Jan Tománek
Jan Tománek (born 1978) is a Czech filmmaker. He graduated from the High School of Arts in Prague in 1996. He has been studying at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of New Media since 1999. He has been making short 3D animated movies and combined movies with real actors since 1997. In 1997 he created his first short movie, Perpetuum mobile. In 1999 he produced two short acted movies and one 3D animated story about two living glasses. As of 2007, he is cooperating with the Czech Public TV on his latest movie, which will be a combination of 3D modelled backgrounds with real actors shot on a blue background. He also cooperates with Prague's Magic Lantern (National Theatre). Tománek's movies have been presented and awarded at Czech and foreign festivals. On his Shorts he does almost everything alone - form sctipt, directing, animation and postproduction. Since 2003, he has been working on the new film project Kozí příběh - pověsti staré Prahy - “Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends” - the first Czech 3D animated full-length movie.
Awards
2010 NUEVA MIRADA – Int. festival – Buenos Aires – Argentina - Golden kite - The best feature for children
2010 Bilbao – International Animation Film festival - Spain
2009 Febiofest – Kristian – AWARD Critics price - The Best Czech Animated movie 2008
2009 Czech Lion Award – Best Art Achievement - Nominee
2009 CINANIMA 2009, 33rd Int. anim. Film Festival – Espino (Official competition)
2009 Animest 2009 Int. Animation Film Festival – Bucharest (Official competition)
2009 Bangkok Int. Animation Film Festival – Thailand, Bangkok (Official competition)
2009 INDIE FEST USA – USA, California
2009 SICAF (Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival) (Feature competition)
2009 Drake International film festival – Italy, Naples
2009 Digital seoul_film festival - Seoul
Filmography
- 2008 Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends - Feature movie (The first Czech CGI movie) Director, Artist Kozí příběh - pověsti staré Prahy / Goat Story - The Old Prague Legends[1]
- 2003 Probuzení (Wake up) – 20 min – short film
- 2002 Žáby (The Frogs) – 4 min – 3D animation film, in the cinema distribution since 2003
- 2001 Červená Karkulka – 5 min. – short film with animation
- 2000 Svět (The World) – 3 min. – 3D animation
- 1999 Vlastně nikam… (Actually nowhere…) – 20 min – short film
- 1999 Ze života sklenic (From the life of glasses) – 3 min. – 3D animation
- 1999 Kapesníček (The Hanky) – 6 min. – short film
- 1997 Perpetuum mobile – 5 min. – short film
- 1997 Poslední večeře Páně (The Last dinner of Lord) – 3 min. – short film
References
- ↑ Goat Story movie web site, retrieved 2007-08-15