The Vanished World of Gloves Open this page in a new window for printing
Zanikly svet rukavic
16 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1982
Combined
Audience: adults
Commentary: none

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Jiri Barta
Designer: Jiri Barta

In a suggestive sequence of scenes the glove - actors manage to paraphrase seven film genres in fifteen minutes, starting with a Chaplin-like chase and finishing in a temporary sci-fi horror. The film with its state-of-the-art form and fantasy is a representative of the post-Trnka period of the Czech puppet pictures and has been awarded a number of world prizes. This absolutely extraordinary picture is one of the most successful Czech animated pictures and it is a masterpiece of Czech and world animation.

Awards: Special prize + FIPRESCI prize + FICC prize - Oberhausen 1983, Grand Prix - "Golden Opera-glass" - Varna 1983, The prize for the best animated films - Uppsala 1983, The main prize in the category - Espinho 1983, Jury'special mention + Audience's prize - Huesca 1983, "Silver Boomerang" - Melbourne 1983, Grand Prix - Tarbes 1984, Grand Prix - Tours 1985

All films directed by Jiri Barta:
A Ballad About Green Wood • The Club of the Laid Off • The Design • Disc jockey • The Last Booty • The Pied Piper of Hamelin • Riddles For a Candy • The Vanished World of Gloves

All films designed by Jiri Barta:
The Design • Disc jockey • The Last Booty • The Pied Piper of Hamelin • Riddles For a Candy • The Vanished World of Gloves