Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo

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SIFF begins! First film was a wonderful stop-motion fable from eastern Europe (I say that because it was listed as a Czech film, from the credits it looked like it was made in Hungary and there was also some sponsorship from Slovene tv). title translated as Tony, Shelly and The Magic Light. Tony literally glows, Shelly can imagine things into being with the help of a flashlight, and there's a budgie/pigeon romance. they live in a tumbledown art nouveau courtyard apartment building that has a big secret.

the stop-motion has a rough and ready quality that's more Robot Chicken than Laika, but extremely charming. glad to have seen it on the big screen, recommended.