SYNOPSIS
When asthmatic, six-year-old Ondra is forced to throw away his scruffy, sawdust-stuffed old teddy bear named KOOKY, he prays for the safe return of his furry friend. Soon afterwards, way across town, Kooky is about to be crushed in a rubbish dump when he suddenly comes to life.
CREDITS
Writer & Director: Jan Svěrák
Producers: Eric Abraham, Jan Svěrák
Principal Cast: Oldřich Kaiser, Kristýna Nováková, Filip Čapka
Voice Cast: Ondřej Svěrák (Kooky), Zdeněk Svěrák (Captain von Hergot), Jiří Macháček (Nightshade), Petr Čtvrtníček (Pytlík Vidlička), Jiří Lábus (Pytlík Zapík)
Original title: Kuky se vrací
AWARDS
Czech Lion Awards 2011 – Winner of 4 Awards from 8 nominations, including Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Music; nominated for Best Film and Best Director (Jan Svěrák)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2010 – Winner, Special Prize of the Jury (Jan Svěrák); nominated for the Crystal Globe
Pilsen Film Festival 2010 – Winner, Golden Kingfisher for Best Feature Film
Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2011 – Winner, Golden Cairo for Best Animated Film
PRESS
“Czech filmmaker Jan Svěrák, whose ‘Kolya’ won the 1997 Oscar for best foreign language film, has created a little gem with his latest, which combines puppetry with animation and live action.”
Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter
“A sweetly old-fashioned celebration of childhood imagination … like ‘The Wind in the Willows’ meets the early work of Jan Svankmajer.”
Alissa Simon, Variety
