Guests at Anifilm

Numerous notable guests, both local and foreign, are visiting this year’s Anifilm. The actual three-day Visegrad Animation Forum programme alone will welcome approximately hundreds of film professionals from all parts of the globe to Treboň. We are very pleased to have some of the notable personalities of the world of animated film returning to Treboň — such as Gene Deitch or Emily Hubley. They and other guests will attend the panel discu- ssion on the theme of UPA, which will be moderated by Amid Amidi, one of the members of the jury for the international competition of animated feature films. Films from the competition of feature films will be presented personally by e.g. Fernando Cortizo, director of the Spanish film The Pilgrim, or Columbian director Carlos Osuna, who will bring the film Fat Bald Short Man. You definitely cannot overlook the three-member delegation (directors Ben Timlett, Jeff Simpson and supervisor of animation Justin Weyers) for the film A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman. This noteworthy film about the life of one of the legendary Monty Pythons will have its Czech premiere at Anifilm! Guillermo García Carsí (filmmaker of Pocoyo, the well-known series for pre-school children) will bring his film to the competition for short films; he will also contribute his lecture El Seňor studio to what’s on offer in the special programme. Sylvie Saerens will give an interesting lecture on her great grandfather, French inventor Charles-Émil Reynaud. Timothy Decker will present two American schools focused on the study of animation. Two notable directors, Florence Miailhe and Michaela Mueller will outline for guests the beauty and technique of glass painting. Borivoj Dovnikovič, one of the central figures of Croatian animated film, is coming to present a set of films by the Zagreb film school, put together exclusively for this year’s Anifilm. From among Czech filmmakers, expect to see Michaela Pavlátová, Pavel Koutský, Vratislav Hlavatý, Jan Tománek (director of the film A Goat’s Story with Cheese, who will be competing for the main prize of the festival in the international competition for children’s feature films), Denisa Grimmová, Jakub Dvorský (who, among others, put together a set of noteworthy indie games for Anifilm; we are introducing them in the context of Game Day), Petr Skoumal, Galina Miklíková, Miroslav Kořínek, Jiří Barta, Bára Dlouhá, Vlasta Pospíšilová, Aurel Klimt (he is also bringing a presentation of his sci-fi musical Lajka that he has prepared) and many more.