30-01-2020

Czech Short Films 2020

    Czech Film Fund / Czech Film Center proudly present another collection of the best of Czech short films. The collection contains 12 brand new or festival-approved fiction, documentary and animated shorts produced in 2019 and 2020 - such as: the student Oscar winner and Academy Award nominee Daughter (Annecy IAFF 2019, Toronto IFF 2019, Sundance FF 2020), The Kite (Berlinale 2019, Annecy IAFF 2019), SH_T HAPPENS (Venice IFF 2019, Sundance FF 2019), Playing (KVIFF 2019, San Sebastian IFF 2019) or Leaf (Berlinale 2020).

    The collection can be found HERE on our website. You can watch each film by clicking on "Film Preview", up on registration. The collection is inteded for film professionals only.

               THE KITE
    CZ, SK, PL 2019 / 13 min
    Directed by: Martin Smatana
    Produced by: Peter Badač / BFILM.cz
    Co-produced by: BFILM (SK), FAMU, CeTA (PL)

    TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

    • World premiere in Generation Kplus at Berlinale 2019
    • Young Audience Award at Annecy IAFF 2019
    • International Animated Short Competition at Cinekid 2019

           PLAYING
    CZ 2019 / 22 min
    Directed by: Lun Sevnik
    Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha / FAMU
    Co-produced by: Czech Television

    TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

    • World premiere in Future Frames at KVIFF 2019
    • Nest Film Students at San Sebastian IFF

          DAUGHTER
    Czech Republic 2019 / 15 min
    Directed by: Daria Kashcheeva
    Produced by: Zuzana Roháčová / FAMU
    Co-produced by: MAUR film

    TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

    • World premiere at Annecy IAFF 2019
    • Cristal for a Graduation Film at Annecy IAFF 2019
    • Junior Jury Award for a Graduation Film at Annecy IAFF 2019
    • Short Cuts at Toronto IFF 2019
    • Student Academy Award  2019 in category International Schools: Animation
    • Academy Award nomination in category Animated Short Film
    • Short Film Jury Award: Animation at Sundance FF 2020

            SH_T HAPPENS
    Czech Republic, Slovakia, France 2019 / 13 min
    Directed by: Dávid Štumpf, Michaela Mihályi
    Produced by: Peter Badač / BFILM.cz
    Co-produced by: BFILM, Bagan Films, FAMU

    TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

    • World premiere at Venice IFF 2019
    • Short films at Sundance FF 2020

             LEAF
    CZ 2020 / 6 min
    Directed by: Aliona Baranova
    Produced by: Lukáš Gregor / UTB ve Zlíně

    TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

    • World premiere in Generation Kplus at Berlinale 2020

             PRIPYAT PIANO
    CZ 2020 / 18 min
    Directed by: Eliška Cílková
    Produced by: Jindřich Andrš / Gamma Pictures
    Co-produced by: FAMU

            FORGET ME NOT
    CZ 2019 / 7 min
    Directed by: Adéla Križovenská
    Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha / FAMU

                   THERE'S NO SHOOTING IN KYIV
    CZ 2020 / 30 min
    Directed by: Jakub Šedý
    Produced by: Jan Macola / Mimesis Film

                 ABOUT-HAIR
    CZ 2019 / 17 min
    Directed by: Josefina Lubojacki
    Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha, Adam Ligas / FAMU

                 DON'T BE A PUSSY
    CZ 2019 / 20 min
    Directed by: Jakub Jirásek
    Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha / FAMU

                OVERBOARD!
    CZ, SK 2019 / 12 min
    Directed by: Barbora Valecká, Filip Pošivač
    Produced by: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková / nutprodukce
    Co-produced by: Nutprodukcia

    TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

    • International Animated Short Competition at Cinekid 2019

                 DEBT
    CZ 2019 / 14 min
    Directed by: Ondřej Novák
    Produced by: Dagmar Sedláčková / MasterFilm

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