Wed 31.05.2017 | 10:40The Oddsockeaters (2016)
Section: Czech Films and TV
Directed by: Galina Miklínová
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Croatia, 2016, 83 min
Projection place: Aula
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Oddsockeaters are small invisible creatures who take our socks, but can only take one sock from a pair – the odd ones. They live on socks! The fate of the Oddsockeaters and their greatest foe – a strange and abandoned professor – are brought together by the little Oddsockeater Hihlik, who faces great adventures in the film. When his grandfather Lamor's days are over, Hihlik must overcome his fear, climb out the window and go looking for his uncle of Padre, who he hadn't even known existed. He draws courage from the things his grandfather instilled in him – love of family, good behavior, and the Oddsockeater "commandments"...
Wed 31.05.2017 | 13:20Zozo (2005)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Josef Fares
Sweden, U.K., Denmark, 2005, 103 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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It's 1987, and Zozo is a ten-year-old boy whose parents are struggling to flee Beirut as warfare in the streets accelerates. His grandparents have emigrated to Sweden, and his mother and father plan to follow as soon as their passports and exit visas are approved. On the day that their papers finally come through, Zozo's mother asks him to go outside and get something for her – and just misses being killed by the shell that hits into their home and kills his parents. He now has little choice but to fetch his passport and airline ticket and make his way to the airport on foot. With his pet bird and a young runaway girl named Rita for company, Zozo sets out on the first leg in his journey to a new home.
Wed 31.05.2017 | 15:20Bold Heroes (2010)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Michael Schaerer
Switzerland, 2010, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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The lives of five teenagers intersect in a hospital. Four of the five have cancer – one is waiting for his diagnosis. Each reacts to the situation in a different manner: although Benji battles the constant pain in his leg, he keeps the station in good spirits. Michi is waiting for his leg prosthesis, aiming to be out on the football pitch again soon. Kevin discovers newfound courage thanks to Laura, who’s on the 7th floor. Jonas' passion for flying is stronger than any medicine he’s taken. And Sascha learns how to be a true friend. Together the five “station pirates” confront the fatal illness head on. Together they seize life.
Wed 31.05.2017 | 15:30Normal (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.
Wed 31.05.2017 | 20:00Railway Children (2016)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Prithvi Konanur
India, 2016, 115 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Raju, a 12-year-old runaway, steps into an unknown, never-seen-before world on the railway platform. Timid, insecure and unsure, he falls into the hands of a gang involved in illegal businesses. Jollu, a gang-member of Raju’s age and a substance addict, teaches Raju the tricks and trades of surviving on the platform. They realize that while platforms are divided among gangs for selling spurious drinking water, the trains themselves are free for anyone. Both Raju and Jollu reconcile with another platform-boy and start selling water on their own, undercutting their boss and inviting danger to their lives.
Wed 31.05.2017 | 20:30The Polar Boy (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Anu Aun
Estonia, 2016, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Mattias has a dream of becoming a photography student at the Berlin Arts Academy. His dream is constantly put to the test when he falls in love with the beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, he feels the need to prove to Hanna that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. Breaking the law together with Hanna, Mattias risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet that Hanna’s bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In a moment of jealousy, Mattias accidentally commits a crime that could put him behind bars for years. In order to save himself Mattias decides to get himself declared irresponsible by faking the illness his girlfriend really has – bipolarity.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 08:10Robby and Toby´s fantastic Voyager (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Wolfgang Groos
Germany, 2016, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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This is the story of Toby, the most creative 11-year-old boy and inventor you can think of. One day, the little robot Robby enters his life. He got separated from his robot parents when his spaceship crashed and now he’s looking for them. Toby decides to offer his help and the two of them become friends. Teaming up, they build an invention that can fly, float, and drive on a road – the fantastic Voyager. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous Sir Joshua and his super bad agents are hot on their heels, wanting to use Robbie and the fantastic Voyager for their own evil plans. But even super bad agents should never, ever underestimate the power of best friends!
Thu 01.06.2017 | 08:30Swallows and Amazons (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe
U.K., 2016, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Set over an idyllic English summer holiday, the four Walker children and their sailing rivals, the Blacketts, run amok in their boats against the stunning backdrop of the Lake District. The Walkers sail the agile Swallow and the Blacketts commandeer The Amazon, making camp on a nearby island. Their world is one of imagination – filled with pirates and canons, where boats are captured and the enemy has to walk the plank. But when family friend, Uncle Jim is revealed to be a spy, our motley crew are forced to put down their imaginary swords and band together to protect him from his Soviet enemies.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 08:50Kidz in da Hood (2006)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Ylva Gustavsson, Catti Edfeldt
Sweden, 2006, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Kidz in da Hood is the gripping and warm story of Amina, who came to Sweden with her grandfather three years ago. Amina has not yet received her residency permit and when her grandfather dies, everything seems to fall apart. She temporarily hides out with pierced and tattooed rocker Johan, who lives in a run-down suburb. The wild girl Mirre lives on the same floor as Amina and together they begin fighting for Amina to stay in Sweden and live with Johan.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 10:20Room 213 (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Emelie Lindblom
Sweden, 2017, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Twelve-year-old Elvira arrives at summer camp feeling anxious and upset because her best friend couldn't join her. She's just getting settled in with her two roommates, Bea and Meja, when a flood forces them to move to Room 213 — where no one has stayed in 60 years. Strange, inexplicable things begin to happen, and the girls grow suspicious of one another. That is, until a letter with ancient handwriting leads them into the woods to the home of an old lady, who tells them of a girl who died at the camp six decades earlier. Could this be the same red-haired girl in a white dress they have seen sneaking through the corridors at night?
Thu 01.06.2017 | 10:40Pippi on the Run (1970)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Olle Hellbom
Sweden, Germany, 1970, 94 min
Projection place: Aula
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When siblings Tommy and Annika Settergren come home late from playing at their friend Pippi Longstocking’s, they are greeted at home by nagging parents. Pippi joins the family at breakfast the following morning. When Tommy and Annika are asked by their family to pull weeds in the garden, they bitterly decide to run away from home. Feeling that their two children might be serious about this, the Settergrens send Pippi to look after them. Pippi, Tommy, and Annika disembark on a wild adventure. But the harsher their journey gets, the more Tommy and Annika learn they had it a lot better back at home after all...
Thu 01.06.2017 | 10:40How We Brought Grandad Back to Life (2016)
Section: Czech Films and TV
Directed by: Karel Janák
Czech Republic, 2016, 15 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Broňa and Jirka arrive with their parents to visit their grandfather only to find him lying in bed and refusing to get up. Children find that behind his alleged illness is his longing for their grandmother, who recently died. They decide to cure him, but they don't have much success. Their parents see but one solution – send their grandfather to a hospital. Neither the kids nor their grandfather like this idea, so they run away together. The secret trip does their grandfather good, but then a stray dog appears and indirectly causes him and his wheelchair to end up in a pond. Though the kids can't swim, they jump in after him. We'll see who actually has to save them in the end...
Thu 01.06.2017 | 10:50The 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.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 15:20Pippi in the South Seas (1970)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Olle Hellbom
Sweden, Germany, 1970, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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With their parents on vacation, Tommy and Annika spend time with their wonderful friend Pippi Longstocking at her cottage Villa Villekulla, until she finds a bottle with a message from her father Captain Efraim Longstocking, who warns her that he was captured by a band of evil pirates led by Blood-Svente and Jock the Knife, who hold him prisoner in their castle on the island of Porto Piluse, so they can find the secret location of his treasure. Pippi, Tommy and Annika then travel to Porto Piluse to rescue her father before he is forced to reveal the whereabouts of his treasure...
Thu 01.06.2017 | 15:30Pippi on the Run (1970)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Olle Hellbom
Sweden, Germany, 1970, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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When siblings Tommy and Annika Settergren come home late from playing at their friend Pippi Longstocking’s, they are greeted at home by nagging parents. Pippi joins the family at breakfast the following morning. When Tommy and Annika are asked by their family to pull weeds in the garden, they bitterly decide to run away from home. Feeling that their two children might be serious about this, the Settergrens send Pippi to look after them. Pippi, Tommy, and Annika disembark on a wild adventure. But the harsher their journey gets, the more Tommy and Annika learn they had it a lot better back at home after all...
Thu 01.06.2017 | 17:30Sadie's Last Days on Earth (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Michael Seater
Canada, 2016, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Everything in high school feels like the world is ending. And Sadie Mitchell's crippling fear of the coming apocalypse is a heightened version of that. Undeterred by non-believers, Sadie has created a check-list of things to master before the predicted doomsday, and she has just two weeks to complete it. Sadie needs to master survivalist cuisine, learn to sew, and a few more... personal things; go to a high school party, kiss a boy, and most importantly, get her best friend back.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 18:00Weirdos (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Bruce McDonald
Canada, 2016, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The laconic black-and-white humorous story of two adolescent runaways, Kit and Alice. On the eve of the 1976 United States Bicentennial, the film accompanies the two hitchhikers on a turbulent journey through the breathtaking landscape of the Canadian east coast, set to a quintessentially 1970s soundtrack. While Kit wants to start a new life in his glamorous but unstable mother's artist commune, Alice makes no bones about her longing for romance. Yet in the glow of the crackling campfire of a beach party, they both reach new insights that put their relationship to the test. Likewise, the day following their joyous reunion sees Kit and his mother facing up to some uncomfortable truths.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 19:20The Young Offenders (2016)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Peter Foott
Ireland, 2016, 83 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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Best friends Conor and Jock dress the same, act the same, and go pretty much everywhere together. When news breaks that 61 bales of cocaine worth seven million euros each has gone missing off Ireland's west coast, the boys steal a pair of bicycles — Jock is already an inveterate bike thief who has attracted the keen attention of a local police sergeant — and pedal across the Irish countryside hoping to find the contraband treasure and sell it to finance their escape from difficult circumstances. With the Garda in close pursuit, mayhem and misadventure inevitably ensue. Delightful and absurdly funny, the film is a portrait of the friendship between two sensitive young desperados with noble intentions.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 21:30Kicks (2016)
Section: Night Horizons
Directed by: Justin Tipping
U.S.A., 2016, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Brandon is 15 longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy; assuming that merely having them on his feet will help him escape the reality of being poor, neglected by the opposite sex and picked on by everyone even his best friends. Working hard to get them, he soon finds that the titular shoes have instead made him a target after they are promptly snatched by local hood, Flaco. Seemingly the embodiment of menace, Flaco harbors complexities of his own that will be revealed when Brandon goes on a mission to retrieve his stolen sneakers with his two best friends in tow.
Fri 02.06.2017 | 08:10The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Kelly Fremon
U.S.A., 2016, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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A new coming-of-age movie in the vein of Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club – an honest, candid, often hilarious look at what it's like to grow up as a young woman in today's modern world. Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine, who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian starts dating her best friend Krista. All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.