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This original puppet film made by a student of FAMU in Prague is a peculiar love story taking place among heaps of garbage. In a peopleless world with a pink-violet glow, we see dead and decaying creatures controlled by other creatures that are still alive. Every end can be a new beginning here.

Ant Hill is the story of the end of humanity from the perspective of ants. Rebellious female K99980335 longs for a different future, as she loathes the monotonous, machine-like nature of the colony and its rules. But when her wish is suddenly and cruelly fulfilled it is too late to take it back. A cruelly humorous film with Marek Náprstek’s unmistakeable artistic style.

This horror story inspired by folk tales stars a cheerful and spontaneous girl named Rosa who would like very much to dance at a country dance, but no one wants to ask her. So when a mysterious stranger appears and gives her a pair of red shoes, they end up in a whirlwind of a dance. This film, made at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, references the Czech poetic tradition of K. J. Erben.

This experimental short film was made as a graduation project in the Studio of Film and TV Graphics of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. The author found the inspiration for her film when travelling through Scotland and she managed to transfer the country’s atmosphere to the viewers despite using only wool.

This atmospheric film from Ostrava University explores the seasonal folk custom of carrying away and burning the effigy of the ancient goddess Morana in celebration of the end of winter. The author also poses the question whether it’s fair to perceive Morana in a negative way. After all, if nature didn’t have a rest during the winter, spring couldn’t come.

This artistically playful ani-doc depicts the world of an empathetic woman who has adopted handicapped animals. She has given a new home to an old, sick Chihuahua, a paralysed French bulldog and a literal scaredy-cat.

The Slovakian director made this colourful film full of dancing as her graduation film at the Tomas Bata University in Zlín. It focuses mainly on the search for one’s identity. Thanks to music and dancing, a Romani girl gets back to her roots and explores the rich history of her people.

This film takes place in a world where clouds knowingly interfere with people’s lives. But the people don’t suspect a thing. The whole history of the clouds is revealed after a newborn cloud tries to help a selfish biker. However, because of the biker’s recklessness, nothing changes for humanity.

This daring, artistically original and expectation-defying surrealistic story stars a goat travelling through strange culinary worlds. The goat’s travels form a sequence of originally depicted scenes from the contemporary world. A collage-like style spikes this film made at the Higher School of Art in Ostrava with a hefty dose of exaggeration.