Synopsis:
A parody of Czech fairytale clichés about three princes who have to go for a miraculous elixir to cure their sick father.
- Director:
- Zdeněk Smetana
- Year:
- 1966
- Country:
- Czech Republic
- Running time:
- 14 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation
- Original title:
- Voda čerstvosti
- Production type:
- Professional
- Script writers:
- Josef Stefan Kubín, Zdenek Smetana, Ivan Urban
- Music composer:
- Jaroslav Celba
- Audience:
- All audiences
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by Bára Anna Stejskalová
A candid discussion between a director and a producer on the challenges and triumphs of creating a stop-motion musical. Featuring acclaimed director Bára Anna Stejskalová (Love Is Just a Death Away, 9 Million Colors) and Emmy Award-winning producer Jakub Košťál (Bionaut Animation, CZ), the session will dive into the intricacies of the genre, touching on topics like working with directors of photography, navigating budgets, overcoming production setbacks, and handling very tricky puppets. It’s an honest talk about the highs and lows of stop-motion filmmaking.
- Musical
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Exploring Practical AI Tools and Techniques in Animation (Martin Smatana)
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by Martin Smatana
In this webinar, award-winning stop-motion director Martin Smatana (The Kite, Berlinale 2019) will take you on a deep dive into the creative applications of artificial intelligence in animation. Known for his hands-on work with textile and paper, Martin will explore how AI can complement traditional artistry. He’ll showcase various tools such as Dall-E, and Runway, offering practical insights into how these technologies can aid in generating ideas, optimizing workflows, automating tasks, and enhancing creative processes. Whether you’re designing storyboards, generating visuals, or working on sound design, this session will give you concrete strategies to integrate AI into your animation projects, helping you streamline repetitive tasks while maintaining your unique artistic voice.
- Documentary
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Hello Summer (trailer)
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Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays. Just pick your dream destination from the catalogue, pack your bags and hit the road. But what if the hotel isn’t as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels independently. Family above all!
- Comedy
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Doubt
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by Adela Křižovenská
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Electra
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Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies.
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Clouds and Apples
2022 Adults 6 min
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Magdaleda leaves her home town, friends and a dog. On her journey, she is surprised by a strange with the Bear, with whom she has more in common than she knows. They reunite at a bonfire, where Magdalena spends time with children as their kindergarten teacher.
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Salvation Has No Name
2022 16+ 17 min
by Joseph Wallace
A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a Priest and a refugee but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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Texture
2022 Adults 2 min
by Veronika Chocenská, Tan Lui Chan
This short but impressive experimental animation was made by students of the Studio of Animation at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia during a traditional school plein-air. It was inspired by the endlessly elaborate structures of the bark on trees near the Wallenstein Loggia. The students fittingly used the technique of non-phased animation – animation of real photographs.
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Zapomělsem: Kdesi
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by Dita Stuchlíková
I forgot where you are, under Havel’s painting
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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I Have No Idea How I Got Home Yesterday
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This short puppet etude tells the story of an unusual way to get home after a night at the pub.
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Love Is Just a Death Away
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by Bára Anna Stejskalová
A short film about a parasite, living in a dog’s corpse. In ugly world of landfill, he searches for a soulmate, but nobody can see through its shell. The desire for friendship brings him to the edge of death. Only love can give him wings.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Sci-Fi
- Experimental
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The Incredible Wardrobegadget of Dr. Stein
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When Doctor Stein’s best friend dies during his last experiment, the grieving scientist is ready to do everything it takes to get his dog back. Building a dead-reviving machine is not a rocket science for him but this time the experiment goes monstrously wrong. A short stop-motion film about a creator and its monster he despises.
- Fantasy
- Experimental