Seventeen (2017)
Section: Austrian Trip
Directed by: Monja Art
Austria, 2017, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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As school is drawing to a close and the summer holidays approach, boarding school pupil Paula is secretly in love with her friend Charlotte. But Charlotte’s going out with Michael. Lovelorn, Paula decides to try and take her mind of things by getting involved with schoolmate Tim, whose feelings for her are at least genuine. Paula has no idea how often Charlotte thinks of her. And then there’s Lilli, who is just dying for someone to fancy her and tries to play the wild seductress. Paula must decide if she wants to follow her own feelings or yield to other people’s.
Me & 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...
My Giraffe (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Barbara Bredero
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, 2017, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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Patterson Pepps has a best friend: Raf, a giraffe. Raf and Patterson grow up together as Patterson lives next to the zoo and they are born on the exact same day. When they reach the age that they have to go to school for the first time, they are very excited. On the first day, Patterson even stuffs all kinds of plants in his backpack to make sure Raf has enough to eat. When Patterson realizes Raf isn’t going to join him at school, he comes up with a brilliant plan to bring Raf to school.
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Section: American Teen
Directed by: Jared Hess
United States of America, 2004, 82 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico, shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro, a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.
My Giraffe (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Barbara Bredero
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, 2017, 75 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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Patterson Pepps has a best friend: Raf, a giraffe. Raf and Patterson grow up together as Patterson lives next to the zoo and they are born on the exact same day. When they reach the age that they have to go to school for the first time, they are very excited. On the first day, Patterson even stuffs all kinds of plants in his backpack to make sure Raf has enough to eat. When Patterson realizes Raf isn’t going to join him at school, he comes up with a brilliant plan to bring Raf to school.
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.
Ghost 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.