CZECH SHORT FILMS 2012
Prague
At the end of January we will release the Czech Short Films 2012 DVD, which is sent to the whole world by the Czech Film Centre. Come and see the selection of the most interesting Czech short films of the last year. A Q&As session will follow the screening with both the authors and the jury members who selected the films for the DVD. With each ticket you will get a special gift and after the program there will be white and red wine for you to enjoy.
SMALL CIRCLE ATTENTION / MALÝ OKRUH POZORNOSTI (FAMU)
Screen Writer and Director: Josef Tuka | Director of Photography: Jan Cabalka |
Sound Designer: Filip Slavík | Editor: Šimon Hájek | Producer: FAMU |
Star: Miroslav Krobot, Anna Cónová, Ela Lehotská, Jano Sedal a Tomáš Měcháček |
Year: 2011 | Length: 25 min | Live action
Premek is a respected stage actor who falls in love with his new colleague in the theatre. But Premek is married and his wife is ill. Will Premek be able to overcome the crush and stay responsible?
DESSERT / DEZERT (VŠUP)
Screen Writer and Director: Anna Mastníková | Director of Photography: Anna Mastníková |
Sound Designer: Anna Mastníková | Editor: Anna Mastníková, Jiřina Pečová |
Producer: VŠUP Praha |
Year: 2011 | Length: 4 min | Animation
This film shows three forms of love when partners are either limiting or teasing or eating each other. Spaghetti and whipped cream play the leading parts.
CZK 5,– / 5,– KČ (FAMO)
Screen Writer and Director: Marek Ciccotti | Director of Photography: Pavel Brychta |
Sound Designer: Saša Stojiljković | Editor: Saša Stojiljković | Producer: FAMO |
Star: Marie Žižková, Tatiana Palacká, Olga Tichavová
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Year: 2011 | Length: 14 min | Documentary
A probe into the environment of public toilets around the Prague Underground. People who are commonly overlooked and considered unimportant reveal their life stories just for CZK 5,–.
TUMORROW NEVER KNOWS / BLÍZKÝ PŘÍTEL (VŠUP)
Screen Writer: Bartosz Sztybor | Director: Pavel Soukup |
Director of Photography: Pavel Soukup |
Sound Designer: Diminik Sauer |
Editor: Pavel Soukup | Producer: VŠUP Praha |
Year: 2011 | Length: 6 min | Animation
An animation about an old lonely lady who has a tumor on her neck. The doctor told her that it is necessary to remove it; otherwise her life would be endangered. The old lady finally decides to leave the tumor – it is actually her “close” and only friend… Eventually she dies in peace in its company…
NON-SWIMMERS / NEPLAVCI (FAMU)
Screen Writer: Lucia Kajánková, Jakub Šmíd | Director: Jakub Šmíd |
Director of Photography: Vidu Gunaratna |
Sound Designer: Jiří Gráf |
Editor: Tomáš Vrána | Producer: FAMU |
Star: Vendula Hlásková, Vojtěch Vondráček, Martin Hejný, Michael Vykus, Ester Povýšilová, Marie Ludvíková
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Year: 2011 | Length: 24 min | Live action
In a recreation center where a sixteen-year old Vendula arrives, nothing is going on. Just a bunch of local teenagers are drinking and killing their time while waiting for the swimming pool to open.
THE LAST OF THE DODOS / POSLEDNÍ BLBOUN (UTB)
Screen Writer and Director: Jiří Novák | Director of Photography: Jiří Novák |
Sound Designer: Lukáš Tvrdoň | Editor: Jiří Novák |
Producer: Univerzita Tomáše Bati in Zlín |
Year: 2011 | Length: 10 min | Animation
Indian Ocean, summer 1662. An animated film by Jiri Novak about the infamous fate of a dodo.
Projection length: 83 mins
