Tales from the Magic Garden / Pohádky po babičce
Golden Kingfisher – Feature Live Action or Animated Films Competition
2025 Czech Republic, France, Slovak Republic, Slovenia 71 min. Language: Czech Subtitle: English
SCREENINGS
Three siblings, three fairy-tale stories… When we were little, grandma loved to tell us bedtime stories about worlds both possible and impossible. She took us to places only the wildest imagination could reach. But now that she's gone, who will read us fairy tales? Maybe her old straw hat can help. Maybe it still holds a few stories from grandma’s head that can guide us on our journey through life… This family puppet film, inspired by the fairy tales of Arnošt Goldflam, was screened at the Berlinale and Annecy festivals, among others. Following the Saturday screening, a 40-minute workshop for children aged 6 and up will take place. In this magical workshop, kids will become storytellers and creators of their own fairy tales. Each participant will craft their own personal “fairy tale hat,” into which they’ll place cards with images or words that must appear in their story. They'll take the hat home and can use it again and again to draw out magical words and invent new tales—either on their own or together with their parents. The workshop nurtures children's imagination and creativity, and shows that storytelling can be a source of both joy and comfort.
DIRECTED BY David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec
CAST Arnošt Goldflam, Ivan Trojan, Zuzana Kronerová, Žofie Hánová, Alex Mojžíš, Mikuláš Čížek, Pavla Beretová, Dana Černá
CINEMATOGRAPHY Radka Šplíchalová, Václav Fronk, Alan Soural, Simona Weisslechner, Miloš Srdić, Mathilde Gaill
SOUND Miroslav Chaloupka
PRODUCERS Martin Vandas (Maurfilm), Alena Vandasová (Maurfilm), Juraj Krasnohorský (Artichoke), Henriet Cvangová (Artichoke), Kolja Saksida (ZVVIKS), Jean-François Le Corre (Vivement Lundi !), Mathieu Courtois (Vivement Lundi !)
SCREENPLAY Marek Král, Petr Krajíček, Patrik Pašš, Jerneja Kaja Balog, Maja Križnik, Blandine Jet
EDITING Adéla Špaljová
MUSIC Lucia Chuťková
CO-PRODUCER Česká televize, Slovenská televízia a rozhlas RTV Slovenija, Pictanovo s podporou Région Hauts-de-France, Personne n’est parfait !
