Fri 25.05.2018 | 18:00Black Peter (1963)
Section: Special Mention
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Czech Republic, 1963, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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A psychological and sociological generational about the world of fathers and sons in Czech society of the 1960s. This is a mosaic of the small, seemingly insignificant events in the life of a 16-year-old apprentice – a young man who enters adulthood with uncertainty. He works in a store and is tasked with stopping shoplifters, but isn’t brave enough to catch a thief or even warn him. After work, he spends time with friends and parents, but he doesn't understand anyone much. Their conversations consist of banalities, unanswered questions and pointless monologues...
Fri 25.05.2018 | 20:10Dazed and Confused (1993)
Section: American Teen
Directed by: Richard Linklater
United States of America, 1993, 102 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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This film follows the mayhem of group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The graduating class heads for a popular pool hall and joins an impromptu keg party, however star football player Randall "Pink" Floyd has promised to focus on the championship game and abstain from partying. Meanwhile, the incoming freshmen try to avoid being hazed by the seniors, most notably the sadistic bully Fred O'Bannion.
Sat 26.05.2018 | 17:20Your Beauty Is Worth Nothing (2012)
Section: Austrian Trip
Directed by: Hüseyin Tabak
Austria, 2012, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Half-Kurd half-Turkish Veyse fled from Turkey to Austria with his family and has only been in Vienna for a few months. He’s stressed because his lack of German makes him an outsider and his older brother Mazlum has run away from home. Fortunately, he’s found distraction in Ana, a girl in his class. For a poetry assignment in class he decides to translate his favorite Turkish poem into German, hoping to impress Ana. But when the police show up at the family’s home due to Mazlum, the whole family is in danger of being deported.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 10:40Home Team (2017)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Carlos Morelli
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, 2017, 102 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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This story follows an adolescent soccer prodigy poised for big-league success—so long as his hubris doesn’t get in the way. Everyone knows Tito is a whiz on the field, but his father insists he place equal emphasis on his studies. That balance topples, however, once an agent pegs Tito as a major talent and convinces the family to uproot from their rural Nogales home and relocate to Montevideo. Will Tito fulfill his dream? Or will his focus on soccer, to the detriment of everything else, sabotage his goals? Based on the Latin American best-seller by former soccer player Daniel Baldi.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 17:30Adventures in Public School (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Kyle Rideout
Canada, 2017, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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When Liam spots one-legged beauty Anastasia during a visit to his town’s local school, he’s instantly hooked. Determined to find a way of getting closer to her, and fed up with his sheltered existence, Liam persuades the principle and his mom, Claire, to give him a chance to try out high school life for himself. As her beloved son navigates a new and unfamiliar world of sex, drugs and social studies, and struggles to impress a girl who doesn’t even know he exists, his mom/best friend decides it’s time to teach him the ropes of teenage rebellion.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 11:10Rock My Heart (2017)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Hanno Olderdissen
Germany, 2017, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
At 17, Jana has already lived half her life, at least according to the statistics about her congenital heart disease. Every beat of her heart could be her last.But Jana doesn´t think this is quite fair. Much to her Parents distress, Jana jumps head over heels into every adventure she can think of. When Jana gets to know the thoroughbred stallion ‘Rock My Heart’, her entire life changes. The two are soul mates, rebellious and untamed in equal measure, made for each other. Rock's trainer Paul, understanding the connection between girl and horse, persuades Jana to ride him for a big event. He has no clue, however, that Jana is fatally ill, and that the training is incredibly dangerous for her. But for the first time in her young life, Jana has something to look forward to and to fight something. But will she really manage to ride in the big event in spite of her condition…?
Tue 29.05.2018 | 13:20Little Fatty (1971)
Section: Golden Slipper for Special Contribution in Children´s and Youth Cinema, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Josef Pinkava
Czechoslovakia, 1971, 77 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The main protagonist is a clumsy and overweight teenager called Jitka Pažoutová. Her P.E. classes, run by the friendly teacher nicknamed Bohoušek, are pure torture for her. Things take a turn for the better when, during a dodge ball game, the girls win due to Jitka's "cannon shots", which are just impossible to catch. At a tournament, Jitka meets Honza Koubek. Even though he offends her at first, he apologies and convinces her to take advantage of her strength for the shot put.
Wed 30.05.2018 | 10:30Rock My Heart (2017)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Hanno Olderdissen
Germany, 2017, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
At 17, Jana has already lived half her life, at least according to the statistics about her congenital heart disease. Every beat of her heart could be her last.But Jana doesn´t think this is quite fair. Much to her Parents distress, Jana jumps head over heels into every adventure she can think of. When Jana gets to know the thoroughbred stallion ‘Rock My Heart’, her entire life changes. The two are soul mates, rebellious and untamed in equal measure, made for each other. Rock's trainer Paul, understanding the connection between girl and horse, persuades Jana to ride him for a big event. He has no clue, however, that Jana is fatally ill, and that the training is incredibly dangerous for her. But for the first time in her young life, Jana has something to look forward to and to fight something. But will she really manage to ride in the big event in spite of her condition…?
Wed 30.05.2018 | 15:30Me & Earl & the Dying Girl (2015)
Section: American Teen
Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
United States of America, 2015, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Greg Gaines is an awkward and self-loathing high school student determined to go unnoticed into adulthood. He avoids more intense relationships with others and spends most of the time making parodies of famous films with his only friend, Earl. Well-intentioned, his mother forces Greg to befriend Rachel, a classmate who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Against his convictions, Greg does it. Greg and Rachel gradually become inseparable friends. They find they really love each other. But when Rachel gets worse, Greg retreats into his inner world...
Thu 31.05.2018 | 11:10Twinni (2003)
Section: Austrian Trip
Directed by: Ulrike Schweiger
Austria, 2003, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Summer of 1980, Austria. Great expectations and great dreams. At the age of 13, Jana has to relocate from Vienna to her grandmother's home in the countryside. Deeply shocked by her parents' divorce she tries to find warmth and orientation outside of the family. But the strict confines of catholic culture make her become a rebel and the conflict with her mother escalates. At the end of summer, Jana is on the brink of growing up and experiencing her first moments of love.
Thu 31.05.2018 | 16:30The Little Mermaid (1976)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Czechoslovakia, 1976, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The Sea King has several daughters but loves the youngest the most – the little mermaid. He surprises her one day by taking her to see the sinking of a ship. He's giving everything in the ship to her. Unfortunately, she falls in love with a handsome prince on the ship. She saves his life and takes him to the safety of the seashore. From this moment, the infatuated mermaid can't think of anything but on meeting the handsome prince at least once. Her father is angry with her, but the girl is stubborn. She doesn't hesitate to ask for magical help from a horrible sea witch...
Fri 01.06.2018 | 08:20Three Veterans (1983)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Czechoslovakia, 1983, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Three retired soldiers, the gunner Pankrac, dragoon Bimbác and military cook Servác, have been released from the army. When good-hearted elves give them magical gifts, they ponder on how to best make use of them. They end up going to the kingdom of Monte Albo, where Bimbác falls in love with Princess Bosana. She is beautiful but also cunning, gradually taking the veteran's gifts and having them expelled. The king and princess rejoice in all of the money they'll make with the magical items, while the veterans figure out what the most important thing in the world is...
Fri 01.06.2018 | 10:30Rock My Heart (2017)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Hanno Olderdissen
Germany, 2017, 110 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
At 17, Jana has already lived half her life, at least according to the statistics about her congenital heart disease. Every beat of her heart could be her last.But Jana doesn´t think this is quite fair. Much to her Parents distress, Jana jumps head over heels into every adventure she can think of. When Jana gets to know the thoroughbred stallion ‘Rock My Heart’, her entire life changes. The two are soul mates, rebellious and untamed in equal measure, made for each other. Rock's trainer Paul, understanding the connection between girl and horse, persuades Jana to ride him for a big event. He has no clue, however, that Jana is fatally ill, and that the training is incredibly dangerous for her. But for the first time in her young life, Jana has something to look forward to and to fight something. But will she really manage to ride in the big event in spite of her condition…?
Fri 01.06.2018 | 10:40Home Team (2017)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Carlos Morelli
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, 2017, 102 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
Score:
This story follows an adolescent soccer prodigy poised for big-league success—so long as his hubris doesn’t get in the way. Everyone knows Tito is a whiz on the field, but his father insists he place equal emphasis on his studies. That balance topples, however, once an agent pegs Tito as a major talent and convinces the family to uproot from their rural Nogales home and relocate to Montevideo. Will Tito fulfill his dream? Or will his focus on soccer, to the detriment of everything else, sabotage his goals? Based on the Latin American best-seller by former soccer player Daniel Baldi.
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.