My Sunny Maad & Even Mice Belong in Heaven to world-premiere in Annecy
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival will give floor to world premieres of two Czech long-awaited animated feature films – My Sunny Maad in Feature Films in Competition and Even Mice Belong in Heaven in the Screening Events section. Furthermore, short film Sisters has been selected for the Graduation Short Films in Competition section. My Sunny Maad (Feature Films in Competition) Celebrated animator Michaela Pavlátová garnered international attention with her short film Words, Words, Words in Annecy in 1991 (followed by an Oscar nomination in 1993), and also presented at the festival shorts Repete (in 1995, Berlinale’s Golden Bear for Best Short Film same year), Carnival of Animals (in 2007) and Tram (winner of The Annecy Cristal in 2012). This year, the director celebrates a comeback with her long-prepared animation feature My Sunny Maad which will compete in Annecy’s Feature Films in Competition. The film is produced by Petr Oukropec and Kateřina Černá of Negativ in co-production with French Sacrebleu Productions, Slovak BFILM and Czech Television. International sales are handled by Totem Films. Pavlátová paints a picture of society in post-Taliban Afghanistan using the story of Herra, a Czech woman, who falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, and has no idea about the life that awaits her in a new country, nor about the family she is about to join. “The […] ...
Czech animation once again strongly represented at Annecy
This summer, for the first time, the most important animated film festival of the year, traditionally held in the French town of Annecy, will take place completely online. Originally scheduled for June 15–20, the festival has been extended to run an additional 10 days, through June 30. This year’s selection, followed by the global animation community, includes four works from the Czech Republic: a new episode of the TV series Hungry Bear Tales: Truffles!; the short works Carrousel, Way of Sylvie, and the video clip P/\ST: Distress. On the industry side, the Mifa market program will present two projects: I Want to Know! and Hello, Summer! Returning to Annecy is Even Mice Belong in Heaven. Article by Pavel Horáček for CZECH FILM magazine / Summer 2020 Hungry Bear Tales has already been broadcast by France Télévisions, and the latest episode, Truffles!, competing in the TV Films category, may have an advantage in the land of “le coq gaulois”. The series is the work of seasoned director duo Alexandra Májová and Kateřina Karhánková, the latter of whom competed in Annecy with both of her previous films, The New Species (2013) and Fruits of Clouds (2017). Hungry Bear Tales was created under the banner of Czech company Bionaut and producer Barbora Příkaská, who has long worked with both artists. She says […] ...
