Fri 01.06.2018 | 11:10Krakonos and the Skiers (1981)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1981, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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This fabulous story about a mountain community is based on the rumors and fairy tales of this region and draws on the origins of these stories – the hard life of the people of the Giant Mountains. Something new arrived to these mountains at the start of the 1900s – skiing. And skiing is at the heart of this story whose main heroes are two little boys and their friend, a famous smuggler with all the qualities of the Lord of the Giant Mountains from fairy tales.
Fri 01.06.2018 | 13:00Ruffiano and Sweetteeth (1997)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Karel Smyczek
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, 1997, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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When the old bandit Ruffiano realizes that his son has grown into a nice but uneducated young man, he sends him to a monastery to be educated by monks, where he becomes a gentle young man. When his father lays on his deathbed, he promises to take over his trade. When his father dies, the young Ruffiano has a hard time; well-raised, he isn't able to rob anyone. Fortunately, he meets up with the woodcutter Drnec, with whom he ends up visiting a sultan looking to cure his princess. Instead of a cure, however, the princess "gets sick" in love with Ruffiano...
Fri 01.06.2018 | 13:05Brave 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 3
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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.
Fri 01.06.2018 | 15:10Pure Devilry (2018)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Zdeněk Troška
Czech Republic, 2018, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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The main heroes are the two awkward devils, Popelák and Uhelák, who are sent out into the world as punishment by Hell's ruler; they have a month to retrieve a sinful soul. Their task isn't so easy at first; instead of guiding people to sin, they inadvertently help them. Disguised as farmhands, they find work on a farm and seem to be successful at last. The calculating farmer wants to marry his daughter Hanička to the vain landowner Kopyto. But Hanička loves Jan, and in order to have a happy ending, they'll need some hellish help.
Fri 01.06.2018 | 15:20My Short Words (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Bekir Bülbül
Turkey, 2017, 70 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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On a hot summer day, three kids living in a poor Anatolian village go to a fountain, but see that it’s too small to swim in. They’ve always yearned to swim in the big lake which can be seen from the village, so they decide to go there by bike. However, this round-trip won't be that easy.
Fri 01.06.2018 | 17:30Brothers (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Bram Schouw
Netherlands, 2017, 106 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Lukas and Alexander, brothers, are opposites, but they have a very strong bond. Lukas is quite shy, looks up to his high-spirited older brother, and follows him everywhere. When Alexander decides to go to France, Lukas goes along. The two grow closer on their road trip south. During a stopover in a French village, however, the differences between the brothers are painfully exposed, and it becomes clear that Lukas will have to go his own way. It is a decisive moment, and the start of a quest for his own identity.
Fri 01.06.2018 | 18:00Ghost World (2001)
Section: American Teen
Directed by: Terry Zwigoff
United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, 2001, 111 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The story of neo-cool Enid and Rebecca who, faced with graduation from high school, take a hard look at the world they wryly observe and decide what they really want. When Enid takes an interest in the offbeat Seymour and Rebecca focuses her attention on their mutual romantic fixation Josh, the girls' friendship is forever changed.
Fri 01.06.2018 | 19:00My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia, 1985, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The mentally slow driver's assistant Otík Rákosník causes his driver Pávek one problem after another. Pávek is understanding and patient, but only to a certain extent. And he reaches that extent when Pavek breaks the concrete column of a Prague cottage he reverses into because of Otik. At that time, Otík gets an offer to exchange his cottage for an apartment in Prague. The poor boy doesn't know it's a trick by a crooked manager to get his house. However, rather than work with the angry Turek, Otík moves to the big city...
Fri 01.06.2018 | 19:40303 (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Hans Weingartner
Germany, 2018, 138 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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On the way from Berlin to Portugal in her rusty “303” camper van, young biology student Jule picks up hitchhiker Jan. While having intense conversations about everything and the world, they try not to fall in love.
Fri 01.06.2018 | 20:10Do It Right (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Chad Chenouga
France, 2017, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Nassim is a junior in a well-reputed Parisian high school and seems as carefree as his friends. Nobody has the slightest idea that in reality he has just lost his mother and returns every evening to a foster care facility. Despite the kindness of the woman who runs the children’s home, he refuses to assimilate with the other youth in the center. Like a tightrope walker, Nassim navigates between his two lives that he is determined to keep separate no matter what.