Film programme 2017

Astrid (2014)

Section: Days of Swedish Cinema

Directed by: Kristina Lindström

Sweden, 2014, 84 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof. Astrid Lindgren’s books have sold 150 million copies and she is one of the world’s ten most read authors. But who was she and where did her stories come from? Using unique archive materials, she’s brought to life for a new generation. She bore a secret which she turned into stories about strong girls and lonely boys. She was a female pioneer, she gave solace and influenced politics and public debate. Taught us respect for children and was an activist against war, racism and nuclear power. She was needed in Sweden and around the world. But what was it that made her stories talk to people, across all cultural boundaries?

Astrid (2014)

Section: Days of Swedish Cinema

Directed by: Kristina Lindström

Sweden, 2014, 84 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof. Astrid Lindgren’s books have sold 150 million copies and she is one of the world’s ten most read authors. But who was she and where did her stories come from? Using unique archive materials, she’s brought to life for a new generation. She bore a secret which she turned into stories about strong girls and lonely boys. She was a female pioneer, she gave solace and influenced politics and public debate. Taught us respect for children and was an activist against war, racism and nuclear power. She was needed in Sweden and around the world. But what was it that made her stories talk to people, across all cultural boundaries?

Brundibár – Bridges across Time and Space (2016)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: Arno Aschauer

Austria, 2016, 88 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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In September 2015, 22 students from Neue Musikmittelschule Wiener Neustadt take a trip to the former Theresienstadt ghetto. It’s here where the children’s opera ‘Brundibár’ was originally performed that they wish to prepare for their own interpretation of this work of music. They are the same age as the original children were who performed it: 12-14 years old. The city’s past is still palpable, When the children meet Evelina Merová, an 85-year-old witness to what happened here in 1943, when she was just a girl of 13, she passes on a legacy to them: “Don’t allow yourself to be manipulated. Follow your conscience. Think twice. Human values lie inside a person, not in his or her outer appearance...“

Normal Autistic Film (2016)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: Miroslav Janek

Czech Republic, 2016, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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Children with autism don’t suffer from an incurable disease. They suffer because they are neurodiverse in a world set up for neurotypicals. With that perspective, the director embarks on a series of live meetings with a number of children and young adults who have been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. He gives them the opportunity to express freely their relationship with the world and with themselves, as well as what sets them apart from “normal”. We find that he’s brought us into the company of fun, fascinating people who often suffer because they are labelled as “disabled”. This excursion into the world of autism redefines the seemingly firm boundaries between “otherness” and normality.

Jiří Menzel - To Make A Comedy Is No Fun (2016)

Section: Special Mention

Directed by: Robert Kolinsky

Switzerland, 2016, 80 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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The story of an exceptional filmmaker. In 1968, Czechoslovakian director Jiří Menzel won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for Closely Watched Trains – his first feature film ever. Just a year later, his next film Larks on a String is banned by the totalitarian government. But Menzel decided to stay in his communist country and continue working as a director and actor for theatre and film. His comedies and costume dramas were commercial successes that tested the limits of the authorities with his well hidden political messages. Today, filmmakers like Miloš Forman, Ken Loach, Emir Kusturica and István Szabó are amongst his admirers and friends.

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Section: Welcome to Switzerland

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Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Nadasdy Films presents...

Astrid (2014)

Section: Days of Swedish Cinema

Directed by: Kristina Lindström

Sweden, 2014, 84 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

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Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof. Astrid Lindgren’s books have sold 150 million copies and she is one of the world’s ten most read authors. But who was she and where did her stories come from? Using unique archive materials, she’s brought to life for a new generation. She bore a secret which she turned into stories about strong girls and lonely boys. She was a female pioneer, she gave solace and influenced politics and public debate. Taught us respect for children and was an activist against war, racism and nuclear power. She was needed in Sweden and around the world. But what was it that made her stories talk to people, across all cultural boundaries?

Astrid (2014)

Section: Days of Swedish Cinema

Directed by: Kristina Lindström

Sweden, 2014, 84 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof. Astrid Lindgren’s books have sold 150 million copies and she is one of the world’s ten most read authors. But who was she and where did her stories come from? Using unique archive materials, she’s brought to life for a new generation. She bore a secret which she turned into stories about strong girls and lonely boys. She was a female pioneer, she gave solace and influenced politics and public debate. Taught us respect for children and was an activist against war, racism and nuclear power. She was needed in Sweden and around the world. But what was it that made her stories talk to people, across all cultural boundaries?

The Whisperers (2016)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: David Kinsella

Norway, 2016, 91 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A teenage coming-of-age, environmental, indigenous adventure. The film tells the story of a young indigenous girl named Ellen-Sara Sparrok Larsen. She’s the eldest child in a reindeer herding family, born to continue the 1000 year tradition in Norway. We follow her on her journey from when she was 11 until she is 18 today. Ellen-Sara is a unique character, being a girl rather than a boy having the responsibility of carrying on her traditions. Ellen Sara stands in the middle of a progressive Norwegian society and the rich traditions of the South Sami reindeer herding culture, but the life of a teenager and their choices in life are questioned. The commercial world is just so tempting for this young woman.

Jeffrey (2016)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: Yanillys Pérez

Dominican Republic, 2016, 78 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Twelve-year-old Jeffrey has the responsibilities of an adult, working as a windshield washer on the busy streets of Santo Domingo to help his mom make ends meet at home. But he has big plans to become a reggaeton singer. He composes and records songs with his brother Jeyson about his neighbourhood, his way of life, and his dreams for the future. We watch as Jeffrey looks for customers, tries to avoid turf wars with other windshield washers, spends time at home with his family, and climbs his special tree — a tree to which he often speaks of his hopes for a better life. Jeffrey captures a real-life story of a boy trying his best to turn his dreams into reality.

Neuland (2013)

Section: Welcome to Switzerland

Directed by: Anna Thommen

Switzerland, 2013, 93 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Afghanistan, Cameroon, Serbia, Venezuela – Mr. Zingg’s new students in the Basel integration class have travelled far. Young, and with hopes of a better future, they travelled to Switzerland and now place great hopes in their teacher: he should show them the ways of this new country. The pupils learn the language and culture of Switzerland in just two years. Mr. Zingg, has justy one goal in sight: to help these young traumatized people find a job in their new society. But as the end of their schooling approaches, these young migrants have to ask themselves a harrowing question: is there a place at all for them in this country...?

Obsession (2016)

Section: Special Mention

Directed by: Jakub Machala

Czech Republic, 2016, 20 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A documentary film based on the parallel lives of two women – of a student looking for her place in life and work and of an experienced lady who found her place long ago. Mrs. Sonja Bata and a student of a footwear design studio not only lead audiences through the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, but on the journey of two women, the search for human similarities and differences, and especially the source of desire and obsession that leads us to seek out and achieve them; these should appeal to even those not interested in shoes at all.

Tongue Cutters (2017)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: Solveig Melkeraaen

Norway, 2017, 69 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Cod tongue is a delicacy in Norway, and the job of cutting the cod’s tongue is traditionally reserved for children. In this charming and whimsical coming-of-age story, 9-year-old Ylva dreams of following in her family’s footsteps and earning money by working a season in the fisheries of northern Norway. Leaving her big city Oslo life behind, she arrives in a small fishing village and meets 10-year-old Tobias, a highly skilled and ambitious tongue cutter who takes her under his wing and shows her the art. With slickers on and knives sharpened the joyful duo dive into their work. Over time a beautiful friendship is formed while knee-deep in fish heads.

Screenagers (2016)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: Delaney Ruston

U.S.A., 2016, 68 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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Young people spend an average of 6.5 hours a day on cell phones, computers and other devices. That doesn't include the time they use screens for school and homework. 'Screenagers: How Much Screen Time is Healthy?' is a documentary that explores how much screen time is too much. It delves deep into the science behind screen time to understand how it affects young people's minds and development and explores how learning, playing and socializing online affects teens' developing attention span, fragile self-esteem and moral instincts. It also offers solutions to handle screen time and provides parents with tools to help young people develop self-control and find balance in their digital lives.

Normal (2010)

Section: Welcome to Switzerland

Directed by: Bernard Weber

Switzerland, 2010, 60 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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A portrait of an extraordinary teacher and her class. She teaches children who are disabled, who have learning difficulties, and who are highly gifted together in one classroom. While the school administration worries about if and how a disabled child should be integrated into secondary school, we observe daily life in this exceptional class, where children philosophize about, for example, God and death. A portrait about how the classroom returns to normal by defining new norms. The children do not perceive their divergent abilities as a deficit, but rather as a chance and source of enrichment.

Win by Fall (2016)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: Anna Koch

Germany, 2016, 82 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Janny, Lisa, Debby and Michelle are 12 years old when they leave home. The "Elite School of Sport" at Frankfurt/Oder, a boarding school of the East German tradition is where they move to. They grow up in a strict regime of training schedules, weight classes and are pressured to perform. Being wrestlers, they all dream of a championship title, though off the mat, each girl fights her very own battle: Janny is searching for her standing within the group, Debby fights her own expectations, Lisa is homesick and Michelle fights with her weight. The documentary attempts to show their place outside of competitive rankings.

The Children from the Napf (2011)

Section: Welcome to Switzerland

Directed by: Alice Schmid

Switzerland, 2011, 87 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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Fifty children of mountain farmers, six miles of walking to school, a childhood in the heart of Switzerland. We accompany the children early in the morning, plodding through deep snow to the village school, back to the farms in the afternoon, where every child has its chores. At an early age the youngest generation is initiated to the livelihood of mountain farming. The story takes us from farm to farm and introduces us to an isolated, but also sheltered life. Through the eyes of the children we closely experience what it means should a wolf turn up or a hawk get the chickens, and how the children face the inclement whims of the weather.

Land of Light (2016)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: David Ruf

Syria, Turkey, Germany, 2016, 70 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Based on theater workshops with Syrian refugee children living in the Turkish-Syrian border town Reyhanli, the film tells the story of five children that flee when their village is destroyed. Acted completely by Syrian children who themselves fled to Turkey, this film is a parable for what war does to children.

Loving Lorna (2017)

Section: Documentary Films

Directed by: Annika Karlsson, Jessica Karlsson

Sweden, 2017, 60 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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Horses have been part of daily life for generations in the deprived Dublin suburb of Ballymun – and for 17-year-old Lorna and her family too. Her unemployed father finds structure and purpose in daily life by caring for his horses, while her sick mother wistfully remembers the days when she used to turn heads as she galloped through the town. These days it's Lorna who likes to spend all her free time in the stable or riding Bigfoot, her horse. She's long since set her heart on becoming a farrier when she leaves school – if only it weren't for her constant back pain. A poetic film about longing, happiness, dreams and the transient nature of life.

Swing It Kids! (2016)

Section: Welcome to Switzerland

Directed by: Fabian Kimoto

Switzerland, 2016, 82 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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The Swiss children’s band Swing Kids entertains young and old wherever they go: at the Montreux Jazz Festival as well as on tour through Switzerland, the USA and Japan. The film accompanies several Swing Kids starting off with their first auditions, taking a journey to Japan for several weeks until tearfully leaving the band at the age of eighteen. They must make space for new talents who get the chance to make music and experience their own exciting adventures.