Hurikán
Director: Jan Saska
Crew:Writer: Jan Saska. Producers: Jan Saska, Vaclav Hasez. Kamila Dohnalova, Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasova, Antoine Liétout, Ivan Zuber, Juraj Krasnohorsky, Mladen Dukic
Email:festival@miyu.fr
Synopsis
Hurikán rushes out to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst.
About the director
Jan Saska is a Czech animation director and comics author. After premiering at la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes in 2016 his FAMU graduation film Happy End, a black comedy about death, has been screened on numerous film festivals worldwide, received more than twenty-five awards and was shortlisted for the 2017 Oscars. Jan’s latest project – Hurikán – is a short comedy based on Jan’s original comic character of the same name. Together with his longtime collaborators – Marek Pokorný and Vojtěch Kiss – Jan is part of True Lovers, an artistic group dedicated to comics and animation.