Synopsis:
A story about fisherman, who pulled a skeleton out of the frozen lake. He tries to escape from the skeleton, so he hides in the dark, where he looks for comfort in cheap entertaintment. Yet the reality scratches on the window and fisherman´s hiding place quickly becomes a place full of nightmares. Manipulation, humanity, puppetry – the main themes of this film.
- Director:
- Bára Anna Stejskalová
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- Czech Republic
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation
- Original title:
- Rybáři
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Ondřej Šejnoha
- Animators:
- Bára Anna Stejskalová, Martin Pošta, Ondřej Slavík
- Script writer:
- Bára Anna Stejskalová
- Music composers:
- Christian Farell, Karel Štulo
- Sound designer:
- Karel Štulo
- Editors:
- Illona Malá, Ilona Malá
- Production:
- FAMU – Academy of performing arts in Prague
- Distributions:
- Animation People, FAMU – Academy of performing arts in Prague
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Sci-Fi
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Zlín Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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