The Kite
Country
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, PolandCopyright
2019Production year
2017—2018Premiere
15 October 2019Runtime
10 minDirector
Martin SmatanaCategory
filmGenre
poeticTypology
animatedtheatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Pouštět drakaCzech title
Pouštět drakaEnglish title
The KiteCo-production title
Šarkan / LatawiecWorking title
Můj papírový drak
Photos
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Alžběta Remencová
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Anna Vášová, Philip Lazebnik, Ivana Sujová
Director of Photography
Art Director
Set Designer
Františka Benčaťová, Hana Kocurková, Agata Ležuch /ž/, Piotr Chmielewski, Tjasa Frumen /ž/, Milan Vinš, Nikodem Szlezak, Łukasz Grynda, Jacek Spychalski (rekvizitář), Agnieska Niewadził /ž/ (rekvizitářka)
Film Editor
Lucie Navrátilová
Sound Designer
Viera Marinová (design a mix zvuku)
Animation
Daniela Hýbnerová, Martin Smatana, Martyna Koleniec /ž/, Piotr Chmielewski, Łukasz Grynda, Matouš Valchář, Stanisław Szostak, Lee Oz
Visual Effects
Michal Šabík (supervize)
Postproduction
Michal Šabík (supervize), Creative Teapot (obraz), Soundsquare (zvuk)
Producer
Peter Badač (BFILM), Ondřej Šejnoha (vedoucí Studia FAMU), Robert Banasiak (CeTA)
Production
Lenka Medová (Studio FAMU), Alena Prokopová (Studio FAMU), Agnieszka Niewadził /ž/ (koordinátorka ATC)
Production Manager
Jakub Rálek, Tomáš Šimon (Studio FAMU), Anna Szadkowska /ž/ (CeTA)
Production Supervisor
Barbora Oravová
Artistic Collaboration
Miloš Hronec, Anka Mihoková, Monika Sičová, Maroš Kohút
Background Painter
Agata Ležuch /ž/, Olivia Jary /ž/, Martina Mäsiarová, Veronika Maliňáková
Pedagogical management
Michael Carrington, Jiří Kubíček, Petr Oukropec, Jaroslav Brabec, Jan Daňhel, Marek Hart
Cooperation
Nikodem Szlezak (vrchní osvětlovač)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Anton Čonka /housle/, Hipox Peter Mojžeš /housle/, Terezia Charvatová /housle/, Bart Bielinski /housle/, Ilia Chernoklinov /viola/, Kristýna Kalinová /violoncello/, Anna Kellerová /kontrabas/, Veronika Závorová /flétna/, Jakub Čech /fagot/, Aliaksandr Yasinski /akordeon/
Production info
Original Title
Pouštět draka
Czech Title
Pouštět draka
English Title
The Kite
Co-production Title
Šarkan / Latawiec
Working Title
Můj papírový drak
Category
film
Typology
animatedtheatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
poetic
Student film
5. ročníkDepartment of animated film, FAMUMaster's degree film
Origin country
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland
Copyright
2019
Production Year
2017—2018
Production specifications
the end of the distribution monopoly 15 October 2021
the end of the distribution monopoly 1 May 2023
Premiere
festival premiere 8 May 2019 (18. mezinárodní festival animovaných filmů Anifilm Třeboň)
premiere 15 October 2019 /suitable for all ages without limit/
renewed premiere 20 October 2021 /suitable for all ages without limit/
Distribution slogan
no caption (2019) / A sensitive take on the topic of losing a grandparent. The film, awarded at important foreign festivals, was also shortlisted for the student Oscar. (2021)
Production
BFILM, BFILM.cz, Studio FAMU, Centrum Technologii Audiowizualnych
Copyright Holders
BFILM s.r.o., BFILM.cz s.r.o., FAMU, Centrum Technologii Audiowizualnych
Distribution
Anifilm Distribution (původní 2019 a obnovená 2021)
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
10 min
Distribution carrier
DCP 2-D, DVD, MP4
Animation technique
puppet
Aspect ratio
1:1,85
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
5.1, digital sound
Versions
English
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
English
