The 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival presents a tribute to animated documentary
Press releases 05-02-2020The 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (5/3 – 15/3/2020) presents an extensive tribute to animated documentary, a surprising hybrid sub-genre that has grown rapidly in the last few years.
The tribute includes a selection of short and feature animated documentaries and its aim is to bring out the use of animation as a tool for representation, showing the different functions and techniques.
Comedies, thrillers, portraits, contemporary narratives: Animated documentaries are as versatile as life itself. Animation offers creative freedom to directors, brings History to life and changes the art of documentary.
The full list of films will be announced soon.
Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman, 2008, Israel-France-Germany, 87΄
Israeli director Ari Folman is battling the ghosts of the past, through the autobiographical Waltz with Bashir. Almost 26 years after the Lebanon War and the massacre of thousands of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps under the eyes of the Israeli soldiers. Folman who was a young soldier during the Lebanon War makes a dark journey to the bloody September of 1982.
Crulic: The Path to Beyond by Anca Damian, 2011, Romania-Poland, 73΄
The animated documentary feature-length Crulic – The Path to Beyond tells the story of the life of Crulic, a 33-years-old Romanian who died in a Polish prison while on hunger strike. The acclaimed Romanian actor, Vlad Ivanov, narrates Crulic’s ironic voice over from beyond the grave. A strong visual style, the result of beautiful hand drawn, collage, stop-motion and cut-out animation techniques, blend to create a striking, surprisingly integrated and memorable film.
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky by Michel Gondry, 2013, France, 88΄
An unlikely pairing of form and style, Michel Gondry’s animated documentary successfully gives Noam Chomsky’s philosophical musings an expressive canvas with a delightfully anarchic animation style. The film’s real topic is the elusive nature of all thought processes, and it effectively shares the dual speakers’ collective journey without revealing any tangible destination. The movie ends, but the discussion resonates indefinitely.
The Wanted 18 by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan, 2014, Canada-Palestine-France, 75΄
This feature film incorporates live action footage with animation to tell the curious story of 18 cows. Acquired by a Palestinian community in the late 1980s, the cows were a symbol of freedom and resistance, providing milk for the Palestinian residents of Beit Sahour so that they would not rely on Israeli producers. Soon the illegal cows, cherished by the Palestinians, were being sought by the Israeli army as a threat to security. With humor and passion, the film captures the spirit of the 1987 uprising through the personal experiences of those who lived it.
25 April by Leanne Pooley by New Zealand, 2015, 85΄
The tragic 1915 Gallipoli Campaign of WW1 is told through the letters by six New Zealanders who were involved.
Nuts! By Penny Lane, 2016, USA, 79΄
Inventive and wildly fun, the film recounts the mostly-true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a Kansas doctor who in 1917 discovered that he could cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men. Mixing hand-drawn animated reenactments, interviews, archival footage, and a highly unreliable narrator, Nuts! traces Brinkley’s rise from poverty and obscurity to the heights of celebrity, wealth, and influence. Nuts! lives up to its title in the best way, offering a delightfully unorthodox look at a bizarre – and largely unexplored – chapter in American history.
Tower by Keith Maitland, USA, 2016, 82΄
On August 1st, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes. When the gunshots were finally silenced, the toll included 16 dead, three dozen wounded, and a shaken nation left trying to understand. Combining archival footage with animation in a dynamic, never-before-seen way, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
Another Day of Life by Raul de la Fuente and Damian Nenow, Poland-Spain-Belgium-Germany-Hungary, 2018, 86΄
Angola, 1975. A bloody civil war breaks out on the eve of the country's independence. Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski embarks on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the civil war. There, he witnesses the dirty reality of war and realizes the power and ambiguity of his role as a journalist. This experience changes him forever, a reporter travelled to Angola but a writer returns.
Chris the Swiss by Anja Kofmel, 2018, Switzerland-Croatia-Germany-Finland, 90΄
Croatia, January 1992. In the midst of the Yugoslav Wars, Chris, a young Swiss journalist is found dead in mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. Anja Kofmel was his cousin. As a little girl, she used to admire this handsome young man; now a grown-up woman, she decides to investigate his story, trying to understand what really was the involvement of Chris in the conflict…
His Mother's Voice by Dennis Tupicoff, 1997, Australia, 15΄
What can a mother say when her son is violently taken away from her? Dennis Tupicoff’s endeavor answers the question – twice. Matthew Easdale was shot dead in a house in Brisbane in April, 1995. His mother, Kathy Easdale, was interviewed for ABC Radio a few weeks later. Using the original radio interview, the film presents the account in two very different ways, showcasing the power of storytelling to deal with trauma: an intimate exploration of the deepest abyss of human soul.
Survivors by Sheila Sofian, 1997, USA, 16΄
With images that are sometimes abstract or vividly representational, this animated documentary is based on interviews with victims of domestic violence who bravely recount their brutal histories, and, with the help of counselors, take their first steps towards healing.
Grasshopper by Bob Sabiston, 2003, USA, 15΄
In Grasshopper, park-bench philosopher AJ Vadehra expounds on astrology and more productive avenues of contemplation. This animated but otherwise unedited fifteen-minute interview film is a good example of what happens when you approach the right stranger with a camera. From the animators of Waking Life.
Ryan by Chris Landreth, 2004, Canada, 14΄
This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist’s worst nightmare - succumbing to addiction, panhandling on the streets to make ends meet. Through computer-generated characters, Landreth interviews the animator to shed light on his downward spiral, while projecting his own insecurities.
Never Like the First Time by Jonas Odell, 2006, Sweden, 15΄
Four different people tell, in their own words, what it was like to lose their virginity. The diverse experiences recounted in the four different animated stories, some tragic and some comic, are told by both the teenagers and the old people that appear in the stories and they all have one thing in common – it is “never like the first time!”.
Slaves – an animated documentary by Hanna Heilborn and David Aronowitsch, 2008, Sweden-Norway-Denmark, 15΄
Abuk and Machiek are two out of thousands of children captured by the government-sponsored militia during the Civil War in Sudan. In Slaves – an animated documentary, they talk about their experiences from the day they were captured, until the moment they’re released by James Auger Alic and his organisation CEAWC (Committee of Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children).
Madagascar, carnet de voyage by Bastien Dubois, 2010, Fiji-France, 12΄
Told in the form of a travel notebook, the story follows the steps of a Western traveller who is brought face to face with the Malagasy customs and rituals, especially the Famadihana, the ritual of the turning of the bones. The pages turn, the drawings come to life, and the luxuriant landscapes of Madagascar appear one after another. The celebrations may commence… The jumble of sketches and images across multiple styles, recreate that sometimes overwhelming sense of being fully present and stimulated that one gets when placed in such a rich, yet foreign environment.
Lipsett Diaries by Theodore Ushev, 2010, Canada, 14΄
A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented famed Canadian experimental filmmaker Arthur Lipsett, who died prematurely at age 49. Taking the form of a diary, this animated film charts the meanderings of psychological distress, with clashes of images and sounds evoking the loneliness of the artist’s childhood, his frenzied creations and his dizzying fall into depression and madness. The result is both spectacular and daring: a fragmented and fascinating short film that plunges us into the whirlwind of a mind out of balance – a singular study of what happens when genius is on first-name terms with madness…
30%: Women and Politics in Sierra Leone by Anna Cady and Em Cooper, 2013, UK-Sierra Leone, 11΄
The story of the ten-year battle to achieve fair representation for women in the governance of Sierra Leone is revealed by three women from diverse backgrounds. Bernadette Lahai, Salamatu Kamara and Barbara Bangura share their stories of the ‘road blocks’ women face within the world of politics in Sierra Leone. Em Cooper’s exquisite oil painted on glass animation combined with live action video transforms issues of gender and politics into compelling and thought-provoking viewing.
Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island by Lukas Schrant, 2015, Australia, 15΄
The animated short documentary tells the stories of two men, currently detained in Australia’s notorious Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre. In October 2014, director Lukas Schrank made phone contact with the men, who were able to tell their stories from within the compound. Their interviews offer a chilling insight into the reality of life for the 2000 people currently being held in Australia’s offshore detention centres. Their stories are the voice of the film, guiding the animation deep into the fenced facility of the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre.
The Driver is Red by Randal Christopher, USA, 2017, 15΄
Set in Argentina 1960, The Driver Is Red is a true crime documentary that follows the story of secret agent Zvi Aharoni as he searches for one of the highest-ranking Nazi war criminals on the run, Adolf Eichmann.
Flesh by Camila Kater, Brazil-Spain, 2019, 12΄
Flesh is about how women are seen as bodies for disposal, judged as time passes as meat cooking stages. Through the form and texture of real materials such as paint, watercolor, clay, 35mm film and virtual image decomposition such as glitches and datamosh, five women are represented in animation by women animators to highlight the perverse way in which society looks at them.
TV Launch 2020 Call for Development Executive Participants Deadline Postponed: February 10, 2020
Press releases 04-02-2020Want to become a commissioning editor?
We are here to help and guide you on this exciting journey!
Within the TV Launch program, we train 3 attending development executive participants.
They are being prepared for their future role of commissioning editors or heads of development on real, existing series projects (developed within the project part of the program), acquiring skills needed for developing a diverse range of projects.
Development executive participants will be mentored by a wide variety of tutors, e.g. Gabor Krigler (HU), former Creative Executive at HBO Hungary (Golden Life), Maggie Murphy (US), an Executive Producer (Veronica Mars, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Houdini & Doyle), Sullivan Le Postec (FR), writer and creator (Les Engagés) or Steve Matthews, VP Executive Producer, Drama Development at HBO Europe (Wasteland, Golden Life, Umbre, Success, Love/Hate, The Borgias).
Together with the projects, the participants will present themselves within the Season Finale platform in Tallinn, Estonia, during Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.
WHO CAN APPLY
Individual participants, who may, but not necessarily have to, be connected to a broadcaster.
APPLICATION MATERIALS
/ biography and filmography
/ motivation letter
/ brief analysis of the television industry in the applicant's respective country
DATES AND VENUES
Workshop 1/ Czech Republic: April 23 – 30, 2020
Workshop 2/ TBA: Summer 2020
Workshop 3/ Estonia (within Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event): November 2020
If you would like to know more about the real experience of development executive training, read an interview with Zuzana Ferenczova and Martynas Mendelis, who represent the first generation of our development executive training graduates.
For more information about the program and access to the application, click here.
MIDPOINT TV Launch 2020 is realized with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Czech Film Fund and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. It is presented in cooperation with Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event, HBO Europe, Marseille Web Fest, Serial Eyes, NEM Zagreb, C21 Media, Series Mania, CANNESERIES Institute, Seriencamp, MIA TV Market, MediaXchange, Meeting Point Vilnius and the Audiovisual Producers' Association. MIDPOINT operates under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
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Pollywood by Paweł Ferdek will accompany the opening ceremony of the 60th Krakow Film Festival
Festivals 04-02-2020A film journey in search of the roots of the Dream Factory will open the anniversary 60th Krakow Film Festival.
The premiere of the film “Pollywood” by Paweł Ferdek will accompany the opening ceremony of the anniversary 60th Krakow Film Festival. It is a personal journey to America, which the director made in the footsteps of the Eastern European founders of Hollywood: Samuel Goldwyn, Luis B. Mayer and the Warner brothers. The ceremony with the participation of the filmmakers is held on the 31st of May.
Pollywood, dir. Paweł Ferdek
– It was here in Poland that it all began, the title of the film by Paweł Ferdek seems to suggest. So how not to start the anniversary celebrations with the return to the sources of the cinema, following in the footsteps of our ancestors, emphasises Krzysztof Gierat, the Director of the Festival. It was in Krakow where the first film screening was held on the territory of Poland, it was in Sucha near Krakow where Billy Wilder was born, and it was here where the first film school started operating and it was here where the first film festival in Poland was established. And our people also built Hollywood!
The 59th Krakow Film Festival will take place on May 31 – June 7, 2020
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VILNIUS: The documentary The Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk, which received the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, has been picked up by the French CAT&Docs.
Serbian Director Ognjen Glavonić and Hungarian Animation Filmmaker Réka Bucsi in Berlinale Juries
Serbia 05-02-2020BELGRADE: Serbian director and writer Ognjen Glavonić will be one of the three members of the GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury, while Hungarian animation filmmaker Réka Bucsi will sit in the Berlinale Shorts International Jury at the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (20 February-1 March 2020).
The eighth edition of the annual gathering of globally renowned companies that make TV and film industry history
29th January 2020 – New Europe Market, the biggest CEE region event specialised for the development of the TV industry, is back in Dubrovnik. For the eighth consecutive year the leading media and TV experts from Europe and the rest of the world will gather in Croatia. Under the slogan “The TV market with a view”, from June 8th to 11th 2020 NEM Dubrovnik will once again host numerous global companies at the Dubrovnik Palace Hotel: leading free-to air (FTA) and pay-TV channels, cable and satellite operators, IPTV, production, distribution and tech companies, domestic and international media, marketing and media agencies and numerous other experts with ties to the TV industry.
NEM Dubrovnik covers trends in global and local production, the competitiveness of the region through co-production (which implies bigger budgets), digital content development, relations between on-demand platforms and TV channels, as well the role of advertising in the TV industry, the fight against piracy in the region, and high prices of sports content like the broadcasts of football matches and tournaments.
Why is NEM Dubrovnik important to the CEE?
One of key segments of each NEM Dubrovnik is the NEM Showroom where new content by renowned production and distribution companies such as BBC Worldwide, Freemantle, Lionsgate and Global Agency are showcased. This is NEM’s way of informing European production companies with the Croatian and regional scene, setting up the terrain for new opportunities and deals. It was at NEM Dubrovnik that the Croatian series The Paper made a global distribution deal through Israel’s Keshet International.
NEM has for years had the support of leading global media industry companies, prominent and award-winning decision makers from the TV world such as BBC Studios, CBS Studios International, Disney, NBC Universal International Networks, Warner Bros., Fremantle, Sony Pictures Television, FOX Networks Group, MGM, ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Viacom International Studios, Global Agency, Viasat World, yes Studios, Eutelsat, NBC Universal, LG, ZDF, BETA Film, HRT, Nova TV, RTL and other global and local media companies. In view of the expanding role that telecoms have in the TV industry, Deutsche Telekom, Telekom Austria Group, A1 and Hrvatski Telekom have supported NEM throughout the years.
Among the prominent producers who visited NEM Dubrovnik are Tom Fontana, creator of the series Oz and Borgias, The Simpsons producer Bonita Pietila, Silent Witness creator Nigel McCrery, Peter Nadermann, one of the pioneers of the Nordic-noir genre and producer of the Millennium Trilogy (e.g. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), and Lars Lundström, the producer of one of the most famous Scandinavian series Humans. Kim Moses, the producer who worked with Netflix, NBC, CW and YouTube, was also one of the noted guests, with the Ghost Whisperer being one of her more successful projects.
NEM Dubrovnik hosted famous actors and actresses such as Jessica Alba, Gabrielle Union, Michael Weatherly, Alan Cumming and Tim Daly, who showcased their new projects.
For more information on NEM Dubrovnik, First Minute accreditation prices and available accommodation please see the NEM Dubrovnik official web-site.
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ABOUT NEW EUROPE MARKET:
New Europe Market (NEM) is the biggest TV industry event in CEE region, focused on its development, newest trends, opening new business opportunities and improving audiovisual industry in Croatia.
Under the claim „TV Market with a view“, NEM Dubrovnik gathers numerous media and TV experts from Europe and the world since 2013.
First edition of NEM Zagreb was organized at the end of 2019, claiming it is „All about content creation“. Along with business opportunities and exchanging ideas, NEM Zagreb is also a platform for creative writers who want to prosper in the TV industry and collaborate with leaders in the industry.
For many years, the project is supported by numerous global TV and media industry, and world of telecoms: BBC Worldwide / BBC Studios, CBS Studios International, Disney, Warner Bros, Fremantle, Sony Pictures Television, FOX Network Group, MGM, ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Viacom International Studios, Global Agency, Viasat World, yes Studios, Eutelsat, NBC Universal, Deutsche Telekom, Telekom Austria Group, LG, ZDF, BETA Film, HRT and many others.
NEM Dubrovnik and NEM Zagreb is organized by Mediavision, full service partner for positioning TV content on the CEE market.
TV Launch 2020 Call for Development Executive Participants Deadline: January 31, 2020
Press releases 28-01-2020The residential, 8-month training program TV Launch is intended not only to series development, but focuses also on the education of future commissioning editors.
Development Executive Training
The development process that 9 series projects of TV Launch program go through is used as a platform to train 3 attending development executive participants, who will be trained for their future role of commissioning editors or heads of development on real, existing series projects, acquiring skills needed for developing a diverse range of projects.
The participants will be assigned to groups and will work closely with the projects in their group, following all sessions of the program and also participating actively in the online consultations in between the residential workshops.
Together with the projects, the participants will present themselves within the Season Finale platform in Tallinn, Estonia, during Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.
DATES AND VENUES
Workshop 1/ Czech Republic: April 23 – 30, 2020
Workshop 2/ Bosnia and Herzegovina (within FF Sarajevo): August 2020
Workshop 3/ Estonia (within Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event): November 2020
WHO CAN APPLY
Individual participants, who may, but not necessarily have to, be connected to a broadcaster.
If you would like to know more about the real experience of development executive training, read an interview with Zuzana Ferenczova and Martynas Mendelis, who represent the first generation of our development executive training graduates.
For more information about the program and access to the application, click here. Please note that many further questions can be answered within our FAQ section!
MIDPOINT TV Launch 2020 is realized with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Czech Film Fund and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. It is presented in cooperation with the Sarajevo Film Festival – CineLink Industry Days, Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event, HBO Europe, Marseille Web Fest, Serial Eyes, NEM Zagreb, C21 Media, Series Mania, CANNESERIES Institute, Seriencamp, MIA TV Market, MediaXchange, Meeting Point Vilnius and the Audiovisual Producers' Association. MIDPOINT operates under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
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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.
TOP ACHIEVEMENTS
- World premiere in Generation Kplus at Berlinale 2019
- Young Audience Award at Annecy IAFF 2019
- International Animated Short Competition at Cinekid 2019
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
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
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
TOP ACHIEVEMENTS
- International Animated Short Competition at Cinekid 2019
DEBT
CZ 2019 / 14 min
Directed by: Ondřej Novák
Produced by: Dagmar Sedláčková / MasterFilm
Czech Film Center operates as a division of the Czech Film Fund
Three Czech animated shorts will be screened at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2020. SH_T HAPPENS by Dávid Štumpf and Michaela Mihályi will compete in International Competition, The Kite by Martin Smatana and The Concrete Jungle by Marie Urbánková will please spectators in Young Audience section.
Czech films at Clermont-Ferrand ISFF 2020
SH_T HAPPENS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Czech Republic, Slovakia, France 2019 / 13 min
Directed by: Dávid Štumpf, Michaela Mihályi
Produced by: Peter Badač / BFILM.cz (CZ)
Co-produced by: BFILM (SK), Bagan Films (FR), FAMU (CZ) ... (full crew)
An apartment building full of self centered inhabitants. Utterly exhausted caretaker and his sexually frustrated wife. Widowed deer drowning his sorrows in loads of alcohol... While trying to cope with their problems, they find themselves in a hard to solve triangle asking for absurd and irrational solutions. The consequences can easily become permanent, sometimes maybe too permanent. The film is a loose adaptation of a well-known biblical story while transforming it into an contemporary ironic narrative about how the world sometimes works.
SCREENINGS
SAT 02/01 | 22:15 | Genova
SUN 02/02 | 15:00 | Agnès Varda
MON 02/03 | 16:00 | Cocteau
TUE 02/04 | 20:15 | Genova
WED 02/05 | 18:00 | Genova
THU 02/06 | 18:00 | Cocteau
FRI 02/07 | 11:00 | Vian
SAT 02/08 | 13:00 | Hospital
FESTIVALS
Alexandra Gabrižová / BFILM
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THE CONCRETE JUNGLE
YOUNG AUDIENCE
Czech Republic 2019 / 7 min
Directed by: Marie Urbánková
Produced by: Mária Môťovská / UMPRUM (CZ)
Co-produced by: MAUR film (CZ)
A little boy runs away from his room and his homework into a colourful and noisy jungle, full of gorillas and crocodiles. Children’s fantasy has no boundaries and between the room and the jungle there are no concrete obstacles or unbeatable distances. Magical objects are within reach.
SCREENINGS
SAT 02/01 | 14:00 | Petit Vélo
SUN 02/02 | 10:00 | Jaude 1
SUN 02/02 | 14:00 | Rio
FRI 02/07 | 17:00 | Capitole 1
SAT 02/08 | 10:00 | Petit Vélo
FESTIVALS
Alexandra Hroncová / FAMU
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THE KITE
YOUNG AUDIENCE
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland 2019 / 13 min
Directed by: Martin Smatana
Produced by: Peter Badač / BFILM.cz (CZ)
Co-produced by: BFILM (SK), FAMU (CZ), CeTA (PL) ... (full crew)
The Kite deals with the topic of death in a metaphorical and symbolic way. Through the relationship between a little boy and his grandpa, the film shows that none of us is here forever and all living creatures must die, but at the same time it reminds us that death doesn’t mean the end of our journey.
SCREENINGS
SAT 02/01 | 16:00 | Conchon
SUN 02/02 | 14:00 | Petit Vélo
MON 02/03 | 09:45 | Capitole 2
TUE 02/04 | 09:45 | Capitole 2
WED 02/05 | 09:45 | Capitole 2
WED 02/05 | 14:00 | Jaude 1
THU 02/06 | 09:45 | Capitole 2
FRI 02/07 | 09:45 | Capitole 2
FRI 02/07 | 19:30 | Stade nautique
SAT 02/08 | 14:00 | Petite Vélo
SUN 02/09 | 14:00 | Rio
FESTIVALS
Alexandra Gabrižová / BFILM
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+421 948 505 304
Czech Film Center in Clermont-Ferrand
Vítězslav Chovanec - Festival Relations - Docs & Shorts
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3 - 6 February, 2020
Dear Professional,
As you know the MEDIA programme actively supports the training of professionals from new member countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Republic of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia & Ukraine).
To this end, CARTOON encourages applications for scholarships to its CARTOON MASTERS. The next Cartoon Business will be held in Gran Canaria (Spain) from 24th to 26th March 2020.
CARTOON will cover hotel (3 nights from 24th to 27th March) and meals, and refund up to a maximum of 200 EUR for transportation expenses.
Cartoon Business is a top-level seminar focusing on the new generation models of financing and revenues brought about by the changes in the production and distribution markets. You can already consult the list and profiles of international speakers. The detailed programme will be updated soon.
For further information on scholarship, please consult this page.
In order to apply for a scholarship, please return us by 16th February 2020 this form together with a motivation letter and a curriculum.
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