Czech Film Fund / Czech Film Center proudly present another collection of the best of Czech short films. The collection contains 12 brand new or festival-approved fiction, documentary and animated shorts produced in 2019 and 2020 - such as: the student Oscar winner and Academy Award nominee Daughter (Annecy IAFF 2019, Toronto IFF 2019, Sundance FF 2020), The Kite (Berlinale 2019, Annecy IAFF 2019), SH_T HAPPENS (Venice IFF 2019, Sundance FF 2019), Playing (KVIFF 2019, San Sebastian IFF 2019) or Leaf (Berlinale 2020).

The collection can be found HERE on our website. You can watch each film by clicking on "Film Preview", up on registration. The collection is inteded for film professionals only.

           THE KITE
CZ, SK, PL 2019 / 13 min
Directed by: Martin Smatana
Produced by: Peter Badač / BFILM.cz
Co-produced by: BFILM (SK), FAMU, CeTA (PL)

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

• World premiere in Generation Kplus at Berlinale 2019
• Young Audience Award at Annecy IAFF 2019
• International Animated Short Competition at Cinekid 2019

       PLAYING
CZ 2019 / 22 min
Directed by: Lun Sevnik
Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha / FAMU
Co-produced by: Czech Television

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

• World premiere in Future Frames at KVIFF 2019
• Nest Film Students at San Sebastian IFF

      DAUGHTER
Czech Republic 2019 / 15 min
Directed by: Daria Kashcheeva
Produced by: Zuzana Roháčová / FAMU
Co-produced by: MAUR film

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

• World premiere at Annecy IAFF 2019
• Cristal for a Graduation Film at Annecy IAFF 2019
• Junior Jury Award for a Graduation Film at Annecy IAFF 2019
• Short Cuts at Toronto IFF 2019
• Student Academy Award  2019 in category International Schools: Animation
• Academy Award nomination in category Animated Short Film
• Short Film Jury Award: Animation at Sundance FF 2020

        SH_T HAPPENS
Czech Republic, Slovakia, France 2019 / 13 min
Directed by: Dávid Štumpf, Michaela Mihályi
Produced by: Peter Badač / BFILM.cz
Co-produced by: BFILM, Bagan Films, FAMU

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

• World premiere at Venice IFF 2019
• Short films at Sundance FF 2020

         LEAF
CZ 2020 / 6 min
Directed by: Aliona Baranova
Produced by: Lukáš Gregor / UTB ve Zlíně

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

• World premiere in Generation Kplus at Berlinale 2020

         PRIPYAT PIANO
CZ 2020 / 18 min
Directed by: Eliška Cílková
Produced by: Jindřich Andrš / Gamma Pictures
Co-produced by: FAMU

        FORGET ME NOT
CZ 2019 / 7 min
Directed by: Adéla Križovenská
Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha / FAMU

               THERE'S NO SHOOTING IN KYIV
CZ 2020 / 30 min
Directed by: Jakub Šedý
Produced by: Jan Macola / Mimesis Film

             ABOUT-HAIR
CZ 2019 / 17 min
Directed by: Josefina Lubojacki
Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha, Adam Ligas / FAMU

             DON'T BE A PUSSY
CZ 2019 / 20 min
Directed by: Jakub Jirásek
Produced by: Ondřej Šejnoha / FAMU

            OVERBOARD!
CZ, SK 2019 / 12 min
Directed by: Barbora Valecká, Filip Pošivač
Produced by: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková / nutprodukce
Co-produced by: Nutprodukcia

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

• International Animated Short Competition at Cinekid 2019

             DEBT
CZ 2019 / 14 min
Directed by: Ondřej Novák
Produced by: Dagmar Sedláčková / MasterFilm

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