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FAMU – Academy of Performing Arts Prague

  • Writing Home

    2024 All audiences 12 min

    by Eva Matejovičová

    A small bark beetle girl lives peacefully in a forest in a tree. However, a fire, caused by irresponsible humans, burns the forest down to ashes. Her hand gets burned to charcoal and she gets separated from her family. Lost in a human town, she has to face the dangerous world of giants on her own.

    • Drama
  • Wolfie

    2024 7+ 13 min

    by Philippe Kastner

    A perfectionist illustrator has to face her own mistakes when she accidentally creates an ink blot that gives life to Wolfie, a small wolf with an inky nose.

    • Comedy
    • Experimental
  • What’s Happening Around Us

    2024 All audiences 2 min

    by Krystsina Ramanava

    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.

  • Marie

    2024 All audiences 4 min

    by Jan B. Piskač

    Frantisek is in burning love with his classmate Marie.

    • Romance
  • Last of the Bear Kind

    2024 All audiences 1 min

    by Jan Piskač

    The year is 2148. The trees have long since burned down and the shadows of the rocks have become a refuge for all the surviving animals. Boris the bear is no exception, as he leaves his hiding place because of sensational tourists. However, his desperate escape unexpectedly turns into a heartbreaking bear romance.

  • Beware Children

    2024 All audiences 2 min

    by Eliška Jirásková

    Even the most conscientious driver faces unpredictable pitfalls on the road.

  • Rising Above

    2023 Adults 4 min

    by Natálie Durchánková

    This anidoc depicts the story and feelings of a woman who became a victim of rape and attempted murder. Her severe trauma is symbolised by a broken mirror and her futile effort to put the pieces back together. A deep probe into her mind maps the way to come to terms with this experience – at least partially.

  • EO DE ME

    2023 16+ 5 min

    by Viktorie Štěpánová

    An emotional pilgrimage. City mirrored in space and music. Music transformed into colors, rhythm into editing. EO DE ME is an experimental visualization of music inspired by changes in human emotions. These changes in the image of the FAMU student are also reflected in the varied range of animation techniques used.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
    • Dance
  • Electra

    2023 Adults 27 min

    by Daria Kashcheeva

    Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies.

  • Doubt

    2023 Adults 5 min

    by Adela Křižovenská

    Doubt is a short animated essay, which through voices of four different authors from various fields of art, the film describes all stages of creative process.The combination of every animation technique imaginable, from 3D to animation on a carpet tufting, can only be matched with an equally important rich soundscape and original music.

  • Dede Is Dead

    2023 All audiences 8 min

    by Philippe Kastner

    Death of a beloved pet is hard to deal with, and even if we try to prepare for it, it often takes us by surprise. This is the story of a boy and his dog Dede, who suddenly passes away. Lost in the depths of grief, the boy eventually discovers that her death does not necessarily mean that Dede is completely gone.

  • Cut!

    2023 All audiences 1 min

    by Philippe Kastner

    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.

  • Misophonia Orchestra

    2022 All audiences 6 min

    by Daniela Hýbnerová

    Snorting, coughing, humming, clicking, … Ever present horrorful orchestra of the surrounding world drives a young lady mad. Noises coming from neighbouring flats take shape of their creators and break into the flat of the young lady, where they cause unthinkable torture. There is no hiding for our heroine and so she has to learn how to live with it.

  • Lighthouse

    2022 Adults 11 min

    by Filip Kraus

    A young man is imprisoned in an abandoned lighthouse full of books. Haunted by his own conscience, he soon discovers that there is only one way out off the desert island.

  • Inside

    2022 Adults 2 min

    by Jamaica Kindlová

    The figure against the space. The human figure's attempt to rest is disrupted by the surrounding space, which constantly oppresses it. With each attempt to escape, it finds itself in a fight with it again. Is it even possible for it to break this cycle?

  • by Matěj Martinec

    Incomprehensible Labour by Specific Means deals with the theme of labour in the contemporary. It critically points out the relationship between the abstraction of advanced automation and the concreteness of human labour. Work that is not always conscious and visible, but often unconscious and invisible. At the same time, this video highlights the fetishization of technology and performance, the result is not only invisible but also unimportant.

  • Clouds and Apples

    2022 Adults 6 min

    by Alexandra Volfová

    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.

  • Carp Xmass

    2022 Adults 8 min

    by Anna Heribanová

    Once upon a time in a small faraway village, carps were preparing for a peaceful and happy Christmas Eve, as tradition demands. But Christmas, which has become the peak of the year-round consumption, no longer fulfils these values. Some may even lose their lives in the honor of these sacred days.

  • When I Grow Up

    2021 All audiences 3 min

    by Ester Kasalová

    A dive into the minds of today’s youngest generation in the form of a short survey. How do these children imagine their future?

  • Ultramarine

    2021 Adults 6 min

    by Marina Hendrychová

    The audio-visual poem tells the story of the Scottish mythological figure – the selkie – driven from the depths of the ocean to land, from which she longs to return and merge once again with the sea. The juxtaposition of simple 2D animation, a digitally generated 3D world, an ambient soundtrack, and a mysterious voice-over creates an oppressive experience with a philosophical overlay dealing with the loss of identity and the impossibility of returning to nature.