Jakub Pistecky's “Maly Milos” was honoured with the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica 2000, category Computer Animation.
"Maly Milos" (means “Little Milosh”) is a poetically narrated fable about a meek man named Milosh, his cruel wife Babka and his friendly goat. Milosh is a happy but timid man, who befriends a goat who eventually saves him from the Babka’s evil ways.
About Jakub Pistecky
Jakub Pistecky (CDN), born in Zlin, Czechoslovakia in 1975. In 1981 Pistecky and his family escaped to Baden, Austria, waiting to be permitted to immigrate to Canada. In 1994, after high school, he went back to study film at the Atelier Zlin Film School.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.