Sun 27.05.2018 | 16:30I Kill Giants (2017)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Anders Walter
United States of America, United Kingdom, 2017, 106 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The story of a teenager who copes with school and family life by escaping into a fantasy world of magic and monsters. Life is not easy for our young heroine, Barbara Thorson. Defiant, precocious, outspoken, and a loner, Barbara relates more to the make-believe world of Dungeons & Dragons. At home, she makes life difficult for her older sister, Karen, who is responsible for taking care of her and her brother. At school, psychologist Mrs. Mollé takes an interest in Barbara's increasingly worrisome behaviour. As she deals with loss and bullying, Barbara's imagined life begins spilling into her real one and she becomes obsessed with what she sees as her quest: killing giants. It's only when she's forced to face the truth and overcome her fears that Barbara is able to confront her demons. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura.
Sun 27.05.2018 | 17:10Dreams By the Sea (2017)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Sakaris Stórá
Faroe Islands, Denmark, 2017, 78 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Ester (16) lives a safe but mundane life, in a small town on an island together with her religious and conservative parents. One day, when she’s in Sunday school, she meets Ragna, a girl who has just moved to the same small town with her alcoholic mother, and her 8-year-old brother. In Ragna, Ester sees what she has been looking for her whole life. Unaware that Ragna see’s the exact same thing in Ester, and especially Ester’s father. The attraction of opposites makes them best friends. Together they dream about getting away from their boring life on the island, but soon they realize that it’s only their own selves that they want to escape from.
Sun 27.05.2018 | 17:20 Sun 27.05.2018 | 17:30Cross My Heart (2017)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Luc Picard
Canada, 2017, 102 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Montreal, 1970. The radical left-wing nationalist group ‘Front de libération du Québec’ has forced the province into a state of emergency, and meanwhile twelve-year-old Manon looks on helplessly as her family falls apart. Her father is ill and because her mother is unable to cope, she is forced to give up her children to separate foster families. However, Manon has sworn to her younger brother Mimi that she will never leave him alone, so she hatches a daring plan. She forms a revolutionary group with her cousins and kidnaps an unsuspecting grandma. They demand home-made cakes, bedtime stories and, above all, that they are allowed to live the way they want to. In a remote cabin, they spend their days enjoying their new-found freedom – far from the ignorance of the grown-up world.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 08:10Rosie & Moussa (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Dorothée Van den Berghe
Belgium, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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With her dad suddenly "out of town," Rosie and her mum move to a new apartment in Molenbeek. Adjusting to a new neighbourhood, attending a new school, and suspicious that her mother isn't telling her the whole story, Rosie reluctantly makes friends with her downstairs neighbour, Moussa. In contrast to Rosie's apartment, Moussa's home is always filled with cousins, aunts, uncles, laughter, and a little chaos! Despite their building manager's warnings, Rosie and Moussa ascend to the building's rooftop to escape the noise in their lives. There, they learn to trust each other with their secrets and stick together as they search for clues about the disappearance of Rosie's father. Rosie wants to find her dad and reunite her parents so they can be a family once again; but will the truth match the adventurous narrative she has conjured up in her imagination?
Mon 28.05.2018 | 08:30Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Czechoslovakia, 1955, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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When a boy finds a live trilobite in a cave from which a river flows out of, he can't figure out how a creature that lived millions of years ago could be alive. Books and a visit to a museum don't help. In the end, the boy decides to follow old Verne's example, so he and his friends go on an expedition to prehistory. They go by boat into the cave and go back to the ice age and to the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Carboniferous and Silurian periods. They have the opportunity to see in detail how many changes the Earth and life had to go through.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 09:00Lisa and the Sabretoothed Tiger (1995)
Section: Austrian Trip
Directed by: Bernd Neuburger
Austria, 1995, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Eight-year-old Lisa is an orphan. She’s excited when she hears she will be adopted. What Lisa does not know is that her “new parents” Eva and Martin are planning to split up and are waiting until the adoption goes through before they file for divorce. At first, she’s busy with her new life, school, friend, and home, as well as the Museum of Natural History, where her best friend the saber-toothed tiger lives. But she soon sees Martin coming out of an advertising studio arm in arm with a model and, disappointed, packs her things and runs away.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 10:30Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Manuel Flurin Hendry
Switzerland, Germany, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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The one weekend when Mr. Moll is home alone with the kids, absolute chaos breaks loose. While working overtime in the chocolate factory, Mr. Moll´s kids get into a fight with the neighbour´s kids – a fight surrounding sweets, homework and the most famous Circus Dog.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 10:30Junior League (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Éric Tessier
Canada, 2017, 115 min
Projection place: Aula
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Five years after his team’s victory at the Quebec Pee-Wee Tournament, Janeau Trudel, a young eighteen-year-old prodigy hockey player, is now playing in the Quebec Major Junior League. At the dawn of his professional NHL selection, many obstacles will jeopardize his career and his most cherished friendships.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 10:50Los Bando (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Christian Lo
Norway, 2018, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Even when they were young, best friends Axel and Grim dreamed of making musical history with their band ‘Los Bando Immortale’. One day they receive an invitation to take part in the Norwegian Rock Championship – and suddenly it seems that anything is possible. The only problem is, Axel can’t sing. And because Grim can’t bring himself to tell the truth, they end up on a musical road trip to the far north – along with Thilda, a 9-year-old cellist, and Martin, a rally driver. When they find themselves caught up in a hair-raising car chase, it becomes clear that the journey symbolizes an escape for each of them. With every passing kilometre the group of youngsters grows closer, heading triumphantly for the grand finale.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 11:10Brave Kids (1975)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1975, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Friends Thomas, Hubert a Jozhka live their childhood in the town of Levin. Thomas lives with his aunt and uncle. He's full of ideas – to the annoyance of everyone else. He likes his classmate Blanka and wants to win the prize for the best student of the school to impress her.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 14:00Los Bando (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Christian Lo
Norway, 2018, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Even when they were young, best friends Axel and Grim dreamed of making musical history with their band ‘Los Bando Immortale’. One day they receive an invitation to take part in the Norwegian Rock Championship – and suddenly it seems that anything is possible. The only problem is, Axel can’t sing. And because Grim can’t bring himself to tell the truth, they end up on a musical road trip to the far north – along with Thilda, a 9-year-old cellist, and Martin, a rally driver. When they find themselves caught up in a hair-raising car chase, it becomes clear that the journey symbolizes an escape for each of them. With every passing kilometre the group of youngsters grows closer, heading triumphantly for the grand finale.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 15:00Lucy, Terror of the Street (1984)
Section: Golden Slipper for Special Contribution in Children´s and Youth Cinema
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1984, 74 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Lucie is a 6-year-old girl who cannot wait to go to school for the first time. Because all her friends are still on vacation, she doesn't have anybody to play with. The Osvalda gang doesn't care for little girls. She's got to prove her courage by shoplifting. Lucie goes to the department store and goes for a box of clay. And that's the beginning of an extraordinary adventure, as two characters of magical shapes climb out of the box and become Lucy's friends, with whom she experiences the most wonderful adventure.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 15:10Don´t Talk to Irene (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Pat Mills
Canada, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Irene, the fattest girl in the whole school, has to do community service for two weeks at a retirement home. She dreams of becoming a cheerleader. She secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a dance-themed reality show to prove that you don't need to be physically "perfect" to be awesome.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 17:20Pin Cushion (2017)
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Directed by: Deborah Haywood
United Kingdom, 2017, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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A super close mother and daughter (Lyn and Iona) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes ‘best friends’ with Keely, Stacey and Chelsea. Used to being Iona’s bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn makes friends with Belinda, her neighbour. As much as Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going great, things aren’t going great for either of them. Iona struggles with the girls, who act more like frenemies than friends, and Belinda won’t give Lyn her stepladders back. Both mother and daughter retreat into fantasy and lies.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 19:00And Then I Go (2017)
Section: American Teen
Directed by: Vincent Grashaw
United States of America, 2017, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their families and demoralized at school daily, their fury simmers quietly until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release. Based on the acclaimed novel “Project X” by Jim Shepard, this unflinching look at adolescence explores how the powerful bonds of childhood friendship and search for belonging can become a matter of life or death.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 20:00L´Animale (2018)
Section: Austrian Trip
Directed by: Katharina Mueckstein
Austria, 2018, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Riding on their tuned-up bikes, Mati and her posse of male friends intimidate their neighborhood and harass the girls. In their village, they rule. But when her closest pal Sebastian falls in love with Mati and her enemy Carla unexpectedly turns into a friend, Mati is in danger of losing her standing among her male friends. Meanwhile Mati’s parents have a decision to make: What’s more important, appearances or reality?
Mon 28.05.2018 | 20:10Julia ist (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Elena Martin
Spain, 2017, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Júlia, an architecture student from Barcelona, decides to take an Erasmus year in Berlin. This is how Júlia leaves her parents home for the first time in her life. Full of expectancies and lacking life experience Júlia finds herself lost in a cold and grey Berlin, undergoing a student exchange year far from the adventure she initially imagined. Little by little she builds a life in Berlin and gets to know who she is in this new context. But as she gets to know the city from the inside out, the end of this adventure is coming closer and closer.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 08:20Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Manuel Flurin Hendry
Switzerland, Germany, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Aula
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The one weekend when Mr. Moll is home alone with the kids, absolute chaos breaks loose. While working overtime in the chocolate factory, Mr. Moll´s kids get into a fight with the neighbour´s kids – a fight surrounding sweets, homework and the most famous Circus Dog.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 08:20The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Jørgen Lerdam, Philip Einstein Lipski, Amalie Næsby Fick
Denmark, 2017, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Life in Solby is quiet and peaceful until the day when Mitcho and Sebastian find a bottle in the harbor. The bottle is from the missing Mayor of Sunnytown with a message that he is on The Mysterious Island and has made a great discovery. The heroes set off on an adventurous journey to save the mayor and bring him back. In the process they uncover something that will bring great pleasure to the city of Sunnytown – a Giant Pear.