Bretislav Pojar

Little Rehor isn't allowed to play with the other boys. His only friend is the girl next door, Luci. Rehor's father is doctor on a boat and he has sent Rehor a package with butterfly larvae. When they hatch he discover a fairy who can do magic tricks. (imdb)

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. (imdb comments)

A man thinks a giant statue of the letter 'E' in a park is a 'B'! (imdb)

A roaming musician encounters a hungry lion in the desert.

An orphan lives in the country with his grandfather. A predatory pike threatens his playmates (birds, frogs and a carp). Award winner at the Venice Children's Film Festival (kukla.tv)

Bretislav Pojar's 'A Drop Too Much' is a nicely executed cautionary tale about drink driving which won the award for Best Puppet Film at the Cannes Film Festival. (imdb)

Czech animators Aurel Klimt, Vlasta Pospísilová, Jan Balej, and Bretislav Pojar -- all giants of the Czech puppet film movement -- each helm one segment of the anthology film Fimfarum 2. A sequel to the original Fimfarum, this feature provides four additional animated episodes adapted from the short stories of Czech fantasist writer Jan Werich, in the same vein as the earlier film.

This adaptation of a book by Jiří Marek consists of four animated episodes that are interconnected by a live-action element. Each of the stories was created using a different technique and by a different creative team. The film uses relief puppet technology, 3D computer animation, classic puppet animation and the unusual technique of flat paper puppets in real space.

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

In this short film, Czech filmmaker Bretislav Pojar amusingly reflects on our habit of looking before we leap. What he shows us is the little person inside each of us, the cautious character we all know, who acts to keep us out of trouble but also in a state of defeat. Is there a cure for this reluctance to face up to life in the raw? The film shows there is. With the Pojar charm at work, your worst fears suddenly look plain silly. (nfb)

An adaptation of the Czech version of the Hansel and Gretel fairtale.