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Hun Tun

Hun Tun
Magdalena Hejzlarová
International Competition Animated Film 2024
Animated Film
Czech Republic,
France
2024
15 minutes
Czech
Subtitles: 
English

In a fantastic sphere somewhere between animation, live-action film and performance, a tale of Hun Tun, King of Chaos, unfolds. Hun Tun cheers you on, Hun Tun drives you forward, Hun Tun keeps you awake. He gives you strength for countless hours of overtime and endless leisure activities. But in return, Hun Tun robs you of your sleep and transforms you.
Fragments of everyday life – cups, bottle caps, pill packages – speak of sleepless nights and complete exhaustion, of wanting to sleep and being unable to. Superimpositions of elegantly animated, delicate sand elements introduce rhythm and texture. Danced narrative moments in expressive costumes bring lightness and at the same time convey intense moods, with a precise overarching sound design weaving the various levels into a gripping reflection on a very personal conflict.

Franka Sachse

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Director
Magdalena Hejzlarová
Script
Magdalena Hejzlarová
Cinematographer
Zdena Sýkorová
Editor
Alexander Kashcheev
Producer
Karolína Davidová
Co-Producer
Romain Bent
Sound
Alexander Kashcheev
Sound Design
Alexander Kashcheev
Score
Gosheven
Animation
Eliška Kerbachová, Magdalena Hejzlarová, Anna Belova
World Sales
Florian Fernandez
Narrator
Magdalena Hejzlarová
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award
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Hurikán

Hurikán
Jan Saska
International Competition Animated Film 2024
Animated Film
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
France,
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2024
13 minutes
Czech
Subtitles: 
English

Beer is out in Prague … well, actually only at a food stall away from the touristy Old Town. But that doesn’t make the death rattle of the spigot less dramatic for Hurikán, a regular who spends his days and much of his nights at these haunts of lost souls. With a crush on the stall manager, Hurikán takes matters into his own hands. Things get rolling, just like the empty barrel he wants to have filled. An epic parkour begins, starting with small mocking gestures and rapidly expanding into a breakneck chase through the drowsy but steep side streets of Prague’s Žižkov neighbourhood.
With brilliant timing and tongue-in-cheek humour, Jan Saska weaves typical genre elements from comics and action movies together, all revolving around a guy whose life is not easy. This time he needs luck if he does not want to die of thirst.

André Eckardt

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Director
Jan Saska
Script
Jan Saska, Václav Hašek
Editor
Jan Saska
Producer
Kamila Dohnalová, Martin Vandas
Co-Producer
Antoine Lietout, Ivan Zuber, Juraj Krasnohorsky, Mladen Đukić, Alena Vandasová
Sound Design
Jiří Gráf
Animation
Marek Pokorný, Michaela Večerková, Jan Saska, Camille Chao, Hugo de Faucompret, David Štumpf, Jean-Christophe Lie, Félicia Gillibert, Delphine Grelet
World Sales
Luce Grosjean
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award