of
the International Festival of Animated Films ANIFEST operating under the
umbrella of the Institute of Czech Animation launches the first DVD of a series
introducing the selection of young Czech artists - animators. Apart from
already known names, e.g.Galina Miklínová or Michal Žabka, the DVD also
features the representatives
of
a newly emerging generation: Martin Duda, Zdeněk Durdil, Edita Krausová, Aneta Kýrová, Jaromír Plachý, Lucie
Sunková and Václav Švankmajer. The non-commercial disc of 90 min with English subtitles
is meant
to
become the long missing tool internationally promoting the best young Czech
animators. The dramaturgist
and
the author of the introductory text is the nestor of Czech animation Jiří
Kubíček - the Professor of the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts
in Prague, Animated Film Department.
After movie theatres had abolished the screening of shorts before a
feature-length films (which used to be guarranteed by law in the CR before 1989),
and given the international tendency towards producing commercial
feature-length formats, the original short films have become a sort of „endangered
species". Despite the fact that for animated production the category of short
films is essential and it boasts
by a long tradition and famous names, short animated films can only be seen at
festivals. This is why the Czech Animation Institute / AniFest consider it their priority to continue the long tradition of classice
masters of Czech animation, e.g. J.Trnka, K. Zeman, J. Švankmajer, B.Pojar, or J.
Barta, P.Koutský, M. Pavlátová and many others and through its new project „New
Wave of Czech Animation" introduce young Czech animators to the world professional
audience as well as to the large public. The DVDs will be presented primarily at leading international
festivals, in Czech Cultural Centres and at various film events worldwide.
In his introduction, Professor Kubíček says: „Without
anybody planning or forecasting it, Czech animation saw the birth of something
new, congenial, viable and meaningful. Let's call it the "New Wave" as this
technical term has a grounded tradition and a solid foundation in the Czech
film industry. It is a symbol".
CONTENT:
Contact
(2003)
Director: Martin
Duda
Designer: Martin Duda
Technique: 3D computer, 2D computer
Screenplay: Martin Duda
Music: Matouš Godík
Producer: FAMU Praha
Playfulness, harmony and conflict
between cartoon and digital animation.
Game
(2004)
Director: Galina
Miklínová
Designer: Galina Miklínová
Technique: Drawing on Paper, 2D Computer,
Camera-Free
Screenplay: Galina Miklínová
Music: Pavla Milcová, Petr Binder
Producer: Alkay s.r.o.
Rules and accidents between two
players - hand painted and colored "total" animation with subsequent
computer processing in Prague's
Alkay studio. The work on the film and screenplay took a year.
Geranium (2005)
Director:
Lucie Sunková
Designer: Lucie Sunková
Technique: Painting on Glass
Screenplay: Lucie Sunková
Music: Vladimír Merta
Producer: Krátký film Praha, Spinel Prague Production.
A male and a female fall in love in
a bar called Pygmalion. They decide to lead wonderful suburban life together
gardening and growing geraniums together. However, their destiny prevents them
from doing so and both of them make a mistake that proves fatal to their dreams.
There is a geranium at the window to serve as a reminder - nothing else
remains.
A Scene from
the Life of Antelopes (2004)
Director: Edita Krausová
Designer: Edita Krausová
Technique: 2D Computer
Screenplay: Edita Krausová
Music: Funthomas
Producer: VŠUP
An interpretation of one of the
fables for misbehaved children by Jacques Prévert. Antelopes live in Africa
with aboriginals and whites. Stray bullets accidentally hit an antelope. Her
friends wait in vain for her to come back for dinner...
Radio Kebrle (2006)
Director: Zdeněk
Durdil
Designer: Zdeněk Durdil
Technique: 2D computer, combination
Screenplay: Zdeněk Durdil, Džian
Baban, Vojtech Mašek
Music: Džian Baban
Producer: FAMU/Bionaut
FreshFilmFest 2007
FILM FUTURA 2009
Prior to founding his legendary
Monstrkabaret, renowned variety artist and entertainer Fred Brunold, scraped by
doing anything and everything he could. For instance, he worked as an employee
at a certain parasitic radio station. Fred's rich experience from his job as a
reporter is illustrated in this enlightening story about little Janik and his
dangerous excursion to see his grandfather, Jaroslav Kebrle.
The Clod (2007)
Director: Jaromír
Plachý
Designer: Jaromír Plachý
Technique: 2D computer
Screenplay: Jaromír Plachý
Music: Jaromír Plachý
Producer: Jaromír Plachý
One unusual morning for one unusual
creature.
Best Internet Animation - AniFest
2008
Viewers´ Award - AniFest 2008
Mrs. G (2007)
Director: Michal Žabka
Designer: Michal Žabka
Technique: Puppets
Screenplay: Michal Žabka
Music: Jan P. Muchow
Producer: Anifilm
Viewers
Award - AniFest 2007
Golden Cactus trophy - Best International Animation
- Rio de Janeiro 2008
Trudi for the best short animation - Trieste 2008
3rd award - Animfest 2009 and special mention by the student jury for best
script
Best
animated film - Balchik 2009
Mrs. G. is a puppet love story full
of funny situations that occur during the co-existence between a man
and his unusual female life-partner.
You can expect humor, romance and at times even thrills.
Whoops, Mistake!
(2008)
Director:
Aneta Kýrová
Designer: Aneta Kýrová
Technique: 2D computer
Screenplay: Aneta Kýrová
Music: Ivan Doležálek
Producer: Vendula Kraslová
The storks from the sky delivery service have long, noisily clapping
beaks. When they stop to chat, anything can happen. Aneta Kýrová tells a story
about two mismatched children, or it would be better to say a human baby and a
bear cub. In the writer's version, the story has an unusual ending based on the
common experiences
shared by all parents. In the end, parents must adapt to their offspring
regardless of what they are.
Torchbearer
(2006)
Director: Václav Švankmajer
Designer: Václav Švankmajer
Technique: Puppets
Screenplay: Václav Švankmajer
Music: ENVOI1
Producer: Bionatut
Cracow Student Jury Award
Fresh Film Fest - best animation
There is a city with a large
labyrinth. Day and Night and the Sun and the Moon keep alternating above the
city in a seemingly never-ending cycle. Suddenly the gear sticks and then stops
and the city is covered in endless darkness. The hero enters the labyrinth and
wanders along its dark corridors. He is followed by guards who, at first sight,
look like motionless statues of Ancient women. But they come back to life
behind the hero's back who is on his way into the heart of the labyrinth
to pass three tests.
