30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow (2023) -

Czech Republic, Slovak Republic | 2023 | 8 min.

Edgar’s life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a trip to a slaughterhouse. He takes it home after finding out that the calf is to become a schnitzel.

CountryCzech Republic, Slovak Republic
Year2023
Duration8 min
Rating-
LanguageCzech
SubtitleEnglish
Directed by Filip Diviak
Screenplay Filip Diviak
Director of Photography Filip Diviak
Music Filip Diviak, Vít Přibyla
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Biography

Filip Diviak is a Slovak film director and animator. He studied animation at the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín, Czech Republic. He focuses primarily on hand-drawn animation, but also works in part as an illustrator and the designer of both the characters and the environment. In 2021, he and other animators set up the Tri Pirogy animation studio based in Zlín. His main interest is to tell stories concerning important social topics, as seen through the eyes of a child. Innocently, gently, inventively, and playfully. He has shot several successful short films that have won awards at festivals around the globe. Filmography: Awaker (2017), Cloudy (2018), Sounds Between the Crowns (2020 ), My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow (2023) This film is a part of the set Edgar and Other Animations.

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