Fri 26.05.2017 | 11:00Brundibár – 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...“
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:20That Time Together (2017)
Section: Czech Films and TV
Directed by: Marta Santovjáková Gerlíková, Jiří Novotný
Czech Republic, 2017, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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This is the story of a young Jewish girl, Tereza Zágorová, who finds shelter from deportation in the Wallachian hills; her family has already been taken. Tereza tries to fit into her new environment and learns how life in the village is different from the city. But the wartime period also reaches the countryside and the girl must be careful to hide her secrets.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 17:10Bag of Marbles (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Christian Duguay
France, 2016, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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This film follows the experiences of two young Jewish boys living in France during World War II. When Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father gave him and his brother Maurice some money and a map and sent them on a dangerous mission to escape Nazi-occupied Paris in 1941. Making their way to the demilitarized zone in the South, the boys become unavoidably caught up in the whirlwind of war. Aided by the occasional kind soul, the two young boys swerve and dart through obstacles set by Nazi soldiers in order to avoid succumbing to the dreadful fate of so many others in this situation.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 21:30Land of the Little People (2016)
Section: Night Horizons
Directed by: Yaniv Berman
Israel, Palestine, 2016, 83 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Four young kids who live in a village of military officers’ families form a small gang. An old abandoned army base located in the surrounding wild fields is their camp. Another war begins in Israel and most men are drafted to serve their country. Mothers sit worried in front of televisions and listen to the constant news reports, while the kids, with no one to supervise them, return to their camp in the wild. To their surprise, they discover two soldiers who deserted their units, using their camp as a hideout. A ruthless struggle develops between the groups, and the soldiers who sought refuge from the war outside find themselves in another war, which turns to be as dangerous and bloody.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 10:30Bag of Marbles (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Christian Duguay
France, 2016, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
This film follows the experiences of two young Jewish boys living in France during World War II. When Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father gave him and his brother Maurice some money and a map and sent them on a dangerous mission to escape Nazi-occupied Paris in 1941. Making their way to the demilitarized zone in the South, the boys become unavoidably caught up in the whirlwind of war. Aided by the occasional kind soul, the two young boys swerve and dart through obstacles set by Nazi soldiers in order to avoid succumbing to the dreadful fate of so many others in this situation.
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.
Thu 01.06.2017 | 16:30Land 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.
Fri 02.06.2017 | 10:40That Time Together (2017)
Section: Czech Films and TV
Directed by: Marta Santovjáková Gerlíková, Jiří Novotný
Czech Republic, 2017, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
This is the story of a young Jewish girl, Tereza Zágorová, who finds shelter from deportation in the Wallachian hills; her family has already been taken. Tereza tries to fit into her new environment and learns how life in the village is different from the city. But the wartime period also reaches the countryside and the girl must be careful to hide her secrets.