Hurikán / Hurikán
Jan Saska
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2024 / 13' 7''Screenings
Kinoteka, 18:00 h
Cinema SC, 20:00 h
Synopsis
Hurikán rushes to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst.
Jan Saska is a Czech animation director and comics author. After premiering his FAMU graduation film Happy End, a black comedy about death, at la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes in 2016 , it has been screened at numerous film festivals worldwide, received more than twenty-five awards and was shortlisted for the 2017 Oscars. Jan’s latest project – Hurikán – is a short comedy based on Jan’s original comic character of the same name. Together with his longtime collaborators – Marek Pokorný and Vojtěch Kiss – Jan is part of True Lovers, an artistic group dedicated to comics and animation.
Director
Jan Saska
Production
Last Films; Maur Film; Laïdak films; Artichoke; AEON Production
Screenplay
Jan Saska, Václav Hašek, Vojtěch Kiss
Sound
Jiří Gráf
Music
Jiří Gráf
Animation
Marek Pokorný
categories
GRAND COMPETITION - SHORT FILM 5