Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light explained

Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light
Director:Filip Pošivač
Producer:Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Jakub Viktorín
Cinematography:Denisa Buranová
Music:Ádám Balázs
Studio:Nutprodukce
Nutprodukcia
Czech Television
Radio and Television of Slovakia
Kouzelná animace
Filmfabriq[1]
Distributor:CinemArt (Czech Republic)
Continental Film (Slovakia)
LevelK (international)
Country:Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Language:Czech
Runtime:82 minutes
Released: (Zlín Festival)[2]
(Annecy)
(Czech Republic)
(Slovakia)
Budget:45,000,000 CZK[3]
Gross:1,450,000 EUR

Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light (Czech: Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo), (Hungarian: Tomi, Polli és a Varázsfény), (Slovak: Tonko, Slávka a kúzelné svetlo) is a 2023 Czech-Slovak-Hungarian co-production adventure stop-motion animated film directed by Czech director Filip Pošivač.[1] It has won Contrechamps category award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[4] [5]

Plot

11-year-old Tony has a unique ability - he is glowing since birth. His parents try to keep him at home to protect him from the outside world but one day he meets Shelly, a mysterious girl who moves into one of the neighboring apartments before the Christmas holidays. Tony finds his first real friend in her and someone to whom he can can reveal fantasy world in inside his pillow bunker. Shelly in turn, shows Tony a miraculous flashlight with which she can create amazing images and magical worlds from ordinary things that only they can see. Together they set for the search of the origin of mysterious wisps of darkness that drain the sunlight from their house.

Voice actors

Character Czech voice Slovak voice Hungarian voice
Tony Michael Polák Radoslav Kotleba Martin Gyetvai
Shelly Karolína Kubánková Mili Pesztericz
Mrs. Šímová, Tony's mother Petra Polnišová Eszter Ónodi
Mr. Šíma, Tony's father Juraj Kemka Gergely Kocsis
Silvia Silvestrová, Shelly's mother Soňa Norisová Judit Schell
Housekeeper Peter Bebjak Tamás Fodor
Genius Loci Erik Major
Mrs. Bečková Zuzana Kronerová
Mrs. Haslerková Eszter Csákányi
Ernestyna Hegedűs Johanna

Production and release

It is inspired by Pošivač's animated short film Shining Tony.[6] Film's woking title was Tony, Shelly and Genius.[7] [8] The film was produced by Czech company nuprodukce and Slovak company nutprodukcia. It was coproduced by Czech Television, Radio and Television of Slovakia, Kouzelná animace and Hungarian company Filmfabriq.[9] The film was supported by Czech film fund.[3]

The film premiered at 2023 Zlín Film Festival. Exposition showing production of the film was part of the festival.[10] [9] The first trailer was released on 10 August 2023.[11] It is set to enter Czech theatres on 2 November 2023.[12] Slovak premiere is set for 7 December 2023.[13] On 20 September 2023 the final trailer was released.[14]

Reception

In 2018 it has won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Cinekid and received €20,000. Jury praised "high artistic quality based on traditional European values combined with a modern cinematographic language."[7] The film has won Contrechamps category award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kudláč . Martin . Review: Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light . Cineuropa . 11 September 2023 . 7 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Škoda . Jan . Začal Zlín Film Festival. Zahajuje ho Tonda, Slávka, kouzelné světlo i Pavel Nový . ČT24 . 11 September 2023 . cs.
  3. Web site: Borovan . Aleš . Nutprodukce dostala miliony korun na animovaný film Tonda, Slávka a Génius. Borovan.cz . 12 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Animovaný film Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo vyhrál v kategorii Contrechamps . Deník N . 9 July 2023 . cs . 11 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Shevchenko . Anna . Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light awarded in Annecy. FilmNewEurope.com . 11 September 2023.
  6. Web site: Rozhovor: Filip Pošivač . anifilm.cz . 12 September 2023.
  7. Web site: Tony, Shelly & Genius wins the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Cinekid . Cineuropa . 12 September 2023 . 30 October 2018.
  8. Web site: Vzniká nový animák Tonda, Slávka a Génius . Zlín Film Office . 12 September 2023 . cs . 18 May 2021.
  9. Web site: Celovečerní animovaný film Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo zahájí 63. ročník Zlín Film Festivalu . tojesenzace.cz . 11 September 2023 . cs . 25 May 2023.
  10. Web site: Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo zažili hvězdné chvilky ve Zlíně . Totalfilm.cz . 11 September 2023 . cs. 6 June 2023.
  11. Web site: Video dne: První ukázku představil nový český animák Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo . Deník N . 11 September 2023 . cs . 10 August 2023.
  12. Web site: Český animovaný film Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo má svou první upoutávku . CzechCrunch . 11 September 2023 . cs.
  13. Web site: Animovaný film Tonko, Slávka a kúzelné svetlo má cenu z festivalu v Annecy . Pravda.sk . 11 September 2023 . sk . 19 June 2023.
  14. Web site: Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo: Do kin míří zářivé dobrodružství z tajemného domu (trailer) . Totalfilm.cz . 21 September 2023 . cs . 20 September 2023.