Film programme 2018

Fly Away Home (2016)

Section: Austrian Trip

Directed by: Mirjam Unger

Austria, 2016, 109 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Vienna 1945: The powder keg of war and the Russian occupation as seen through the innocent eyes of nine-year-old Christine. She knows as little about peace as children today know about war. Bombed out and penniless, she and her family are put up in a fancy villa on the outskirts of Vienna. They now have a roof over their heads – nothing more. After the German soldiers capitulate, the Russians take over the house. Everybody is scared of the Russians, who are believed to be a capricious lot. Everybody, except Christine.

Giants Don´t Exist (2017)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Chema Rodriguez

Spain, Guatemala, 2017, 82 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Guatemala, in the 1980s. The worst days of the Civil war. Andrés is 9 years old. He lives with Pedro González, one of the men who massacred all the women and children in his village. Andrés has survived, but he’s scared. Pedro’s wife, María, is also scared: scared to go out, scared to lose Andrés, whom she considers as “her new son”. Even Pedro is scared: scared of himself and what the Army orders him to do. Andrés would like to run away, but he also wants to stay in his new family – until his sister appears.