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Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Truffles (2019) -

Finding a recipe for truffles only wild pigs can sniff, a group of bears think they can manage it on their own. BIOGRAPHY Kateřina Karhánková She is a director, screenwriter, animator, illustrator and visual artist. Her short films The New Species (2013) and The Fruits of Clouds (2017) were selected by the Annecy IFF for competition and have won a number of awards. Film Fruits of Clouds was also nominated for European Animation Awards 2018, BAFTA 2018 and was awarded by European Children’s Film Association as the best animated film for children on Berlinale 2019. Katerina is one of the directors of the animated TV series Hungry Bear Tales. Alexandra Májová She is a illustrator,visual artist, animator and director. She studied animation at FAMU. In the course of her studies, she spent time at the animation department of Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. She has directed the short animated student films Allergy (2008), Swimming Pool (2010) and Mythopolis (2013) among others, which won a number of significant awards both domestic and international. She currently illustrates children’s books, works on children TV series Hungry Bear Tales and a new short animated film Washing Machine.