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Film

The Kite

Martin Smatana, Slovakia, 2019

13 min.Short fictionChildren's films, Animation

Summer is coming to the end, the fruit is growing ripe on the trees. Grandpa gives his grandson a kite. As the boy is tossed around in the air, Grandpa catches him. Then the leaves fall and Grandpa has grown weak. A strong autumn wind carries him off into the cloudy sky. Winter comes, then springtime. A warm breeze brings them together again. Told with enchanting, richly-textured images, this tale is about remembering those who are no longer with us.
Basic information Credits
Original title Poustet draka
Danish title Dragen i himlen
Keywords Grandparents, Deaths, Animation films, Kite flying
Director Martin Smatana
Screenplay Martin Smatana
Producer Peter Badač
Director of Photography Ondřej Nedvěd
Sound Viera Marinová
Composer Aliaksander Yasinski
Production country Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
Domestic distribution Danske Filminstitut
Online release 28.09.2020, Filmcentralen,
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Companies

Production company BFILM
Co-production FAMU
With support from Czech Film Fund, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Nadační fond Filmtalent Zlín, Nadácia Tatra banky
Domestic distribution Danske Filminstitut

Direction

Direction Martin Smatana

Script

Screenplay Martin Smatana

Production

Producer Peter Badač
Co-producer Alexandra Hroncová

Cinematography

Cinematographer Ondřej Nedvěd

Music

Composer Aliaksander Yasinski

Sound

Sound designer Viera Marinová

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