13-10-2020

CEE Animation Forum 2020: Inaugural Animation Espresso Announces Winners

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    PRAGUE: The first edition of the pitching session Animation Espresso, organised as part of the CEE Animation Forum, awarded its first prize to the short animation project Forgive / Odpust directed by Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková.

    The pitching session, dedicated to Czech animation projects, took place in Liberec on 6 October 2020, with the presentation of 23 projects in development.

    The winning projects are:

    Animation Espresso First Prize
    Forgive / Odpust
    Directed by Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková
    Produced by Jiří Pecinovský for FAMU

    Special Mention
    Electra. A Poem
    Directed by Daria Kashcheeva
    Produced by Martin Vandas and Zuzana Křivková for MAUR film and FAMU

    Concept Art Programme Prize from Anomalia
    Mr. Bombarino
    Directed by Matěj Litera

    MAUR film Prize (7,000 CZK)
    Whatman
    Directed by Niko Zinovev

    Specialised training from producers Michal Podhradsky and Martin Vandas, and from screenwriter and dramatist Anna Vášová:

    Electra. A Poem
    Directed by Daria Kashcheeva
    Produced by Martin Vandas and Zuzana Křivková for MAUR film and FAMU

    Pigeon Soldier / Holubi Vojak
    Directed by Michaela Lovecká

    The Mound / Mohyla
    Directed by Mikuláš Suchý

    Light / Svetla
    Directed by Jitka Skálová

    I Win / Zvitezim
    Directed by Michaela Režová