Barrels

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Neighbours (story of Rudolf Bělohoubek)

Martin Búřil | Czech Republic | 2018 | 9 min | CS

This absorbing anidoc returns to an embarrassing period of our history – often paradoxical retributions after WWII. By means of strongly visual images, the film illustrates a dramatic story of a man whose father was arrested and wrongly accused of collaborating with the Germans. The man actually saved a lot of lives when, as a postman, he destroyed a number of letters by informers.

Neighbours (story of Rudolf Bělohoubek)

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Radio Dolores

Katariina Lillqvist | Czech Republic, Finland | 2016 | 18 min

With documentary-like accuracy, this puppet films depicts everyday life in a Finnish shoe factory in the 1930s. It tells several stories: about two rebels from the boiler room, about an illegal radio broadcast and about a shoemaker who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War.

Radio Dolores

We 02/05/2018
16.30-17.51
free seats: 191
J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
12.00-13.21
free seats: 0
Světozor Cinema

Ghostory

Alžběta Göbelová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 10 min | CS

This humorous fictitious documentary tells the after-life story of a man-ghost who is trying to learn the cause of his death and films his journey to find the truth. The author brilliantly plays with the genre of detective story and the film boasts excellent narration by Vladimír Javorský.

Ghostory

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

24

Bára Anna Stejskalová | Czech Republic | 2018 | 7 min | CS

The director of this experimental film is also a painter, tattoo artist, designer and owner of a food truck. The name of this film combining live-action sequences with animation is a reference to the critical age of 24. It illustrates the problems of this life period using a story of five girls: Pink, Red, Blue, Turquoise and Yellow.

24

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Through the Marsh

Kryštof Ulbert | Czech Republic | 2017 | 6 min

While accompanying her to school a little girl's father is kidnapped by a water sprite. The girl must save her daddy and hopefully get to the class. This unusual comedy with fairy-tale motifs was made by a student from the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín using heavily stylized and expressive drawings.

Through the Marsh

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Do Not Touch!

Pavel Endrle | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min

This one-minute-long puppet gag was made by a student from the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia during his study stay in the Polish city of Łódź. Although it is his first puppet film, the author managed to fully utilise its running length – both time-wise and space-wise – and created a humorous situation with an amusing punch line.

Do Not Touch!

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Run out of White Horses

Iveta Kotačková | Czech Republic | 2017 | 7 min

This modern and lively animated fairy-tale portrays a knight’s quest for a noble maiden. The hero must overcome various obstacles and dangers but mainly his weaknesses, to find himself in the arms of the yearned-for girl.

Run out of White Horses

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

The Spellbound

Martin Kukal | Czech Republic | 2017 | 8 min

This atypically portrayed legend from ancient times tells the story of people trying to save an old lady’s only possession, a sick goat. But unlike the desperate characters, the viewers know what happened to the goat and know the story can’t have a happy ending. Or can it?

The Spellbound

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Legend of a Polar Bear

Kateřina Coufalová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 6 min

The film’s director, a student at Ostrava University, connected two of her hobbies in her film: aquarelle and animals. Legend of a Polar Bear is a story of two bear brothers. They live in a land of snow and ice and one day something happens that changes their lives.

Legend of a Polar Bear

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Twilight Witch

Zuzana Skopalová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 8 min | CS

The short animated horror film Twilight Witch created using digital animation drawing techniques will take us to the Czech countryside in the second half of the 19th century, to a time when people used to believe in folk superstitions, myths and various creatures. 

Twilight Witch

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

In a Dumpster

Daria Kashcheeva | Czech Republic | 2017 | 3 min

A short animation horror utopia about the relationship between city, man and garbage. The film’s author was originally a sound engineer. She took up animation on her own and now studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

In a Dumpster

Tu 01/05/2018
18.30-19.43
free seats: 58
Puppet Theatre

Fr 04/05/2018
14.30-15.43
free seats: 92
Cinema Aurora

Our Street

Petra Fenďová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 3 min | CS

“… but I see a lot of positive things here,” says the protagonist of this colourfully economical anidoc from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague about one of Prague’s frequented public places. In what’s more than just a social probe, we see the National Theatre piazzeta through the eyes of a local street paper seller.

Our Street

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

WOO-HOO!

Dávid Štumpf | Czech Republic | 2018 | 7 min

Despite its title, this pixilated film portrays unsuccessful dating. The film’s main protagonist with a horse’s head uses an unconventional dating app reminiscent of old 8-bit games to help him find a soul mate. But even the best dating app cannot anticipate the reactions of the unicorns that we sometimes think we are.

WOO-HOO!

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Neil

Martin Pošta | Czech Republic | 2017 | 6 min

Serenity – green trees, honey flowing from beehives… and a bear in a space suit. What more could anyone want? Space bear Neil finally finds a new planet of his dreams. That is, if he can find his way through the labyrinth of an abandoned city in this 3D animated film.

Neil

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

The Creatures Inside Us

Ester Nemjoova | Czech Republic | 2017 | 7 min | CS

Ester Nemjóová’s colourful film, made as a promo-video for the musical duo Svačiny a Soubor ptačích okarín, inventively plays with language. A crested bird takes you on a journey through an incredible world built from real footage and inhabited by bizarre animated characters.

The Creatures Inside Us

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Space Tramp

Ondřej Skalník | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min

A lonely space ship wanders through deep 3D black-and-white space. A fly-through through a group of planets in the shape of children’s toys exhausts its pilot and only passenger – a robot – so much that he turns on the autopilot. But what he doesn’t know is that in a part of space unknown to him lurks danger – a black hole.

Space Tramp

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Here and here

Michaela Mihalyiova | Czech Republic | 2017 | 3 min | CS

Home sweet home, or what we do/don’t like about the places where we live. This anidoc works with authentic interviews with people from smaller as well as bigger towns and cities and colourfully animates their alter-egos who are no less real than their live counterparts.

Here and here

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Kovlad

Kateřina Čupová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 8 min | CS

Once upon a time there was girl for whom neither a loaf of peasant bread nor a lordly pie were expensive enough. Will her next suitor be good enough for her? And in what carriage will he come? Božena Němcová’s classical story deals with human pride and this animated version takes us all the way to the kingdom of the mysterious prince Kovlad.

Kovlad

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

After

Matouš Valchář | Czech Republic | 2018 | 6 min | CS

To live at the North Pole is hard enough even without your granny’s annoying chit-chat. For the protagonist of this flatly narrated film, encountering a polar bear means a possible redemption from the wretchedness of his earthly life. After all, his granny said that there's tons of food in heaven and you can stop giving a damn.

After

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Insatiable

Linda Retterová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 6 min

In the original story, Otesánek eats what he sees – even people. But times are changing and his appetite has significantly increased. After he “ate his mummy, ate his daddy,” our puppet Otesánek sets out into the world (made almost exclusively from textile materials) to find something to eat. Will a big city survive the attack of this greedy guts?

Insatiable

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Very Close

Eliška Oz, Lee Oz | Czech Republic, Israel | 2017 | 7 min | EN

This stop-motion anidoc tells the story of a Czech-Israeli family whose unity is disrupted not only by airport security checks, but the main turning point is the illness of one of the family members. Animation of paper and hair, videos and authentic interviews bring us closer and closer to the family.

Very Close

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Racing Fever

Daniela Hýbnerová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min

The unbearable thrill is escalated by the words of the broadcaster. Doping and merciless annihilation of your opponents is common practice in this sport – only the most cunning racer can win! Because there’s more at stake than you can see at first glance. This humorous film with an unexpected twist was made at the College and High School of Art of Václav Hollar in Prague.

Racing Fever

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

The Cube

Tomáš Pavlíček | Czech Republic | 2017 | 11 min

This metaphorical film brings back universal values that can make even a weathered metal cube into a film protagonist. Other cubes, nice and clean, have out of fear of tyranny created a gargantuan sterile unit unable to accept any deviations. The establishment of a new order that is more inclined towards life seems obvious.

The Cube

Th 03/05/2018
14.30-15.53
free seats: 114
Cinema Aurora

Su 06/05/2018
17.00-18.23
free seats: 61
Puppet Theatre

Jerboas: Jerboas and the Mouthbrooder

Barbora Dlouhá | Czech Republic | 2018 | 9 min | CS

Africa is vast and apart from lions and elephants, there is enough space for a lot of animals unknown to many younger as well as older viewers. In this animated bedtime story by Czech Television's children's channel CT :D, Jerboas Týna and Tom have various adventures. For instance, they meet the Mouthbrooder, which raises its own children in its mouth.

Jerboas: Jerboas and the Mouthbrooder

We 02/05/2018
11.00-11.39
free seats: 87
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
15.00-15.39
Zlatá Hvězda

Sing with Us: Jede, jede, poštovský panáček

David Súkup | Czech Republic | 2017 | 3 min | CS

Sing with us is a children's programme made by Czech Television in which we, along with a clever fox, sing popular Czech folk songs animated with cutouts from coloured paper. How and why is the postman going to Rokycany? Kühn’s children's choir will help you find out with artistic assistance by Vendula Chalánková.

Sing with Us: Jede, jede, poštovský panáček

We 02/05/2018
11.00-11.39
free seats: 87
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
15.00-15.39
Zlatá Hvězda

Hungry Bear Tales: Blueberries!

Kateřina Karhánková, Alexandra Májová (Hettmerová) | Czech Republic | 2017 | 7 min | CS

When little Miška gets frightened by his friend Bear, he learns that bears have no use for fear. But on his quest for blueberries, he finds that when one is about to devour a whole can of berries, fear can be useful. This series for children was produced by Bionaut with music recorded by Midi Lidi.

Hungry Bear Tales: Blueberries!

We 02/05/2018
11.00-11.39
free seats: 87
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
15.00-15.39
Zlatá Hvězda

Fridge Stories

Lukáš Záhoř, Milan Kuchynka, Robert Geisler | Czech Republic | 2017 | 5 min | CS

The fridge is a world in itself. That fact is very well known to Špekáček (Sausage) and Feferonka (Pepperoni), the main protagonists of this series by Stream.cz, which uses real photographs and stylized labels of various products. The series plays on words and this episode deals with the Prague Reveller who is disturbing the peace at night.

Fridge Stories

We 02/05/2018
11.00-11.39
free seats: 87
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
15.00-15.39
Zlatá Hvězda

Annie and Joey: Scandal in the Town

Michal Žabka | Czech Republic | 2017 | 13 min | CS

Animated mice Anča and Pepík from Lucie Lomová’s series produced by Czech television are always busy. This time, the reputation of the mayor of their town Ušín is at stake – he is accused of stealing from the town treasury. Can they prove his innocence? And will they sell enough blueberries to afford a magic set?

Annie and Joey: Scandal in the Town

We 02/05/2018
11.00-11.39
free seats: 87
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15.00-15.39
Zlatá Hvězda

The Dark Secret: Beauty and the Beast

Pavel Jindra, Radovan Surý | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min | CS

If you perhaps find classical fairy-tales somewhat illogical, Stream.cz has prepared their “scientific” analysis. How is it possible that Beauty fell in love with the revolting Beast from the forest? Was it really pure love? Talking-head experts present a bold theory about hallucinogens.

The Dark Secret: Beauty and the Beast

We 02/05/2018
11.00-11.39
free seats: 87
Puppet Theatre

Sa 05/05/2018
15.00-15.39
Zlatá Hvězda

Magnesia Litera – Children’s Book

Maria Procházková | Czech Republic | 2 min

Books nominated in individual categories of the Czech literary awards Magnesia Litera are presented in collaboration with multiple graphic artists so that every book has its own individual space and the viewers have a taste of its essence. One of the nominees was animator Tereza Vostradovská and so she logically got a chance to make one of the spots.

Magnesia Litera – Children’s Book

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
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Světozor Cinema

ArtZone

Jindřich Novák, Petr Černý | Czech Republic | 2017 | 2 min | CS

An interesting computer generated spot was made for Czech Television's new programme. Arts such as opera and literature play important roles in the spot. Individual signs in the spot are disrupted by various glitches, which also affect the soundtrack.

ArtZone

We 02/05/2018
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10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Česká pojišťovna: We will not let this happen

Nicolas Pasquet, Charles Keramoal, Saii _ | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min | CS

This commercial combines live action and 3D animation. Strange subversive creatures in a woman's household, her car and the street fear that the woman wants to arrange the right insurance policy and that will cost them their lives. The strongest of the anthropomorphised abstract creatures is water that uses the sewer system and catches the woman right as she’s about to enter the insurance company.

Česká pojišťovna: We will not let this happen

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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Puppet Theatre

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10.00-10.52
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Erasmus

Jan Saska, Vojtěch Kiss | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min | CS

The Erasmus programme celebrated its 30-year anniversary in an unusual way. It asked Czech animators Vojtěch Kiss and Jan Saska to make a spot. Its main protagonist is Ing. Panenka who spent most of his life behind the teacher's desk of a classroom at a local school, until his students told him about the advantages of the Erasmus programme.

Erasmus

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
free seats: 78
Puppet Theatre

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10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Hayao Miyazaki in Bio Oko

Jan Šrámek | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min

Jan Šrámek's spot was made for the showcase of films by the renowned Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki from Studio Ghibli screened by Prague's Bio Oko. In his spot, the director logically portrays the characters from anime films, but using his own artistic style, he transforms them and gives them new meanings.

Hayao Miyazaki in Bio Oko

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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Puppet Theatre

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10.00-10.52
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Světozor Cinema

Déčko Is Slowing Down

Maria Procházková | Czech Republic | 1 min

Czech Television's children's programme – CT:D – is slowing down. We have to keep it going! Children's energy and fantasy is miraculous and it can bring in helping hands! We need as many of them as possible! Set out on a rescue mission and help us! Animated campaign for a nation-wide holiday game for the whole family.

Déčko Is Slowing Down

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
free seats: 78
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10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Scalped – comic book trailer

Lukáš Bača | Czech Republic | 2017 | 2 min | CS

A trailer for a comic book series published in Czech by the publishing house Crew. The story takes place on the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation where organised crime thrives. The trailer's author animated individual frames of the comic book and created a Hollywood-style trailer so potential readers can have a taste of the atmosphere of the coming comic book.

Scalped – comic book trailer

We 02/05/2018
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Světozor Cinema

ČMSS – autumn campaign

Petr Horák | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min | CS

The autumn campaign of Českomoravská stavební spořitelna (Czech-Moravian Building Society) brings back their notorious mascot – the Fox. This 3D animated commercial uses expressive sounds that the director managed to fit into the compressed commercial.

ČMSS – autumn campaign

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

DVA: Valibela

Klára Míčková | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min

This peaceful indie-pop track is slightly reminiscent of a lullaby. The animated music video, which takes place in a deep space, is created in the same spirit. The main theme is hands in creations you have probably never seen before.

DVA: Valibela

We 02/05/2018
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10.00-10.52
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Hamé EasyFruit – Everyday Friendship

Petr Babinec | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min

Even a fruit purée commercial can be wild and eventful. This one made by Studio Kouzelná certainly is. And it is also full of colours and sounds. It stuns its target group of potential customers in the same way as the product it sells.

We 02/05/2018
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Puppet Theatre

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Světozor Cinema

Magnesia Litera – Book Translation

Maria Procházková | Czech Republic | 2 min

A part of a practical project connecting animation with Czech literary awards. Among the nominees, you will find a black-and-white adaptation by Bára Uhlířová, strikingly colourful cut-out animation by Michaela Mihalyiová and also a monochromatic animation by Bety Suchanová.

Magnesia Litera – Book Translation

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
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Světozor Cinema

Jupi Hot Drink

Michal Žabka | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min | CS

On a clearing in a snow-covered forest, we see a snowball shivering with cold. Suddenly Old Grandpa Clove comes and asks if the snowball is cold. But the snowball is insolent and the old man wants to teach it proper manners. He blazes fire on it with his cinnamon staff of warmth. The crust melts and reveals an orange. This puppet commercial makes humorous references to the classical Soviet fairy-tale Jack Frost.

Jupi Hot Drink

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14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Mouvo 2017 titles

Oficina studio | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min | CS

This film is a trailer for the second edition of the Muovo motion design festival in Prague. Just like the festival itself, the trailer was prepared by the successful studio Oficina. It uses geometric shapes that play an abstract game with the names of individual performers.

Mouvo 2017 titles

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Commercial bank: Palacky Investment

Petr Horák | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min | CS

In this spot promoting investing your savings, the well-known 1000 Czech crown bank note featuring František Palacký comes to life. Transformed into his 3D version and sitting in his office stylized in line with the bank note's design, Palacký uses his cell phone and works on his computer. He is allegedly extremely busy and needs additional workers.

Commercial bank: Palacky Investment

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
free seats: 78
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10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Longital: Spokojná a sýta

Michaela Mašánová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 6 min | SK

This dark music video of the band Longital was made by a student from the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín. The title of this dismal video may be a bit confusing (satisfied and full) as the video's main protagonist is wandering through a city by night and being following by various manifested concerns and fears.

Longital: Spokojná a sýta

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
free seats: 78
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10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Rodiče napořád – title sequence

Maria Procházková | 1 min

This animated title sequence was made for Czech Television's documentary series Parents Forever by Olga Špátová dealing with the issue of foster care. It combines live footage of a woman's hand with a 2D animation of a child. Their interaction symbolises various levels of the relationship between a parent and a child.

Rodiče napořád – title sequence

We 02/05/2018
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10.00-10.52
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10.00-10.52
Světozor Cinema

Bent and Straight

Marcel Legindi, Jakub Klír | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min | CS

This short film made for the McKenzie Institute focuses on promoting a healthy lifestyle among children. Its form is entertaining and educational. Instead of being active, children nowadays spend their free time passively. The film tries to explain why it's better to stand upright rather than slouch using the example of prehistoric tribes.

Bent and Straight

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Světozor Cinema

Magnesia Litera – Fiction I

Maria Procházková | Czech Republic | 2 min

The trailer for the Czech literary awards opens with a film by Lucie Sunková whose oil animation captures fast transformations of the plot. The second film, a 2D animation, takes us through the Rataj wood full of distinctive symbols; and the third film is set in a pub full of people lacking sharp outlines.

Magnesia Litera – Fiction I

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Světozor Cinema

Czechoslovakia’s Great House Experiment

Jan Šrámek | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min

This spot was made for an exhibition prepared by the Museum of Decorative Arts of the Moravian Gallery in Brno. Its author sensitively connects artefacts of the era of the prefab buildings boom in Czechoslovakia. We will see a typical orange Tatra truck, a typical living room and the buildings themselves. But the spot does not omit the controversial Košice intervention.

Czechoslovakia’s Great House Experiment

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
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Světozor Cinema

Wake up ČT:D

Maria Procházková | Czech Republic | 1 min

We need to find a key with five colours to wind up CT:D. Czech Television's children channel is in danger, so several spots were created to promote a nationwide holiday family game. The spots are in line with the channel's colour design by Daniel Špaček and feature well-known characters from the channel's universe.

Wake up ČT:D

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
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Světozor Cinema

PIXBUF – Vladimir, The Photographer

Alžběta Göbelová | Czech Republic | 2018 | 2 min | EN

This short animated portrait of a fictitious photographer attracts attention to a specific online service. Pixbuf is the first Czech digital platform for sharing photographs which offers an analytical tool for photographers. The author of this spot is a graduate of the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín.

PIXBUF – Vladimir, The Photographer

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
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Světozor Cinema

Magnesia Litera – Fiction II.

Maria Procházková | Czech Republic | 2 min

Books nominated in individual categories are presented in collaboration with Czech animators. We begin with Anna Paděrová's animation using a lively red line. In an open black-and-white landscape of his film, Marek Pokorný deals with the issue of refugees. The selection is closed by a tragicomic adaptation of a book by Marek Náprstek directed by Michal Přibáň.

Magnesia Litera – Fiction II.

We 02/05/2018
14.00-14.52
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10.00-10.52
free seats: 68
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Světozor Cinema

One World 2018 jingle

Matyáš Trnka, Matěj Růžička | Czech Republic | 2018 | 1 min

The jingle of this year's One World human rights film festival reflects the main theme of the festival – updating the system. Director and graphic artist Matyáš Trnka was inspired by ASCII art – an approach that uses computer text as an artistic medium. We see white computer characters frolicking through a typical blue space.

One World 2018 jingle

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No Distance Paradise: Let It Go

Vojtech Buchta | Czech Republic | 2017 | 5 min | EN

Vojtěch Buchta's music video was made using a demanding technique – 3D scans of the band members were made by 120 different DSLR cameras in the biggest centre for 3D scanning in continental Europe – Duplicity 3D scan – based in Prague.

We 02/05/2018
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Tokyo Ghoul – comic book trailer

Lukáš Bača | Czech Republic | 2017 | 2 min | CS

This trailer for a Japanese manga published in Czech by the Czech publishing house Crew stars a young man from Tokyo who is attacked by a ghoul and subsequently turns into half-ghoul/monster. He finds that he doesn't belong to the human world nor the night world of the monsters. The trailer made for Crew's YT channel uses individual frames from the manga.

Tokyo Ghoul – comic book trailer

We 02/05/2018
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Silent Forest

Ondřej Mladý, Pavla Šnajdarová | Czech Republic | 2017 | 3 min | EN

The short film Silent Forest is a part of a campaign of the same name. This Southeast Asian campaign aims to save songbirds by increasing knowledge, awareness and commitment to take action within and beyond the zoo community. The spot is animated with painted cutouts.

Silent Forest

We 02/05/2018
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Světozor Cinema

Noizztoy: Flight

Kateřina Pražáková | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min | EN

This animated music video for rock fans is placed in a dynamic dream world full of animals, people, and surrealistic objects. The story is mainly about death. The singer sings about people who died in an attack or in some catastrophe and he tries to get a sense of their feelings about death.

Noizztoy: Flight

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Světozor Cinema

Dee Year

Tomáš Holub | Czech Republic | 2017 | 1 min | CS

Duháček's friend Ovečka spends her whole year playing professions with children. Each month, she comes up with a profession and collects competition entries from children. They find the theme on CT:D's website and in the broadcast, and their task is to send their own story in line with the assignment. It is entirely up to them how they portray it.

Dee Year

We 02/05/2018
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Vlny: Rybář

Martin Živocký, Veronika Jelínková | Czech Republic | 2017 | 4 min

Martin Živocký and Veronika Jelínková made a melancholic music video set at sea. As a man floats in a small boat, he is confronted with various obstacles and his own memories. Everything is portrayed with tasteful 3D animation.

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