Saturday programme tips
The weather is just perfect to sit on a bench in the park and enjoying the sun, however here are few tips which may change your mind…
Honorary president’s programme: Barry Purves (Culture House – Cinema Květen, 9:30 p.m.)
British animator, director, designer, theorist and teacher is one of the few contemporary authors, whose works can stand a comparison to Jiří Trnka’s films. Barry will screen a selection of his films and talk about his inspirational sources.
Juror’s presentation: Sulafa Hijazi (Culture House – Social Club, 6:30, p.m.)
Syrian animator and author of a couple internationally awarded films is maybe the first female Arabic juror at European animation festival. She will talk about the Arab identity in animation and about the specifics of this still uknown production.
Feature films competition: Letter To Momo, Japan, 2011, dir. Hiroyuki Okiura (Culture House – Estrada Hall, 4:00 p.m.)
The brand new anime feature by a classic of the genre tells a story of Momo, who’s moving from Tokyo to a distant island after the death of her father. Momo tries to figure out the meaning of the letter her father left her and meanwhile, strange things are happening at the island…
Feature films competition: Dead But Not Buried, UK 2011, dir. Phil Mulloy (Culture House – Estrada Hall)
This film is part 2 of the Christies trilogy (special mention at last year’s AniFest for „Goodbye Mister Christie“). Why has Mr Christie’s body been stolen? Who stole it? A Japanese industrialist called Mr. Yakamoto is sure that Mr. Christie holds the secret of eternal life and thus is determined to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, a bunch of people claiming to be Mr. Christie’s relatives are on a quest to possess Mr. Christie’s Tesco sticker collection. Dear Mrs. Christie, on the other hand, seeks her husband’s body with perseverance and before they know it, they all end up in Iceland….another poignant and minimalistic social critique.
Non-narative/experimental animation – competition films (Culture House – Cinema Květen, 10:00 p.m.)
Brand new competition category will present the best of experimental films by contemporary authors. An unique opportunity to see experimental animation at a big screen, a real delicatesse for connoisseurs.
A Letter to Momo – long-expected anime in the feature films competition
Hiroyuki Okiura needed seven years to finish hist last feature Momo e no Tegami/ A Letter To Momo. The story of Momo, a girl who’s moving from Tokyo to an island with her mother after the death of her father is a brilliant example of classic hand-drawn animation and presents the best in contemporary anime production. Momo meets mysterious little elves on the island and they help her overcome the loss and find out, what the letter to Momo was supossed to say…a moving story about grief, great loss, growing up and finding your own self is full of imagination, sometimes scary, sometimes black-humoured or even absurd. The screening in Teplice might be an unique chance to see it on the big screen – an must-see not just for all anime-fans. We’re curious how will Momo hold up against Parisian cats from Folimage or our Phil Mulloy’s rebel Mr. Christie, who’s coming back after last year’s succes.
Japanese animation is not only about anime, no need to point out. AniFest will also bring a retrospective of two Japanese directors, who were closely connected to Czech animation. Kihachiro Kawamoto (1925 – 2010) was Japanese puppet designer, animator and director. He was deeply interested in Jiří Trnka’s work and he spent one year in his studio in Prague. Nobuhiro Aihara (1944 – 2011) is another great name of Japanese animation, animator and professor at Kyoto University. He was a frequent guest at FAMU (Prague Academy of Performing Arts), where he had many colleagues and friends (Michaela Pavlátová among others).
The programme is curated by prof. Jiří Kubíček from FAMU, who was in close and personal contact with both directors.
Selection of competition films finished!
Impatiently expected resulst of the selection of feature films are here! These candidates will compete for the best feature film award: A Cat in Paris (Une vie de chat, dir.Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol), Japanese anime Letter for Momo (Momo e no Tegami, dir. Hiroyuki Okiura), impressive philosophical opus from Hungary The Tragedy of Man (Az amber tragédiája, dir. Marcella Jankovics) and least but not last Dead But Not Buried by Phil Mulloy following his last year’s success (special mention of the jury) for Goodbye Mister Christie.
We are also happy to announce the results of the selection for the non-statutary category of Visegrad School Films – especially happy because of the significant amount of interesting works of Czech students. List of all selected films HERE.
Prosincové Ozvěny AniFestu v Centru u prstenu
V prosinci se můžete těšit na projekce Ozvěn AniFestu v pražském Centru u Prstenu, které naleznete spolu s útulnou kavárnou v Jilské ulici v samém centru Prahy. V sobotu 10. prosince zde budeme promítat „Vánoční pásmo pro rodiče a děti“, složené z vánočních či zimně laděných animovaných pohádek. O deset dní později, tedy 20. prosince, pořádáme projekci kontroverzního, dětem nepřístupného celovečerního snímku Phila Mulloye „Goodbye, Mister Christie“, který na letošním AniFest vyhrál cenu diváků a získal také čestné uznání poroty. Šokující, provokativní a výtvarně svérázný filmový experiment navazuje na Mulloyův seriál „The Christies“. Christiovi žijí v malebné zelené vesničce s kostelem a kriketovým hřištěm. Pan Christie je navenek dokonalý gentleman, ale uvnitř sobecká a arogantní zrůda. Jeho život se nenávratně změní poté, co ho celý svět vidí v televizi souložit s francouzským námořníkem. Projekci uvede programová koordinátorka AniFestu Malvína Toupalová.
