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{{Short description|Czech puppeteer, animator and director}}
[[Image:Bretislav Pojar.jpg|thumb|Břetislav Pojar at 42nd [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival|KVIFF]]]]
'''Břetislav Pojar''' (7 October 1923{{spaced ndash}}12 October 2012<ref>[http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrel-pojar-c96-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A121013_113441_filmvideo_ptk Břetislav Pojar, author of Bears from "Kolin an der Elbe", Dies at 89] (Czech: "''V osmdesáti devíti letech zemřel autor medvědů od Kolína Břetislav Pojar''").</ref>) was a Czech [[puppeteer]], [[animator]] and director of [[short film|short]] and [[feature film]]s.
Born in [[Sušice]], [[Czechoslovakia]], Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on ''The Story of the Bass Cello'' ([[1949 in film|1949]]) based on the story by [[Anton Chekhov]] and directed by master Czech puppet animator [[Jiří Trnka]]. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka.
Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common [[stop motion]] animation. He worked with the United Nations for the two films '''Boom''' and '''The Big If''' (with Vaclav Strnad worked as a producer in the latter).
In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to [[Canada]], where he began a long collaboration with the [[National Film Board of Canada|National Film Board]]. His Canadian work is some of his best known, and it has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film ''[[To See or Not to See]] (Psychocratie)'' won the [[Canadian Film Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Film of the Year]] in 1970.<ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-film-awards/ "Canadian Film Awards"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', October 1, 2007.</ref>
Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in ''[[Balablok]]'', where armies of small circle- and square-shaped beings war with each other until they are all wounded into indistinguishable shapes. Often, Pojar's shorts contain little or no spoken dialogue.
In the mid-2000s, Pojar moved back to the Czech film business in order to co-direct the collaborative animated feature film ''Fimfárum 2'' (based on the stories of [[Jan Werich]]), which was released in 2006.
Pojar died in [[Prague]] at the age of 89 in 2012.
==Awards==
*1960—Annecy Cristal Grand Prix for ''The Lion and the Song''.
*c. 1969—Canadian Film of the Year: ''To See or Not To See''.
*c. 1969—[[Berlin International Film Festival]]: Best Short Film Award for ''To See or Not To See''.
*1972—[[Cannes Film Festival]]: Best Short Film Award for ''Balablok''.
*1979—[[Cannes Film Festival]]: Best Short Film Jury Prize for ''
*1981—[[Berlin International Film Festival]]: Canadian Film of the Year: [[F. K. Otto Dibelius|Otto Dibelius]] Film Award for New Media for ''E''.
*1987—World Animation Celebration: L.A. Film Critic's Award for ''Nightangel''.
*2006—
*2007—[[Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV Specials]] (Hungary): Best TV Special for ''Tom Thumb'' from ''Fimfárum 2''.<ref>''[http://www.kaff.hu/2007/2007/dijak2 KAFF 2007 Díjak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213849/http://www.kaff.hu/2007/2007/dijak2 |date=2016-03-04 }}'' (English: "[http://www.kaff.hu/2007/2007/dijak2_eng KAFF 2007 Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908154921/http://www.kaff.hu/2007/2007/dijak2_eng |date=2017-09-08 }}"). Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 2007.</ref>
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* [http://www.fdb.cz/lidi/132034.html Miroslav Štěpánek at the Fdb]
* [http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/18290-miroslav-stepanek Miroslav Štěpánek na ČSFD]
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[[Category:Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)]]
[[Category:National Film Board of Canada people]]
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[[Category:Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Animated Short]]
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