简介：01.Létajícíkoberec 02.Indiáni 03.Bombardón 04.Skola 05.NaCekané 06.Severnípól 07.Nuzky 08.Návsteva 09.Hrosídzin 10.Opravdováhudba 11.Dárek 12.Smutnákytka 13.Ptacímáma TheDoingsoftheHippopotamusFamily Anoriginalseriesofpuppetcartoonsaboutahippopotamusgrandfatherandgrandson,andtheirlittleadventures.Humanchildrencouldenvythemfortheirimaginativegamesandideasthatbringfuntotheirhappydays. IntheformerCzechoslovakiaanimationwasavitalandaninternationallyappreciatedartform.ItsmostrenownedrepresentativesareKarelZeman,JiriTrnka,ZdenekMiler,whocreatedKrtektheMolefilmsandJanSvankmajertomentionbutafew.AfterCzechoslovakiasplitduringtheVelvetRevolutiontraditionalpuppetanimationhadtofaceanewsituation.Asteadystudiosystemledbythegovernmentexistednomore.TheyoungCzechanimatorsstartedtofoundindependentproductioncompanies.BalejwasborninPragueandbelongstoagenerationthatstarteditscareerafterthegovernmentledstudiosystemcollapsed.Inthebeginningof1990shestartedtheHafanFilmPraguestudiowiththetwosonsofdirectorMilosForman,MatejandPetr.LaterMiloslavSpála,whohasalsofilmedoneoftheanimationsshownatAnimatricks,becamepartoftheproject.BalejgraduatedasananimatorafterhavingstudiedinPrague.AfterthathestudiedsetdecorationinParisin1988.…