Owls & Mice (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Simone van Dusseldorp
Netherlands, 2016, 80 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
Meral (8) just moved into a new town. She tries to make friends at her new school before their autumn school camp, but this is harder than expected. At home she befriends a little mouse that lives in her new room, which she calls Peepeep. Afraid that her parents will kill Peepeep while she is away, she secretly takes him with her. Thanks to the mouse, Meral makes some unexpected new friends. When an owl catches the little mouse, Meral blames her new friends. It is not until they set out into the wild to retrieve the owl pellet with Peepeep’s bones that Meral finally understands what friendship is all about.
The 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 2
Score:
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.
The 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
Score:
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.
The 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 4
Score:
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.
Shiverstone Castle (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Ralf Huettner
Germany, Italy, 2017, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
As if Stephan's parents' constant quarrels weren't enough, his mother now reveals that they're going to send him to a boarding school, hoping to improve his grades. But the boys at Shiverstone Castle turn out to be a far cry from teacher's pets. After initial hesitation, Stephan is admitted into a secret brotherhood. That's when the fun at boarding school begins, since the boys are at war with the girls from the nearby Rosenfels boarding school. While the girls are plotting revenge against the “Shiveries,” the boys are planning their next prank. What they don't know yet is that they'll all have to be together at the castle celebration. A disaster... or maybe not?
Tsatsiki, mum and policeman (1999)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Ella Lemhagen
Sweden, 1999, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
Eight-year-old "Tsatsiki" lives with his mother, a rock singer, in Stockholm. He's never met his father, a Greek fisherman who doesn't even know he's got a son. Tsatsiki's dream is to go to Greece and find his father because he doesn't like his mum's current boyfriend, the group's guitarist. But when his real father's not around, is there someway for Tsatsiki to choose another one for himself?
Owls & Mice (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Simone van Dusseldorp
Netherlands, 2016, 80 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
Meral (8) just moved into a new town. She tries to make friends at her new school before their autumn school camp, but this is harder than expected. At home she befriends a little mouse that lives in her new room, which she calls Peepeep. Afraid that her parents will kill Peepeep while she is away, she secretly takes him with her. Thanks to the mouse, Meral makes some unexpected new friends. When an owl catches the little mouse, Meral blames her new friends. It is not until they set out into the wild to retrieve the owl pellet with Peepeep’s bones that Meral finally understands what friendship is all about.
Owls & Mice (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Simone van Dusseldorp
Netherlands, 2016, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
Meral (8) just moved into a new town. She tries to make friends at her new school before their autumn school camp, but this is harder than expected. At home she befriends a little mouse that lives in her new room, which she calls Peepeep. Afraid that her parents will kill Peepeep while she is away, she secretly takes him with her. Thanks to the mouse, Meral makes some unexpected new friends. When an owl catches the little mouse, Meral blames her new friends. It is not until they set out into the wild to retrieve the owl pellet with Peepeep’s bones that Meral finally understands what friendship is all about.
Elina (2002)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Klaus Härö
Sweden, Finland, 2002, 77 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
Young Elina lives in an agricultural part of northern Sweden in the early 1950s. She returns to school after recovering from tuberculosis, which had killed her father some time ago. Elinina's family is part of the Finnish minority and her teacher is trying to force her not to speak her native language at school. Elina's mother, sister, and a young liberal teacher are trying get the media involved in this conflict, but young Elina runs away out into some dangerous bogs seeking solace in imaginary conversations with her dead father.
Sadie's Last Days on Earth (2016)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Michael Seater
Canada, 2016, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
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.
Who Saw Him Die (1968)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Jan Troell
Sweden, 1968, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
Martensson is a disillusioned teacher trying desperately to keep control of a class that has gone askew. He valiantly tries to bridge the generation gap while alternately loving and hating his job and his students.
The 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
Score:
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.
Shiverstone Castle (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Ralf Huettner
Germany, Italy, 2017, 93 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
As if Stephan's parents' constant quarrels weren't enough, his mother now reveals that they're going to send him to a boarding school, hoping to improve his grades. But the boys at Shiverstone Castle turn out to be a far cry from teacher's pets. After initial hesitation, Stephan is admitted into a secret brotherhood. That's when the fun at boarding school begins, since the boys are at war with the girls from the nearby Rosenfels boarding school. While the girls are plotting revenge against the “Shiveries,” the boys are planning their next prank. What they don't know yet is that they'll all have to be together at the castle celebration. A disaster... or maybe not?