29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Tamagotchi

Tamagotchi

Tomáš Mašín / Czech Republic / 1994 / 2 min.


synopsis

The circumstances surrounding the creation of the work Tamagotchi are not entirely clear. The electronic toy of the same name was released in 1996, but the author and other contemporaries place the film’s creation a few years earlier. The animated dog character in the film calls for the viewer to feed it. The inability to respond to the virtual pet’s needs reveals the nature of the emotions evoked in the viewer by this digital interaction.

biography

Tomáš Mašín graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 1993 and thus belongs to the first generation of students of the New Media Studio. After graduating, he worked on many multimedia projects, foreign music videos, commercials, and short films. He made his debut as a producer, writer, and director with the feature film 3 Seasons in Hell (2009).

more about film

director: Tomáš Mašín

Film at festival

festival edition:2022
section:Fascinations: Michael Bielický
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:English

Info

director:Tomáš Mašín
original title:Tamagoči
country:Czech Republic
year:1994
running time:2 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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