I’ve heard my father’s home country of the Czech Republic (Czechia) called, “The Wild West of Europe.” That people went there when they, “wanted to do drugs and shoot illegal fireworks.” It’s quite ...

Unsurpassed in his tactile, uncanny approach to experimental animation, surrealist Czech master Jan Svankmajer's films have inspired a generation of directors, including Tim Burton and The Brothers ...

"I've always wanted to make a film where reality fused with dreams," says a crudely animated Jan Svankmajer during an on-screen introduction to his latest feature, "Surviving Life." This, like the ...

If surrealism — or, more specifically the freakish, fucked up and fantastic kind — is your thing, then your September is about to get a whole lot better thanks to Cinefamily. This month, they're ...

For the past 40 years, Jan Svankmajer (Faust, Conspirators of Pleasure) has been hailed as one of cinema's most consistently surprising, wildly imaginative, and remarkable surrealists of our time.

It’s often said that we are what we eat. In the bizarre world of Jan Svankmajer, the Czech Republic’s best-known surrealist, this aphorism can be taken literally. In a 1992 short film titled Food, a ...

Athanor Production Co. has started an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for 81-year-old noted Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer’s latest project, a surreal film called “Insects.” He says ...

Athanor Production Co. has started an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for 81-year-old noted Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer’s latest project, a surreal film called “Insects.” He says ...