Břetislav Pojar Movies

The film consists of five parts - a live-action framing story and four distinct animated episodes - each by a different creative team and in a...

The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs...

A cartoon in the form of a comic describes the process of development of human thought.

A giant statue of the letter "E" arrives in the park. One man sees it as "B"; they are preparing to cart him off to the looney bin when a doctor...

The fifth and last episode of the "Who threw that, gentlemen?" series. The series is the continuation of the previous "bear" series "Hey, Mister,...

Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.

Short film made by Bretislav Pojar

Using the comic device of trained laboratory mice, Bretislav Pojar examines the insidious nature of addiction to cigarette smoking, how it can begin...

An old woodblock train meets its shiny new electric replacement one Christmas Eve in this glowingly nostalgic stop-motion toy story, directed by...

Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.

Short movie by Bretislav Pojar

A tragicomic adaptation of Darwin’s theory of evolution. An earthworm becomes man, goes through all historical epochs until the present day,...

A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their...

A careful motorcyclist stops by a cozy pub on his way home to his sweetheart.