On a night walk, a couple in love come across a frog who’s definitely not interested in their attention. The frog, her child and other creatures of the forest rather allow themselves to be carried away by the wild rhythm of the electronic music by Czech performer Johuš Matuš, secretly hoping that the uninvited guests will leave soon. The music video’s co-director Julie Černá worked with Johuš Matuš on her acclaimed film The Stone of Destiny.

Filmmaker and pedagogue Martin Kukal occasionally makes music videos. One of his latest creations is the music video for a song by Sváťa and Martina from the town of Slaný, set near the Red Pond and starring various good-natured ghosts and fairy-tale beings.

The Norwegian director’s abstract animation works with floating and unstable organic shapes. Constantly moving, they create entirely new forms. The film’s plasmatic structure unusually combines digital images with natural motifs and conveys feelings of cold and warmth.

To learn how to process bad news and face adversity in life, you undoubtedly need some skills. In this short humorous film, probably loosely inspired by Inside Out and Inside Out 2, we get to see the mental processes of an unfortunate person and hopefully get some tips on what to do.

Another music video by the young Hungarian artist Tomek Ducki. Once again, he works with vivid colours and elaborates the story of the original sin of Adam and Eve. In his version, the woman is a very important character and his method reminds of watercolour paintings.

Much like in the real world, everything in the latest film by the classic of Czech hand-drawn animation has its dark side. The author elaborates on that quite literally as his film has two parts: an optimistic part taking place on one side of the paper and a pessimistic part taking place on the other.

Pinocchio felt a longing deep within him. Someday, he would become a real girl and live a life beyond the confines of make-believe. Animating directly on film stock, the renowned American experimenter updates and strongly condenses the famous story.

A world-famous boys' choir goes on a tour. In the hands of their severe conductor they are an obedient musical instrument. But left alone without supervision, they are just playful children. Once in Seoul the conductor is accidentally trapped in the elevator, and the boys are left alone.

Guys working on a construction site have a problem – their shovel got stuck in the sand. A student from the Plzeň Studio of Animation, known to Anifilm audiences from previous festival editions, has once again chosen a provocative topic and form. Can the guys solve their problem by lunchtime? And if not, will something happen?