Fri 26.05.2017 | 17:10Vitus (2006)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Fredi M. Murer
Germany, Switzerland, 2006, 1 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: He has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. No wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the little genius prefers to play in his eccentric grandfather’s workshop. He dreams of flying and of a normal childhood. Ultimately, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life…
Fri 26.05.2017 | 17:30London Town (2016)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Derrick Borte
U.K., U.S.A., 2016, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Experience the music and energy of the 1970's punk underground. When 15-year-old Shay hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of the city’s burgeoning punk scene, he forges two relationships that will change his life: falling in love with rebellious cool girl Vivian and finding an unexpected connection with none other than The Clash’s electrifying frontman, Joe Strummer. Propelled by a blistering soundtrack that bounces from The Clash to The Ramones to Buzzcocks, London Town captures the sound and spirit of a scene that shook the world.
Fri 26.05.2017 | 19:00There Should be Rules (2016)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Linda-Maria Birbeck
Sweden, 2016, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Mia and Mirjam are 14 years old and live in a dead boring town – there's not even an airport. They are not grown up, but are working on it. Mirjam jumps the gun on adult life and starts an affair with an older man – he says he loves her, but the facade is breaking. Mia has a dad who drinks a little bit too much. Luckily they have each other and Karl, their super smart friend who knows almost everything.
Fri 26.05.2017 | 21:30Gasping for Air (2016)
Section: Night Horizons
Directed by: Carlo Obispo
Philippines, 2016, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Luis is a teenage boy on the idyllic fishing island of Silag. He goes through the regular trials of adolescence with his childhood sweetheart, Maricar, while his younger sister, Lulu busies herself by joining amateur singing contests in hopes of becoming a star. One day, a talent manager discovers her singing and offers her to undergo vocal coaching in Manila, and later to join a popular TV singing contest. Lulu eagerly takes the opportunity and leaves for the city, thinking her dreams are finally coming true. However, after a few months, Lulu’s family loses communication with her. This drives Luis to go to Manila in search for his sister.
Sat 27.05.2017 | 13:20Mum's Wrong (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Marc Fitoussi
France, 2016, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Anouk, a fourteen-year-old ninth grader, has to spend a week's work experience as part of her school curriculum. As she cannot get an internship at the TV channel she wanted to go to, her single mother Cyrielle decides to enroll her at the insurance company where she works as a junior executive. Bad pick, because Anouk is not only given nothing more exciting to do than to "re-organize a storage closet", but she also discovers some nasty secrets the Serenita company keeps hidden. Nasty secrets her mother might have something to do with...
Sat 27.05.2017 | 20:20London Town (2016)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Derrick Borte
U.K., U.S.A., 2016, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
Experience the music and energy of the 1970's punk underground. When 15-year-old Shay hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of the city’s burgeoning punk scene, he forges two relationships that will change his life: falling in love with rebellious cool girl Vivian and finding an unexpected connection with none other than The Clash’s electrifying frontman, Joe Strummer. Propelled by a blistering soundtrack that bounces from The Clash to The Ramones to Buzzcocks, London Town captures the sound and spirit of a scene that shook the world.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 17:30My First Highway (2016)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Kevin Meul
Belgium, 2016, 82 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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During his annual family holiday to Spain, 16-year-old Benjamin becomes infatuated with one of the local girls. Anne is fascinating and beautiful and he quickly falls in love with her, little suspecting the direction in which events are about to turn. One drunken night, Anne shares a dark secret with him; she wants to find and confront the man who raped her. Head over heels in love and desperate to prove himself, Benjamin resolves to become her hero and the pair embark on a voyage of discovery from which there can be no turning back.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 19:00Jimmie (2008)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Tobias Ineichen
Switzerland, 2008, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Kathy is a single mother who is reluctant to have her 17-year-old autistic son Jimmie return to a home. After he completes school, she takes him in, even though everyone dissuades her from doing so. Painful though it is, she is forced to accept that her proximity to Jimmie does not have the desired effect for his progress. On the contrary, his reactions to the unfamiliar situation are fierce, taking her to her limits time and again. The only thing that makes Jimmie feel comfortable is swimming: his greatest passion. When the swim coach discovers his talent, new prospects seem to open for him.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 15:00Rascals on the Road (2006)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Michael Steiner
Switzerland, 2006, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Set in the 1960s, we follow 12-year-olds Eugen and Wrigley on their last summer of adventure. When Wrigley's parents announce their intention to pack him off to boarding school, the boys run away, hoping to find Fritzli Bühler, the "King of Rascals" in Zurich. But then Eugen and Wrigley bump into their Scouts group on the train and feel forced to join them to Ticino. From there they escape again and attempt to cycle back to Zurich, but the boys' disappearance is noticed and their parents get on their trail. As the boys continue their precarious journey over their Alps, they begin to doubt whether Fritzli Bühler really lives in Zurich and whether he actually exists at all.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 17:10Bright Nights (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Thomas Arslan
Germany, Norway, 2017, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Austrian civil engineer Michael lives with his girlfriend in Berlin. For years, he has barely had any contact with his 14-year-old son Luis. When Michael’s father dies, the two travel together to the funeral held in the remote north of Norway. Barely knowing each other, the two are suddenly caught in an intimate situation. After the funeral, Michael suggests spending a few days together exploring the region, which turns out to be more difficult than expected. Never having spent any time with each other on a daily basis, they have trouble handling their relationship. When they are in the car together it feels like the calm before a storm.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 19:00I Give You My Word 3 (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Alexandr Karpilovsky
Russia, 2017, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The final part of a unique trilogy about a Soviet pioneer childhood in which our heroes finish school and get into a series of adventures, say goodbye to childhood and start growing up...
Mon 29.05.2017 | 19:20Filthy (2017)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Tereza Nvotová
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2017, 87 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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This is the coming-of-age story of 17-year old Lena. In love with a boy for the first time, Lena longs for freedom and adventure. Her magic world is shattered instantly when her teacher, whom all her classmates have a crush on, rapes her in her own home. Instead of sharing her trauma, Lena keeps it a secret, even from her best friend. Her pent up feelings drive her to attempt suicide. Her family in shock, Lena ends up in a psychiatric ward. In the middle of wild and similarly misunderstood kids, she discovers she is not alone in her experience. But when her close roommate hangs herself, Lena hits bottom. She agrees to electroconvulsive therapy. At first, it seems to help and – apart from memory loss – Lena is well again. But the attempt to live her old life doesn’t last long. Gradually, her memories come to the surface, bringing a realization that is unbearable. This time, however, she does not fall into the same abyss of self-hate and instead tries to face the trauma.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 19:40Heartstone (2016)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
Iceland, 2016, 129 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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In his directorial debut, director and screenwriter Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson offers us a view into the lives of two teenage boys in a remote fishing village in Iceland. Thor and Christian truly experience a turbulent summer. As one tries to win a girl's heart, the other discovers till now unfamiliar emotions towards his best friend. As Iceland's harsh nature takes back its right with the ending summer, it is high time to leave the playground and face adulthood. The sensitive and intimate story is like a mosaic composed of many of life's important themes: the relationship between parents and children, life in a remote village, first love, awakening of puberty and sexuality, and friendship.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 20:00Sister (2012)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Ursula Meier
Switzerland, France, 2012, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Simon lives with his older sister in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, 12-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But, when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, which affects his relationship with his sister and plummets him into dangerous territory.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 20:20The 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.
Tue 30.05.2017 | 08:30The Black Brothers (2013)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Xavier Koller
Germany, Switzerland, 2013, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Up until the middle of the 19th century, poverty stricken mountain farmers from the Ticino area of Switzerland frequently sold their children to Milan as chimney sweeps. That is also young Giorgio’s fate. He is forced to climb through pitch black chimneys, flinging down soot with his bare hands. But he doesn’t lose heart. Together with his fellow sweeps, he establishes the association of Black Brothers. They stick together, struggling against their penury and get involved in fights with the street gangs of Milan. The film tells of the gripping adventures of the chimney sweep boys and their spectacular escape back to their native land.
Tue 30.05.2017 | 17:20Heartstone (2016)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
Iceland, 2016, 129 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
In his directorial debut, director and screenwriter Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson offers us a view into the lives of two teenage boys in a remote fishing village in Iceland. Thor and Christian truly experience a turbulent summer. As one tries to win a girl's heart, the other discovers till now unfamiliar emotions towards his best friend. As Iceland's harsh nature takes back its right with the ending summer, it is high time to leave the playground and face adulthood. The sensitive and intimate story is like a mosaic composed of many of life's important themes: the relationship between parents and children, life in a remote village, first love, awakening of puberty and sexuality, and friendship.
Tue 30.05.2017 | 20:00Filthy (2017)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Tereza Nvotová
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2017, 87 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
This is the coming-of-age story of 17-year old Lena. In love with a boy for the first time, Lena longs for freedom and adventure. Her magic world is shattered instantly when her teacher, whom all her classmates have a crush on, rapes her in her own home. Instead of sharing her trauma, Lena keeps it a secret, even from her best friend. Her pent up feelings drive her to attempt suicide. Her family in shock, Lena ends up in a psychiatric ward. In the middle of wild and similarly misunderstood kids, she discovers she is not alone in her experience. But when her close roommate hangs herself, Lena hits bottom. She agrees to electroconvulsive therapy. At first, it seems to help and – apart from memory loss – Lena is well again. But the attempt to live her old life doesn’t last long. Gradually, her memories come to the surface, bringing a realization that is unbearable. This time, however, she does not fall into the same abyss of self-hate and instead tries to face the trauma.
Tue 30.05.2017 | 21:30The Transfiguration (2016)
Section: Night Horizons
Directed by: Michael O'Shea
U.S.A., 2016, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Even in populous New York City it is easy to become lonely. Fourteen-year-old Milo suffers from bullying and solitude but has a secret he escapes to: an urge to drink human blood. Living only with his older brother Lewis, Milo spends his days alone in his room making notes about murder, trawling the streets at night in search of victims. When an older girl Sophie moves into the same building, Milo is taken aback by his unprecedented feelings.
Wed 31.05.2017 | 10:40Number Four (2016)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Mehran Malakouti
Iran, 2016, 71 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
The story of this film is about a young adult boy whose father is dead and can’t accept this truth… It’s been about two years since Atou’s father failed to come back home from the sea and everybody thinks that he’s dead. Atou’s uncle tries to force his mother to re-marry. He tries to help his mother earn money so he decides to work with smugglers, but he faces many problems – problems he is not old enough to handle.