How to get tickets
Festival visitors can book tickets for all films since May 23 till May 29, 2014 online.
Since May 30 tickets can be bought on that day and the following day at the festival spots.
Tickets and filmpasses can be bought since May 23 in the Golden Apple Cinema and Velké kino, since May 29 also in the Congress Center.
Before the festival capacity of reserved tickets is 50% out of each afternoon film. Afternoon films are primarily offered to schools.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:10Rooster-Doodle-Doo (2014)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Pierre Greco
Canada, 2014, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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The mayor of St-Victor is proud of the economic dynamism and orderliness of his village. And he gives full credit for the village’s vigorous success to one individual, his valiant rooster; an astonishingly loud and punctual rooster that awakens all the villagers at precisely 4 o'clock in the morning - every day of the week, be it a work day, a Saturday, a Sunday or a holiday. But some of the villagers have had quite enough of the rooster’s relentless early morning crowing...and decide to put a price on his head. They succeed in ousting the raucous rooster but the village immediately suffers negative consequences. Alarmed at the village’s sudden social and economic downturn, a group of citizens will form a special squad to retrieve the bird.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:30The Contest (2013)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Martin Miehe-Renard
Denmark, 2013, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
"The Contest", based on a book by Gitte Løkkegaard, tells the story of 12 -year-old Karl who moves from the Danish west coast to the capital city with his mother. Nothing could have prepared Karl for his new surroundings, a rough and ethnically mixed area of Copenhagen, and soon Karl starts to plan his escape back to his grandparents. Sawsan, a young Turkish girl in Karl’s class, takes him under her wings and tries to integrate him into big city life with all its slang and hipness. When one of Sawsan's homemade songs is chosen for a big national song contest, she faces opposition from her family to follow her dream and sing at the contest. But Karl has other plans, and against all odds he and Sawsan embark on a common mission westward.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:40The Little Ghost (2013)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Alain Gsponer
Germany, Switzerland, 2013, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
The Little Ghost lives in the castle of Eulenstein. It awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. But the ghost would really like to see the world by daylight just once. When the kids Karl, Hannes and Sophie go to the castle at night, they encounter the ghost. The next day, the ghost wakes up at twelve o’clock… at noon! His joy soon fades when he’s turned black by the first rays of sun, which scares the town’s inhabitants. Chased by the police, the ghost asks the children for help. They find out that every ghost follows its own designated clock. Since during the yearly inspection, the town-hall clock was accidentally set wrong by exactly twelve hours, the Little Ghost has been forced to wake up during the day. Karl gets the clockmaker to set the clock right again and at last, the Little Ghost can return home.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:50War Canister (2013)
Section: In the Shadow of War
Directed by: Yahya Al Allaq
Iraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary, 2013, 11 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
A young deaf boy from Baghdad can only dream of a childhood. He is forced to steal oil canisters in order to support his financially troubled family, but an eventful bus ride home will see him for forget his responsibilities for some frivolous fun and a desperate search ensues to find the oil he’s lost.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:50Nesma´s Birds (2013)
Section: In the Shadow of War
Directed by: Medoo Ali
Iraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary, 2013, 8 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Awkward 11-year-old Nesma is at odds with the world around her since she began caring for her father’s pigeons after this death. Being forced to get rid of the birds by her mother today will see Nesma face an even bigger challenge as she enters womanhood.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:50Lipstick (2013)
Section: In the Shadow of War
Directed by: Luay Fadhil Abbas
Iraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary, 2013, 9 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Puberty runs rife in a Baghdad boy’s high-school sex education class where teenage boys fantasize over a sultry teacher. Whilst oblivious: Ali, a naïve adolescent, dreams only of owning a pair of “Nike” trainers.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:50Iraqi Childhood
Section: In the Shadow of War
Iraq, U.K., 0, 56 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Happy Birthday On the anniversary of “Black Wednesday”, and his 5th birthday, a young boy is taken to visit his father’s grave. Distracted by his toy car, the little boy wanders off and becomes lost in the labyrinth of graves where he meets an unconventional new friend who will mysteriously lead him back to his mother. Children of God A young amputee boy bets his prized possessions, a series of football posters, on the girl’s team winning a battle-of-the-sexes football match in an attempt to gain the affections of his crush, their goalkeeper. Children of War In an Iraqi orphanage a young victim of the war reveals his anguish and his experiences through a series of drawings. His childlike mind contorts the events, but from his perspective we see the war unraveling around him. Lipstick Puberty runs rife in a Baghdad boy’s high-school sex education class where teenage boys fantasize over a sultry teacher. Whilst oblivious: Ali, a naïve adolescent, dreams only of owning a pair of “Nike” trainers. Nesma’s Birds Awkward 11-year-old Nesma is at odds with the world around her since she began caring for her father’s pigeons after this death. Being forced to get rid of the birds by her mother today will see Nesma face an even bigger challenge as she enters womanhood. War Canister A young deaf boy from Baghdad can only dream of a childhood. He is forced to steal oil canisters in order to support his financially troubled family, but an eventful bus ride home will see him for forget his responsibilities for some frivolous fun and a desperate search ensues to find the oil he’s lost.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:50Children of War (2013)
Section: In the Shadow of War
Directed by: Medoo Ali
Iraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary, 2013, 10 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
In an Iraqi orphanage a young victim of the war reveals his anguish and his experiences through a series of drawings. His childlike mind contorts the events, but from his perspective we see the war unraveling around him.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:50Children of God (2013)
Section: In the Shadow of War
Directed by: Ahmed Yassin
Iraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary, 2013, 10 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
A young amputee boy bets his prized possessions, a series of football posters, on the girl’s team winning a battle-of-the-sexes football match in an attempt to gain the affections of his crush, their goalkeeper.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 08:50Happy Birthday (2013)
Section: In the Shadow of War
Directed by: Mohanad Hayal
Iraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary, 2013, 8 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
On the anniversary of “Black Wednesday”, and his 5th birthday, a young boy is taken to visit his father’s grave. Distracted by his toy car, the little boy wanders off and becomes lost in the labyrinth of graves where he meets an unconventional new friend who will mysteriously lead him back to his mother.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 09:00V8 - Start Your Engines! (2013)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Masannek Joachim
Germany, 2013, 106 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
The heroes of our story are four totally different kids. One is rich and spoiled, the second poor and modest. The third is the second’s little brother and therefore an eternal burden. The fourth is technically a girl, but never wants to be one. With this group of misfits, it’s only logical that none really likes the others in the beginning, but they share a common dream: the dream of the best, most adventurous and naturally most secret racing team in the world. They receive an invitation to “The Castle” – the legendary racing circus for kids, that only children know about and that – rumor has it – has birthed all F1 world champions. But before the four can enter “The Castle”, they have to become a team first…
Fri 30.05.2014 | 10:00Taina - an Amazon Legend (2013)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Rosane Svartman
Brazil, 2013, 88 min
Projection place: Velké kino
Shot in the Amazon rainforest this film tells the story of Taina, a 5-year-old orphan native girl who dreams of becoming a warrior and discovering her true origin. Along the way, she makes unexpected friends; Laura, a lost city girl, and Gobi, a nerd native boy. While on an eventful journey, they learn to overcome their mutual differences. Taina confronts the ancestral enemy of her family, Jurupari, the incarnation of Evil who wants to destroy the Forest. This film concludes the Taina trilogy that includes Taina – An Amazon Adventure and Taina 2 – A New Amazon Adventure.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 10:20(2014)
Section: New Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Jan Reinisch
Czech Republic, 2014, 43 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
For eleven-year-olds Nami (actress) and Nelly (tennis player) hard work means not only daily routine, but dream and mission. Stories of children and their parents who vicariously fulfill their own unrealized dreams through them. What makes police officer Dáša interested in art and in getting her 11-year-old Nami into show business? Does Nami have talent or not? Does she enjoy it or doesn't she? Nami shows us backstage of the National Theater and we get to see what an audition for the Children's Opera Prague looks like and what happens at a visit to a phoniatrist. A lot of wise and experienced men are talking about Nelly. But in the end it's she who has to hit the ball with her racket. A thousand times a day. Every afternoon. Nelly toils in silence while constant discussion goes on around the court about her talent and how to best work with her so that she can manage tennis and puberty. Perhaps not even Nelly knows how it will turn out .
Fri 30.05.2014 | 10:30The Gracious Ghost (2013)
Section: New Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Zdeněk Zelenka
Czech Republic, 2013, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
One night, the drifter Vojta discovers an underground treasure guarded by a mysterious spirit. He flees, but he manages to stuff a few gold coins and a small tinderbox into his pocket. He loses this money in a pub, but there he learns of a beautiful princess who never leaves the castle. When he eventually uses the tinderbox, he inadvertently summons the spirit, who must now serve him. At Vojta's command, the ghost brings the sleeping princess to him in the night and Vojta immediately falls in love. He can think of nothing other than the princess. The ghost is eager to help as he's grown fond of Vojta; being with him shows him how he had wasted his former life. But when a greedy court lady discovers the secret of the tinderbox and steals it. Now Vojta finds himself in danger, from which only the princess can help.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 10:30Bibi & Tina (2014)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Detlev Buck
Germany, 2014, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
The cheeky witch Bibi Blocksberg and her best friend Tina are an unbeatable team when riding their horses Amadeus and Sabrina. But this summer they have to master various challenges at the Martinshof farm: The pretty and scheming Sophia von Gelenberg goes after Tina’s boyfriend Alex von Falkenstein, while the malicious businessman Hans Kakmann is out to get Graf Falko’s sweet foal Socke. And when Bibi well-meaningly goes overboard with her witchcraft, even the two inseparable friends clash with each other… At the big horse-race at Schloss Falkenstien, Bibi doesn’t even know who she should fight for any more. Both Socke and her friendship with Tina are at stake…
Fri 30.05.2014 | 10:40Scrap Wood War (2014)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Margien Rogaar
Netherlands, 2014, 87 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
At their annual summer building club ‘Camp Scrap Wood’, best friends Ziggy (12) and Bas (12) find themselves on opposing sides for the first time in their lives. A different secondary school, their parents’ expectations and falling in love with a girl cause an almost forgotten argument to become an all-out battle between the boys. As they work on their constructions, the boys begin to fight, each with the help of their own group of young builders. Initially, tougher Bas fights hard, but soon has doubts about the row. Meanwhile, the gentle Ziggy gradually toughens up and becomes determined to win. Scrap Wood War is a family film about friendship, love, jealousy and how easy it is for war to break out between boys.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 10:50Sickos (2014)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Lodewijk Crijns
Netherlands, 2014, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Teenagers with life-threatening cancer want to live like any other healthy teen. Three of them seem to have a lot of fun on the children's oncology department of a large hospital. They can’t walk, but with their wheelchairs they do risky stunts in the corridors of the hospital. Nick (14) and Iwan (15) have both lost a leg due to bone cancer. An amputation may also be the next phase for their friend Olivier (16). The fourth of the bunch, Pepijn (15), is so ill that he often stays in his room. Friendship and a deep desire to live keep the guys mentally balanced. Things change when Gina (16) arrives. The boys try to seduce her, but Gina is not interested at first. But she realizes that her stay in the hospital will be less depressing if she has friends.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 11:00Off the Map (2013)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Nicolas SILBERT, Leandro MARK
Argentina, 2013, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
Four best friends in school – Federico, Paula, Graciela and Fabián- decide to skip class and sneak into the school basement. But Miriam, the class’ gossip and teacher’s pet, discovers them and threatens them. She will rat on them if they don’t let her stay and be part of the adventure. Now, what was meant to be a time of intimacy fun between friends is turned into a time of jealousy, fear, hatred. Hidden crushes are exposed, unveiling a series of conflicts unthinkable of before skipping class. Meanwhile, upstairs, on the school’s surface, the teacher and the principal discover that the five kids are missing and warn their parents, who react in different ways, hence revealing conflicts of their own.
Fri 30.05.2014 | 13:00Three Veterans (1983)
Section: Recognition for Creative Contribution to Filmmaking for Children and Youth
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Czech Republic, 1983, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
Three retired soldiers, the gunner Pankrac, dragoon Bimbác and military cook Servác, have been released from the army without pay and they wonder the world. When good-hearted elves give then magical gifts, they ponder on how to best make use of them. In the end, they set off together for the kingdom of Monte Albo, where Bimbác falls in love with Princess Bosana. Though Bosana is beautiful, she is also evil. She gradually robs them of their gifts and has them driven out. While she and the king rejoice in all of the money they'll be able to make with the magical items, it takes the soldiers a while to realize what is truly the most important thing in the world for them...
Fri 30.05.2014 | 13:10Broken Glass Park (2013)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Bettina Blümner
Germany, 2013, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Teenage Sascha has two dreams: to write a novel about her dead mother and to take revenge on her stepfather who brutally murdered her. When she meets the newspaper editor Volker, he invites her to come to his home where he lives with his son. A subtle love triangle ensues which helps Sascha find her personal path to adulthood.