Czech Animated Films

Sat 31 Oct, 2 pm
Cinematheque

The Embassy of the Czech Republic cordially invites Hanoi Cinémathèque members to A Day of Czech Animated Films for Children.

Program

2 pm – Session 1

For children from the age of 3.  Stories without words

ADVENTURES OF THE LITTLE MOLE
Animated stories of the most favourite animated character of Czech children – little Mole and his friends; 3 short films.

PAT AND MAT
The short stories feature the two characters Pat and Mat facing mostly a self-made problem, trying to solve it using any possible and impossible tools and constructing gadgets, which leads to more problems. Yet, eventually, the two manage to get a working result with a mostly surprising solution; 3 short films.

SLIP AND SLAP
Are two main characters of a favourite bedtime stories of Czech children about two dog friends and their adventures; 3 short films.

Intermission

4 pm – Session 2

Feature film for older children and adults

FIMFÁRUM
(in Czech with English subtitles and Vietnamese audio translation)

Fimfárum by Jan Werich is a marvellous puppet movie divided into five independent stories, each of which is derived from a Czech folktale. The first of these, “When Leaves Fall from the Oak,” tells of how a drunken peasant makes a deal with the devil, whom that man subsequently outwits. The second, “Fearless Frankie,” relates how the father of a young man who is afraid of nothing arranges for his son to spend a night in a tavern where the spirits of the dead gather to gamble and cavort. The third, “Mean Barbara,” revolves around the efforts of various persons to dispose of the body of a miserly old woman. The fourth, “A Dream Fulfilled,” is about an elderly farmer who squanders his money playing the lottery, and the last tale, “Fimfárum”, centers on a blacksmith with a scheming, unfaithful wife who is forced to perform a variety of impossible tasks.

Tickets

Free Entry

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Tickets to the films are by donation.