Must-see Animations from Czech Animation Legend

Written by cd on July 2, 2007 – 5:20 pm -

Last weekend, J. and I went to the 42nd international film festival in Karlovy Vary. Since I arrived around noon on Saturday, I had almost no chance of buying any tickets as they all sold out. Left without any choice, we accepted the tickets for the only films available, a series of animations from Bretislav Pojar. I was not at all exciting about sitting for half an hour watching kiddie animations from some guy whose name I never heard of. However, I came out of the movie theater completely satisfied.

All of Pojar’s animations have strong social themes and leave the audience something to think about. The story plots are very simple but were told in amazingly clever and creative ways. Giggles and laughters were heard from both mature and the kiddie audience.

Bretislav Pojar was present and gave a speech before hurrying out for a photo shoot with Renee Zellweger.

Two of the shown animations are “E” and “A Drop Too Much.”

E” is a humorous piece about brain disorder and authority’s abuse of power.

A Drop Too Much” is a charming but sad puppet-modeled film about a motor biker who’s on his way to Plzen to see his sweetheart. (Part 1)

(Part 2)


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Prague Accommodation (Review)

Written by cd on July 1, 2007 – 6:23 pm -

I am reviewing AccomLine, a hotel booking site for locations all over the world. This review focuses on Prague Accommodation section.

On this page, you find a wide range of hotels from 3 to 5 stars. Rates can be as low as 25 EUR and as much as almost 300 EUR.

The only discouraging about this static landing page is that there is no option for you to sort the result based on prices, locations and rating. Only when you click on a particular hotel link, then you are taken to a more dynamic page where you can read more about the hotels� conditions and customers� review make reservation and study the map.

As you would expect, the site�s design and functionality are the similar to other travel booking sites you might have visited. If you are a minimalist, you might like the site�s simple design with basic search engines and essential information (a detailed FAQ section which might answer many of your booking-related questions.

At AccomLine, you don�t have to search for rooms as they all are featured on landing page.

This is a sponsored post.


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