Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:00Butterfly Kisses (2017)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Rafael Kapelinski
U.K., 2017, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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At the housing estate they call home, Jake, Kyle and Jarred hang around playing billiards, partying, smoking pot, watching porn, and talking about sex. They welcome anything that breaks the routine, even if it's a fight at the snooker hall – or a new neighbour such as the pretty Zara, a teenage girl who just moved into the estate with her younger sister. Standing at the window on the top floor, Jake can survey the whole housing block. Something about this place captivates him: the solitude, the isolation, the anonymity. In high contrast black and white, set to haunting organ music, the film portrays the life of a teenager whose increasing isolation takes on a sinister form under the burden of a secret he cannot tell anyone.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:20Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden, France, 1982, 188 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Fanny and Alexander Ekdahl belong to a prosperous theatrical family in Uppsala at the beginning of the twentieth century. Oskar Ekdahl, their father, falls ill during the Christmas season and passes away, leaving their mother Emilie devastated. Shortly afterwards she marries Edvard Vergerus, a rigid and demanding bishop. The two children are deeply unhappy in their cheerless new home – especially the imaginative and stubborn Alexander, who constantly butts heads with his new stepfather. Isak, a Jewish antique shop owner and longtime friend of the Ekdahl family, agrees to help with a risky scheme to rescue the children and return them to the Ekdahl family residence.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30The Wrong End of the Stick (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Terri Matthews
U.K., 2016, 10 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Malcolm Fetcher is a middle-aged neurotic teacher. He's been married to Beverly for twenty years. After all this time, it's time to express his personal identity crisis and confide an unexpected truth to his wife.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30Zlín Dog - Student Animations 2 (2017)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
International, 2017, 70 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30Poilus (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Guillaume Auberval, Léa Dozoul, Simon Gomez
France, 2016, 4 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Calm reigns in a wartime trench. A number of hares with guns are waiting for their time. "Poilu" is French slang for war infantryman. It literally translates as "hairy man" – a person oblivious of himself in relation to the din of battle.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30As a Little bird I... (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Yyhely Hälvin
Estonia, 2016, 7 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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In a magical world lives a girl who holds a bird within her. He remains alive only because of her protection. A metaphorical film using sensitive puppet animation to show how difficult it is to achieve complete freedom in a world of cruel beasts.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30Journey (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Radheya Jegatheva
Australia, 2016, 8 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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A look into space has never been so close while the Earth so far. Is it more important to explore new dimensions or to deal with things that are happening on Earth? The topic of searching for home captured with a bewitching composition of sight and sound by an 18-year-old animation student from Australia.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30We're Human, After All (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Jan Míka
Czech Republic, 2016, 17 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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A hare is exposed to the harsh winter cold and faces danger from hunters and other animals. While being chased by a fox, he enters a human dwelling and sees how comfortable and safe rabbits are in a hutch. The film combines animation and live-action. It peculiarly captures the world of the main protagonist.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30Senior's Club (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Agata Mianowska
Poland, 2016, 6 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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First rule: "Do not talk about fight club." A nontraditional view says that similar associations don't always have to be run by big fighters. The film mixes humor, parody and violence to reveal the true face of the senior's club.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30E is for Evolution (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Paul Kusmaul
Germany, 2016, 6 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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An animated alphabet of evolution. Twenty-six short episodes showing the evolution of humanity and the planet, and the author does not mince words. Different interpretations lead to the main question: What do we call evolution and what is our future?
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30Garden Party (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Théophile Dufresne, Florian Babikian, Gabriel Grapperon
France, 2016, 7 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Frogs can have a remarkable life. Especially when they find themselves in a house like the one in our story. A French film showing that even in the world of frogs there are well-organized garden parties.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 20:30Below 0° (2016)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Itai Hagage
Costa Rica, 2016, 5 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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A lone meteorologist and the Arctic nature. These two things are the essence of the film, whose story captures the poetic coexistence and admiration of a scholar to the landscape he's located in. The voice recording of the protagonist shows the mental and physical communion and it is sensitively balanced by drawings of natural phenomena.
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.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 21:30Ice Mother (2017)
Section: Open Air Cinema
Directed by: Bohdan Sláma
Czech Republic, 2017, 106 min
Projection place: Open Air Cinema
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After meeting a hardy fellow named Bronia, the widowed Hana gradually changes her routine, which had so far revolved solely around her sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren. While sixty-something-year-old Hana enjoys a love story, the traditional weekend lunches in the family villa lose their idyllic flavor and it gradually comes to light that each of the characters has a secret. Haniným finds an unexpected ally in her grandson Ivanek, who not only loves the quirky Bronia, but his hen Adela and winter swimming buddies on the river bank. The story reveals the uneasy relationship between three generations and gives hope that on can take their life into their own hands at any age.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 08:10Shiverstone Castle (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Ralf Huettner
Germany, Italy, 2017, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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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?
Mon 29.05.2017 | 08:15Up in the Sky (2016)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Petter Lennstrand
Sweden, 2016, 82 min
Projection place: Aula
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Pottan is supposed to be spending her holidays at a pony farm, but her parents, who are always busy, end up leaving their eight-year-old daughter at a recycling yard by mistake. After a short discussion, the strange residents of the yard decide to take in the girl and she unexpectedly becomes part of a secret space mission. They are all sure that up there they will find fabulous treasures and the fulfillment of their dreams. Petter Lennstrand's life-sized puppets are already well known to Swedish TV viewers. In his debut feature film, his cheeky, unconventional characters tell a tale of friendship and the meaning of seemingly unimportant things.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 08:30Little Rain Worms- Butterflies (2015)
Section: Neighbourhood
Directed by: Jaromír Gál
Czech Republic, 2015, 9 min
Projection place: Mala scena
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Two rain worms always come out after the rain and carry out their “great ideas”. Their problem is that the bird sleeping in the tree above them gets woken up by their mischief and wants to catch them.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 08:30Some Thing (2015)
Section: Neighbourhood
Directed by: Elena Walf
Germany, 2015, 7 min
Projection place: Mala scena
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Oil, gold and fire are the treasures to be found inside the proud giant mountains. It’s impossible for the little mountain to measure up to that. All he has is this tiny, strange and useless something…
Mon 29.05.2017 | 08:30Neighbourhood - short animations (2016)
Section: Neighbourhood
Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, 2016, 55 min
Projection place: Mala scena
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Mon 29.05.2017 | 08:30The Knot Fairy-tale (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children, Czech Films and TV
Directed by: Jaroslav Nykl
Czech Republic, 2017, 10 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Evil spider The Knotty on his way knotted all the flowers in the garden of the Ants Kamil and Emil. They must not only help the flowers but also watch the Sun´s sheep and save their little friend The Firefly from the trap set by the spider.