Antonín Horák

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.

A puppet fairy tale about a disobedient train that did not just want to carry coal and drove to return to his work after a sad experience.

Two little figures are born from the wool clippings, who compete for the wool doll's favor and try to impress her with their bizarre antics.

Different animals play with a marble in this whimsical story from Hermína Týrlová, ‘the mother of Czech animation’

An episode from a series of fairy tales tells the story of correcting the behavior of a mischievous and devilish boy. When the boy gets glued to a bucket, he finally understands how he's harmed the animals in the yard and woods.

A stop-motion animated fairy tale about good and evil using wooden folk toys.

A poetic and colorful tale at the bottom of the sea.

Tanya, a 10-year-old Russian tourist traveling with her parents from Prague to Brno, is left behind in a foreign country. Tanya leaves her compartment when the train stops because of a cow. Disobeying her parent's instructions, she gets off the train to investigate, lingers too long, and is left behind. Cold, lonely, and clad only in her pajamas in the unfamiliar countryside, the girl is relieved to meet up with two rather nervous Czech boys camping out together for the first time. At first the would-be "cowboys" are frightened by her ghost-like appearance. After hearing her story, the boys find Tanya a dress to wear and accompany the girl on foot to her final destination, Brno.

A snowman comes to life in this charming and playful stop motion short. In danger of melting once spring rolls around, the snowman eventually departs for an icier climate, perhaps to return next winter.

A king hides an embarrassing secret - and it causes him to execute every barber who cuts his hair.

A fairy tale about the love of a mermaid and a young fisherman, which had to overcome many adversities before reaching its fulfillment.

Another of Hermína Týrlová's "wool fairy tales" tells about two children who decorated a Christmas tree.

Set in a bleak, filth-ridden provincial hospital, a disillusioned doctor begins to find the philosophical ramblings of a mental patient more stimulating than the company of "sane" society. As their relationship deepens amidst the grimy and decaying wards, the doctor's own mental health is called into question by his suspicious colleagues.

Shortfilm from the Mr. Prokouk series. Mr. Prokouk wants to be a filmmaker, but the making of a film has more complications than he expected.

Inspired by a Persian fairytale, and told in the ornate style of illustrated Persian manuscripts; set on a remote island, its inhabitants discover a legendary treasure that brings both joy and grief.

A flock of storks drop off newborns to families made out of yarn.