Let The Right One In (2008)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Sweden, 2008, 114 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young girl whose appearance in town suspiciously coincides with a horrifying series of murders… Oskar is a young boy who can't seem to shake off the local bullies, but all of that begins to change when a new neighbor moves in next door. After striking up an innocent friendship with his eccentric next-door neighbor, Oskar realizes that she is the vampire responsible for the recent rash of deaths around town. Despite the danger, however, Oskar's friendship with the girl ultimately takes precedence over his fear of her.
Behind the Blue Door (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Mariusz Palej
Poland, 2016, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Eleven-year-old Lukas and his mother get into a car accident that results in his and his mom’s hospitalization. When it turns out Lukas’ mom is in a coma, the boy must be taken care of by his only relative – aunt Agatha, whom he gets to meet for the first time in his life. Agatha brings the boy to her own guesthouse by the seaside and places him in a room his mom used to live in. It’s the room where Lukas accidently discovers a secret passage to a different dimension and soon learns what amazing and yet frightening mysteries the newly disclosed world hides. The blue door in his room is a gate to different reality. There he will have to face his fears, loneliness, helplessness and longings.
The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Olle Hellbom
Sweden, 1977, 102 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Nine-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' suffers from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But his older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him by promising that they one day will meet in Nangijala, a magic country beyond the stars. Jonathan dies soon after in a house fire and Skorpan also passes away not long after. They meet in Nangijala, a country divided into the Cherry Blossom Valley and the Briar-Bush Valley. The people in the later are oppressed by the black knight Tengil and his dragon Katla. The two brothers, who now call themselves Jonathan and Karl Lion Heart, decide to help the freedom fighters against the oppression.
Behind the Blue Door (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Mariusz Palej
Poland, 2016, 93 min
Projection place: Mala scena
Score:
Eleven-year-old Lukas and his mother get into a car accident that results in his and his mom’s hospitalization. When it turns out Lukas’ mom is in a coma, the boy must be taken care of by his only relative – aunt Agatha, whom he gets to meet for the first time in his life. Agatha brings the boy to her own guesthouse by the seaside and places him in a room his mom used to live in. It’s the room where Lukas accidently discovers a secret passage to a different dimension and soon learns what amazing and yet frightening mysteries the newly disclosed world hides. The blue door in his room is a gate to different reality. There he will have to face his fears, loneliness, helplessness and longings.
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Section: Golden Slipper for Special Contribution in Children´s and Youth Cinema
Directed by: Václav Vorlíček
Czech Republic, 1971, 76 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Saxan the witch doesn’t want to spend 300 years in detention after school, so she flees to the human world. The headteacher sends a retired vampire to look after and retrieve her, but Saxana doesn't want to go back. She’s trying to find an old maid's ear to create a potion that will close the way back to the fairy-tale land. But since she's always been inattentive in class, she's unaware that it is not real "old maid's ear", but rather a plant....
The Visitors (1983)
Section: Golden Slipper for Special Contribution in Children´s and Youth Cinema
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Czech Republic, Germany, 1983, 29 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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It's the year 2484 and the computer CBH (Central Brain of Humanity) detects an unknown object whose collision with the Earth may have disastrous consequences. The academic Richard recalls a great scholar of the 20th century named Adam Bernau, who had discovered a principle for moving continents when he was yet a young boy and he recorded it in his school notebooks. Thus a scientific expedition led by the scholar Richard sets out on a journey back in time...
Laban the Little Ghost - Spooky Time (2008)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Per Ahlin, Alicja Jaworski, Lasse Persson, Karin Nilsson
Sweden, 2008, 43 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Six episodes about a little ghost called Laban, who's afraid of the dark. Despite being summoned to perform his ghostly duties by frightening humans, Laban can't quite work up the enthusiasm to spook others when midnight arrives and the moon appears over his castle.