International Competition of Student Films

Student Film A

Wrapped

Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann, Roman Kaelin | Germany | 2014 | 5 min

Impressive film Wrapped portrays the clash of nature and modern civilization by means of long time-lapse footage and visual effects. The authors created an illusion in which the civilization succumbs to the enchanting nature, effectively and totally convincingly.

Tu 05/05/2015
16.00-17.10
free seats: 74

Puppet Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
16.00-17.12
free seats: 7

Schwarzenberg Hall

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Apollo, Daphne and Darkness

Martina Mrázová | Czech Republic | 2014 | 5 min

The inspiration for the film by Martina Vybíralová was the mythological story about Appolo and Daphne from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Artistically and graphically inventive film suggestively portrays the relation between a man and a woman and a fiery and almost all-consuming passion which puts the characters into the roles of a predator and its prey.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Léon d'Oural

Alix Fizet | France | 2014 | 4 min

The author of the lively and graphically distinctive film Léon d’Oural chose the themes of horse racing and doping. A jockey ignores his horse and focuses only on his expected triumph. But doping has its snags and things don’t have to play out the way the ambitious racer imagines.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fish

Lin Zhang | China | 2014 | 5 min

A very odd fisherman sails the sea and fishes. It seems that everything goes according to the plan, when suddenly a floating piano carried by balloons appears over his boat. This disturbing Chinese film based on the poetics of absurd and surreal images is an outstanding example of 3D animation.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Mortal Breakup Inferno

Thibaud Gayral, Batiste Perron, Débora Cruchon, Marlène Beaube, Maxime Delalande, Paula Assadourian | France | 2014 | 4 min

A furiously angry girl follows a man who has just broken up with her. She is not afraid to resort to drastic measures. The film full of gags is built around a wild pursuit in a deep forest. The pursuit ends at a river bank where the girl changes her strategy and plays a trick.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Age of Curious

Luca Tóth | United Kingdom | 2013 | 8 min

The surreal, growing of age story follows three teenagers who set out on a dream-like journey where they have to fight their inner demons. This is a striking film with unusual theme and original graphic workmanship. A bizarre world features turns into an unsettling symbolic journey.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Deep Dance

Marco Erbrich | Germany | 2014 | 6 min

Deep Dance takes place in a dark deep sea with no light. Two adversaries face each other in a seemingly uneven fight. We witness their fight to the death in the form of a thrilling spectacle. This gloomy film is an example of brilliantly modelled 3D animation.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Black Seed

Francesco Rosso | Estonia | 2014 | 7 min

The depressing film takes place in an uncomfortably small log cabin in the Siberian steppe. Its only inhabitants are a man with a caged bird. Their routine lives suddenly change with the appearance of a strange guest whose face remains hidden. The film organically combines realistic and absurd elements.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

What's Going on with Annie?

Yin-Jia Hu | Taiwan | 2014 | 7 min

An adventurous story of a girl called Annie who likes to draw but dislikes to tidy up her room, builds upon the aesthetics of popular anime films. One night, the rubbish in her room comes to life and the girl falls into a different realm full of various monsters. Can she save herself?

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Tale

Attila Bertóti | Hungary | 2014 | 8 min

A playful adaptation of a rather wacky tale by the master of absurd literature Daniil Charms. A small boy would like come up with a brand new tale but a girl explains that all his themes were already used. She tells him stories about a king, queen, thief and a firefighter commander.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Duo

Aron Bothman, Dorian Lee, Elsa Boyer, Guitty Mojabi, Janis Aussel, Laurent Moing, Marie-Pierre Demessant | France | 2014 | 4 min

Two acrobats are preparing for their last performance together. Under the spotlight they seem as an ideal duo, but their personal relations are tense. The author managed to capture the stiffing atmosphere of the relation between two artists who don’t know whether to fight for themselves or to pull together.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Food

Siqi Song | China | 2014 | 4 min

The animated document Food is based on real interviews with people who have different relations to food and environment, from vegans to carnivores. The author managed to use playful stop-motion animation to capture serious topics and raise many important questions.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

The Age of Rust

Alessandro Mattei, Francesco Aber | Italy | 2014 | 8 min

A humorous fictitious document about a rare animal species which, although made only of metal and screws, inhabits the beautiful Alps. We get familiar with its life cycle, its reproduction and its relation to humans. The authors created an absurdity extending even into closing credits.

We 06/05/2015
17.00-18.11
free seats: 23

Světozor Cinema

Th 07/05/2015
13.00-14.11
free seats: 247

Sa 09/05/2015
09.30-10.41
free seats: 224

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Student Film B

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The Voyager

Keling Liu | China | 2014 | 3 min

The Voyager by Keling Liu is a sad testimony about the condition of the polluted air in China. A man’s imagination pictures a little cyclist. As he rides, we see the whole history of the Chinese ecological catastrophe in the last decades. There is, it seem, no solution.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

The Entangled

Standa Sekela | Czech Republic | 2014 | 9 min

The animated drama Entangled is an intriguing love story. The relationship of two lovers from the realm of plants is constantly prevented or endangered. The exciting film does not use words to tell the story, but rather uses a dramatic soundtrack. It is an excellent example of wire stop motion animation.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

The Bigger Picture

Daisy Jacobs | United Kingdom | 2014 | 8 min

The Bigger Picture combines painted life-size characters with real decoration to tell a sad story of two brothers and their ageing mother who needs to be looked after. The film full of black humour deals with the right to fickle parental love.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Eli

Reut Elad, Sagi Alter | Israel | 2014 | 8 min

This action film depicts a day in the life of an Isreali soldier in service on the Palestinian territory. A local boy, dressed as a rabbit, provokes a chase which eventually goes wrong. The boundaries between the chaser and his catch and subsequently between reality and fantasy are blurred.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Invisible Barrier

Adriana Isidro, Dani Santos, Paola Pregliasco, Patrícia Ruivo | Portugal | 2014 | 4 min

A graphically playful, but in its content a rather depressing film, portrays the perception of a lonely child that feels imprisoned in the world of its duties and only with difficulties finds a way to its close ones. The film works with graphic abbreviation and minimalistic approach.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Half Bábka

Jasmine Elsen | Slovakia, Belgium | 2014 | 5 min

Two peculiar women and a kind ice-cream man regularly meet in a city park. Where will their stories including for example a cat in a sweater or a stuffed bear take us? The graphically distinctive film Half Puppet shows a series of absurd situations with clever punchlines.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

The Shipping Forecast

David Blanche | United Kingdom | 2014 | 5 min

A sensitive film stemming from the aesthetics of hand drawings depicts the life of an elderly couple. Alis is still vital despite her age, but Tomas’s fight with dementia entirely changes their life on the calm British shores.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Interview

Mikkel Okholm | Denmark | 2014 | 6 min

A humorous film with many gags and a surprising punchline depicts a job interview. A rather clumsy candidate applies for the most important job of all times but he has no idea what it actually is. Or if it is even worth it.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Palm Rot

Ryan Gillis | United States | 2014 | 8 min

A man searches a wreckage in Florida and finds strange cans with unearthly insects. He takes them on his ship out of curiosity and examines them. What he doesn’t know is that the bugs programmed and he is in grave danger. The film is full of suspense and disturbing scenes.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Blood Ties

Manon Lazzari, Marion Louw, Simon Pannetrat, Sophie Kavouridis, Thomas Ricquier | France | 2014 | 4 min

A family ruled by a tyrannous father holds a birthday celebration for their younger daughter. The celebration turns into an unexpectedly bloody event. The gloomy and dark film is characterised by elaborate 3D animation and modelling of the characters cursed by their blood ties.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Aion

Petra Heleninová | Slovakia | 2014 | 7 min

A thrilling fantasy story of a man who finds a remote control and discovers he can use it to stop time. At first he enjoys his new powers but then he notices that something disturbing is happening. Will he become a victim, too?

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

FrancK Krabi

Marine Laclotte | France | 2014 | 15 min

FrancK is a lonely man living at the sea shore. He has got only one thing on his mind: his beloved crabs. Every day he goes to the beach, picks his friends and breeds them in his home. They are both companions and food to him. The captivating film will amuse the audience by its tragicomic depiction of the main character.

We 06/05/2015
10.30-11.48
free seats: 256

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.18
free seats: 91

Sa 09/05/2015
17.30-18.48
free seats: 21

Schwarzenberg Hall

Student Film C

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On The Origin Of Beer

Eliška Chytková | Czech Republic | 2015 | 4 min

Did you know that beer originates in the ancient Mesopotamia? This rhythmical pun by Eliška Chytková uses dynamic drawings and rhymed commentary to reveal a theory that shows how did our most famous drink come to Europe.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

My Milk Cup Cow

Yantong Zhu | Japan | 2014 | 12 min

This poetic film tells the story of four-year-old Nunu whose father convinces her that she will find a cow on the bottom of a milk cup. The girl believes her father but when she finds out that he has deceived her, she loses all her trust. The story depicts the fragile relation between a parent and a child.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Two Friends

Natalia Chernysheva | France | 2014 | 5 min

Two animal friends from the pond and its surrounding find a strange attraction to one another. Their relation is, however, impeded by unexpected metamorphoses. A humorous story of a tadpole and a caterpillar or a frog and a butterfly for that matter. The film is full of situational humour and brings a number of unexpected situations.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Double Act

Shiwei Ding | China | 2014 | 5 min

Disturbing and dark Double Act is a typical representative of current Chinese independent animation. The author portrays the problems of ideology that controls the acts of people living in a black and white world. Graphically impressive film will captivate you with its unique atmosphere.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Downtown

Tran Tuan Anh Nguyen | Singapore | 2014 | 2 min

The black and white short Downtown depicts a quick visit to the town with a rather unexpected turn of events that certainly don’t end up according to the plans of the visitor. It is not certain whether all that is going on is only in the mind of a man who listened to the advice of his friend and made a visit to the busy city.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Anna O

Rotem Yarakchi | Israel | 2014 | 6 min

A very depressing Israeli film deals with the phobias of a young woman spending time at home with her little daughter. Her imagination floods the room with water. The boundaries between reality and a horrible fantasy are unclear and it seem the woman and her baby could drown.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Cachorro Loko

Igor Shin Moromisato | Germany | 2014 | 6 min

A driver stuck in a traffic jam on a highway is driven to madness by his current situation. The only ones who can more or less move are the Brazilian motorcycle couriers Cachorro Loko. A humorous story inflates the whole situation into extreme proportions.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Digital Native

Mahboobeh Mohammadzaki | Iran | 2014 | 6 min

The film humorously portrays a horrifying vision. A woman creates a baby online and gets pregnant. As it turns out, it is not so easy to download a digital foetus. The films makes a statement about the over-technicized world where internet and technologies start to substitute basic life needs.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Small People with Hats

Sarina Nihei | United Kingdom | 2014 | 7 min

Small People with Hats is based on absurd poetics and a simple, yet inventive, drawing. The world is swarming with small people with hats rushing somewhere. It is only after a mosaic of odd scenes gets completed, we find out where they are rushing to.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

The Potato Eaters

Martin Kukal | Czech Republic | 2014 | 4 min

The film is based on the classical painting by Vincent van Gogh. The painter wanders through the landscape of his paintings a watches scenes from rural life. In the end he gets invited to a country house where he sees the potato eaters. The suggestive film honours van Gogh’s handwriting but shifts it to black and white.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Pekk

August Varustin, Heili Lõhmus, Morten Tšinakov, Paula Mauer | Estonia | 2014 | 9 min

Estonian puppet film Pekk humorously elaborates the topic of a love triangle. A woman, who wants to dance with her lover, constantly sends her husband to feed the birds. But the game soon gets out of her hands when the two meet and the situation calls for an unusual solution.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Gerascophobia

Shaungshuang Hao | United Kingdom | 2014 | 5 min

A partly autobiographical story uses a humorous exaggeration to depict the life of a boy called Ma who dreads growing up as well as getting old and dying. His efforts to prevent growing up and to stay a child create a number of humorous situations.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre

Gea

Jaime Maestro | Spain | 2014 | 10 min

Gea is a lonely space entity creating a planet full of rank vegetation. For a long time she remains alone only with her masterpiece brushing up its details, but eventually Gea is forced to fight modern robots who decide to transform the planet.

Th 07/05/2015
17.30-18.44
free seats: 226

J.K.Tyl Theatre

Fr 08/05/2015
18.00-19.14
free seats: 0

Schwarzenberg Hall

Su 10/05/2015
12.30-13.44
free seats: 44

Puppet Theatre