Director Tomáš Luňák takes main prize at AniFest 2012

For his animated movie Alois Nebel, Czech director Tomáš Luňák was awarded the prestigious main prize at the 11th AniFest in the South Bohemian Třebon, a showcase of animated film. Luňák’s film is based on Jaroslav Rudiš’s eponymous graphic novel. Some 280 films were shown at this year’s edition of the festival, which features international submissions in the animation genre. Among the other winners were the French film Picture in the category children’s movie and the Belgian-French submission Ach, Willy in the shorts competition. The legendary Czech animator Zdeněk Miler, father of the famous Czech cartoon mole, was given a posthumous prize for his lifetime achievement at the opening of the festival on Thursday. This year’s edition of AniFest drew nearly 20,000 visitors.