9 Million Colours by Bára Anna Stejskalová

Published December 9, 2025

Title: 9 Million Colours
Original title: 9 milionů barev
Year of production: 2025
Running time: 15 min
Country of production: Czech Republic, Norway, Germany
Target audience: 8+
Premiere: Annecy International Animation Film Festival (Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy)
Technique: Puppets, 3D Computer
Language: Without dialogue or commentary

Director: Bára Anna Stejskalová
Production company: Bionaut
Co-production: Trollfilm, Reynard Films, DIVIZE animace
Producer: Jakub Košťál, Vratislav Šlajer
Sales / Distribution Company: Autour de Minuit (contact)

Request screener: Jakub Košťál, Bionaut (contact)

Synopsis:For the beautiful shrimp Fran, the ocean is a paradise. Her dangerous claws can take anything she desires from that beauty. For the ugly and blind fish Milva, every day means a fight for survival. Only Fran sees her as beautiful and wants the ocean to be a paradise for Milva too. Out of love for Fran, Milva desperately wants to, but simply cannot see the same thing as Fran, no matter what eyes Fran finds for her in the ocean. Can these two overcome their differences and stay together?