Three 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...
Ballad from Tibet (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Wei Zhang
China, 2017, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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A group of Tibetan kids embark on an odyssey, each for a different reason. Thupten, nearly blind, wants to see the world before his life goes completely dark. Droma, a beautiful weaving girl, wants to prove to her granny that she is more than a weaver by getting into a TV show. Sonam, a blind masseur, is fed up with his boring job. Kalsang, the youngest of them, goes because it sounds terribly fun. With the help of a nomad family, a fleet of bikers, and a TV producer, the band marches to the metropolis of Shenzhen. Their goal is to sing for everyone on TV…
Lila´s Book (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Marcela Rincon Gonzalez
Colombia, Uruguay, 2017, 76 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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Lila, a character in a children's story book, suddenly falls out of her paper world and ends up trapped in a place she doesn't belong. Lila discovers that the only person who can save her is Ramon, the owner of the book, but it won’t be easy since Ramon is no longer a little boy, and he has stop reading and believing in fantasy. Lila and her new friend Manuela set out to convince him of what's happening and together they face a dangerous journey to the Desert of Lost Memories, to retrieve Lila's lost book.
The Feather Fairy (1985)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Juraj Jakubisko
Germany, Slovak Republic, 1985, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The Feather Fairy saves young Jacob from his deathbed because she likes that he's not even afraid of death. She takes him home and lets him shake her big, duvet which makes it snow on Earth. Despite the trouble he causes, like making it snow in the desert, The Feather Fairy likes Jacob and helps hims after he sets out into the world among people, where he is captivated by his love for the beautiful Elizabeth. But before they can get married, Jacob and Elizabeth face trouble from her evil step-mother and her daughter Dora. As well has with Death, who is still after Jacob.
Krakonos 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.
Brave 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.