This year’s international animation festival in Liberec awarded best feature film prizes to a Czech stop-motion drama and the Quay Brothers’ latest surrealist work.
This year’s edition of the Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, set to take place in Liberec from May 6 to 11, will spotlight science fiction for the first time in the festival’s 24-year history.
“We were prepared for any outcome tonight, and this one is a great result,” writer-director Jiří Mádl told reporters after his victory at the Czech Republic’s version of the Oscars.
Among the 29 titles competing across 24 categories, Czech Oscar submission Waves (Vlny), directed by Jiří Mádl, leads the pack with 14 nominations.
The Czech movie will compete among 15 movies including The Substance and Emilia Pérez for the title of Best European Film at this year’s awards on Dec. 7.