Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:15:41 +0200https://english.radio.cz/masters-czech-animated-film-8710154/1© 2026 Radio Prague International In 1946, in the very first year of the famous Cannes Film Festival, the award for best short film went to the animated children’s short Animals and Bandits (Zvířátka a Petrovští). The film was the first international success not only for its creator, Jiří Trnka, but also for the newly founded studio Bratři v triku which had produced it. The golden age of Czech animated films had begun. In the years to come Czech animated films would influence generations of viewers the world over. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/d33de25022841d3b8fa33e3be90e0ff6.jpg?timestamp=1614259344 https://english.radio.cz/masters-czech-animated-film-8710154/1 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9