Show Me Love (1998)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Lukas Moodysson
Sweden, 1998, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Sixteen-year introvert Agnes lives in the boring town of Amal and is in love with her popular 14-year-old classmate Elin. The reclusive girl suffers from loneliness and doesn't know how to escape it. The young Elin, on the other hand, happily accepts everyone's adoration, but feels confined in this town. She feels nothing's happening here and is eager to get away to the big city. She's got no doubt that she has a future as a movie star, model, or even a psychologist. She also subconsciously wants to break free from a family in which she's always fighting with her older sister Jessica and her tired mother. After a getting to know Agnes, however, Elin begins to feel something she's never known...
Enough! (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Tessa Schram
Netherlands, 2016, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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What if your best friends are hanging out with the wrong friends? Sander has known Chris and Maarten his whole life, but when they go to different schools, the tough Emiel joins the group. Sander tries to like him, but that’s difficult because Emiel has a violent nature. Sander’s love life also has its problems. He likes his classmate Indra, but he thinks she has a boyfriend. At the same time, she thinks he’s already taken. When an afternoon with his friends gets out of control and a boy gets hurt, they try to put the blame on Sander. Can he withstand the pressure of his friends or will he, just like in the past, never betray his friends? How can he prove his innocence before he loses all his friends?
She Monkeys (2011)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Lisa Aschan
Sweden, 2011, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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A modern western about control, sex and creatures. When Emma meets Cassandra, they initiate a relationship filled with physical and psychological challenges. Emma does whatever it takes to master the rules of the game. Lines are crossed and the stakes get higher and higher. Despite this, Emma can't resist the intoxicating feeling of total control.
Play the Devil (2016)
Section: Night Horizons
Directed by: Maria Govan
Bahamas, U.S.A., 2016, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Gregory, a gifted working-class teenager from Paramin, stars in a theater play that brings him to the attention of James, an affluent businessman. The two men strike an uncanny friendship as James takes Greg under his wing, pushing him to discover himself professionally, creatively, and intimately. Confused, Greg must at once deal with the return of his drug addicted father, and navigate through the early days of adulthood. As Carnival Monday approaches and the locals prepare for the annual male initiation parade, Greg must confront James – an act which will culminate in life changing events for him.
A Swedish Love Story (1970)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Roy Andersson
Sweden, 1970, 115 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Two idealistic teenagers fall in love for the first time in this romantic drama. They try to remain hopeful in a cynical world of adults that discourage them. Their parents are weary from life's constant problems and fail to take the young couple seriously when they speak of love and hope for the future…
X500 (2016)
Section: Night Horizons
Directed by: Juan Andres Arango
Canada, Colombia, Mexico, 2016, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Three intertwined stories about teens, migration and transformation in different parts of the American continent. Maria moves to Montreal from Manila. Her grandmother has Maria’s future all planned out, but she quickly tires of her straight-laced school. Colombian Alex, deported from the United States, is back in the port of Buenaventura, telling tall stories of his gangsta lifestyle in Los Angeles. Local criminals show interest and in no time he has to live up to his reputation. In Mexico City, David moves in with his cousin in a run-down neighbourhood. He finds work and makes new friends in the local punk scene, but his aggressive cousin won’t be happy until David has joined the local gang.