Synopsis:
This mockumentary takes aim at 21st century society, which is still full of prejudice and intolerance towards people of different sexes, opinions and genders. The author asks the question whether these problems would disappear if humans were oviparous. Would we be more tolerant and perceptive of our surroundings?
- Director:
- Anna Smékalová
- Year:
- 2021
- Country:
- Czech Republic
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation
- Original title:
- Kdyby lidé byli vejcorodí
- Production type:
- Student
- Animator:
- Anna Smékalová
- Script writer:
- Anna Smékalová
- Sound designer:
- Alžběta Krchová
- Editor:
- Leoš Matějček
- Production:
- FDU Plzeň
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Anifilm – International Festival of Animated Films
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Hello Summer (trailer)
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Last of the Bear Kind
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PF 2024 – KEEP SWIMMING!
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PF 2024!
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Pohodička
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The protagonist is so engrossed in her reading that she doesn’t notice how her room gradually starts to fill up with ants. Her inattention, however, does her a great deal of harm.
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Wolfie
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- Comedy
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Writing Home
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- Drama
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Cut!
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A Poodle is trying to cook herself a meal when a friend calls her on the phone and wants to chat. Poodle wants to chat too, but the phoneline is too short to reach all the way to the kitchen counter. Our hero wishes she could split herself in two so she could cook and chat at the same time – and, in the end, she does exactly that.