FAMU for Children

A series of short films made for the youngest viewers by FAMU students. A cute story about animal love Bearing, the evening-length Children of the All Hallows discovery adventure New Species, the funny Forgive about children's stubbornness, the puppet Symphony, an insight into the imaginations and fantasies of preschoolers When I Grow Up and the touching story about loss, Fly the Dragon.

Bearing / Daniela Hýbnerová / 2 min / original language: no dialogue – An allegorical animated film about bear love and tenderness that every mom can understand. A cute film not only for small children.

Children of Gainmore: How They Found It / Petr Mischinger / 9 min / original language: CZ / subtitles: EN – This evening-dream-like film will delight especially child viewers, as the author uses drawings that are understandable and close to the child audience. One morning, a magical stone appears in the garden of the kindergarten. When a group of children find it, a fantastic adventure begins, which manages to soften even the greedy professor.

The New Species / Kateřina Karhánková / 7 min / original language: no dialogue – A story full of childhood fantasy about three friends and one mysterious bone.

Don't Blow It Up / Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková / 8 min / original language: no dialogue – Two little girls playing with a balloon. After a small disagreement, the friends get angry at each other. Offended and angry, they begin to inflate until they become balloons that soar to the clouds. The girls then get stuck there and it takes them a long time to figure out how to get down and rescue their kitten stuck in a tree. Due to its short length and subject matter, Forgive has become one of the most successful FAMU animated films of recent years.

Symphony / Ondřej Nedvěd, Vojtěch Komárek / 9 min / original language: CZ / subtitles: EN – Little Martin would like to run outside with the other children, but he is afraid of being made fun of because of his visual impairment. So he spends most of his time alone at home with his magical character Francis, who helps him discover the world. One day, a ball falls over the fence of Martin's house. The boy is afraid to return it to the children on the street…

When I Grow Up / Ester Kasalová / 4 min / původní znění: CZ / subtitles: EN – The author and her crew go on a field trip to a kindergarten to ask the children what they would like to do when they grow up. The children have very clear ideas about their future, which the director visualises with the ease and artistic shorthand typical of children's drawings.

The Kite / Martin Smatana / 13 min / original language: no dialogue / subtitles: CZ – Slovak director Martin Smatana's graduate film tells a poetic story of a young boy coping with the death of his grandfather, using symbols and subtle metaphors. The visually atypical and animation-heavy film is aimed primarily at a child audience, showing them in a non-violent way that although all creatures must go at some point, there is a way to be with them in the future.