My name is Edgar and I Have a Cow
When Edgar rescues a newborn calf from a food factory, he learns that raising a cow isn’t as easy as it seems.
Language: in Czech
In the Attic
Legendary Czech stop-motion master Jiri Barta’s first feature in over 20 years is a diabolically inventive tale, four parts Toy Story and one part David Lynch, as a group of abandoned toys stage an ambitious rescue of their kidnapped friend. Set behind the doors of a dusty attic, an adorable doll named Buttercup lives in a steamer trunk and plays mom to a motley group of friends: the station master Teddy Bear; lumpy ball Schubert; and the Quixotic marionette knight, Sir Handsome, who attacks his enemies valiantly with a sharpened pencil. But in this enchanted world where every day is a birthday, evil is lurking. One day, a black cat appears, kidnaps Buttercup, and takes her to the Land of Evil ruled by the villainous Head, a maniacal Cold War military bust who commands an army of mechanical, mustachioed cockroaches and an all-seeing spying eye. Both a spooky children’s fairy tale and a Soviet-era allegory, In the Attic marks a career highpoint for Barta who, along with Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay, made stop-motion animation an art form and paved the way for modern hits like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Toys in the Attic
The NYICFF 2010 Grand Prize winner is back, in a new English language version, featuring the voices of Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack and Cary Elwes. Legendary Czech stop-motion animation master Jiri Barta’s first feature in over 20 years is a diabolically inventive tale, four parts Toy Story and one part David Lynch, as a group of abandoned toys stage an ambitious rescue of their kidnapped friend. Set behind the doors of a dusty attic, the adorable doll Buttercup plays mom to a motley family of castaways: the station master Teddy Bear, clay-animated Schubert, and the Quixotic marionette knight Sir Handsome. In this enchanted world every day is a birthday, until a mysterious black cat kidnaps the beloved Buttercup and takes her to the Land of Evil ruled by the villainous Head of State, a maniacal Cold War military bust who commands an army of mechanical, mustachioed cockroaches and an all-seeing spying eye. Both a spooky children’s fairy tale and Soviet-era allegory, Toys in the Attic marks a career highpoint for Barta, who was among the first to raise stop-motion animation to an art form, paving the way for modern hits like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.