L´Animale (2018)
Section: Austrian Trip
Directed by: Katharina Mueckstein
Austria, 2018, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Riding on their tuned-up bikes, Mati and her posse of male friends intimidate their neighborhood and harass the girls. In their village, they rule. But when her closest pal Sebastian falls in love with Mati and her enemy Carla unexpectedly turns into a friend, Mati is in danger of losing her standing among her male friends. Meanwhile Mati’s parents have a decision to make: What’s more important, appearances or reality?
Julia ist (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Elena Martin
Spain, 2017, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Júlia, an architecture student from Barcelona, decides to take an Erasmus year in Berlin. This is how Júlia leaves her parents home for the first time in her life. Full of expectancies and lacking life experience Júlia finds herself lost in a cold and grey Berlin, undergoing a student exchange year far from the adventure she initially imagined. Little by little she builds a life in Berlin and gets to know who she is in this new context. But as she gets to know the city from the inside out, the end of this adventure is coming closer and closer.
Wolves' Lairs (1948)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Paľo Bielik
Czechoslovakia, 1948, 122 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The summer of 1944. Brothers Matus, Ondrej, Jano and Stefan meet again after returning from different corners of Europe. Matus escaped from forced labor in Germany, Ondrej is back from the Russian front, Jano (for a change) from Italy, and Stefan’s done with studying. Matus can't stay at home, so he joins Ondrej in the mountains, where he saves his brother's life. Ondrej must stay at home while the other brothers join the partisans. The German terror, carried out by Commandant Thiel, has no boundaries; the war against him requires the greatest sacrifices...
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.
Wilder Than Wilderness (2018)
Section: Documentary Film
Directed by: Marián Polák
Czech Republic, 2018, 81 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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The first feature film about Czech nature. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology we get to see the fascinating adventures of the animals and plants around us. We get acquainted with an amorous partridge at dawn, with rare squirrels, an Ice pigeon diving into the water, salmon traveling from Czech rivers to the sea and back, and grass snakes in a hunt for fish. We're shown a thrilling expedition to see mouflon, beaver, blue frogs, and dozens of other creatures, some of them maybe even unknown – all right here outside our doors!
Fluffy Hour: PuiPui & MuuMuu (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: HIROYUKI Mizoguchi
Japan, 2017, 5 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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The story of the fairies PuiPui and MuuMuu living in a fluffy forest. They are a part of the forest and the forest is them. One day they meet another inhabitant who causes them nothing but trouble.
Coco´s Day (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Tatiana Moshkova
Russia, 2017, 4 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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Throughout the day, Coco the crocodile’s rich imagination provides him with a lot of breathtaking adventures, which in reality are just everyday routine.
Trunky (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Ekaterina Filippova
Russia, 2017, 7 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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There once was an elephant different from the others because of his long trunk. The other animals don't much like him, but his long trunk saves lives when a forest fire breaks out.
Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Manuel Flurin Hendry
Switzerland, Germany, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Aula
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The one weekend when Mr. Moll is home alone with the kids, absolute chaos breaks loose. While working overtime in the chocolate factory, Mr. Moll´s kids get into a fight with the neighbour´s kids – a fight surrounding sweets, homework and the most famous Circus Dog.
Short Animations 4
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
International, 0, 31 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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Lemon & Elderflower (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Ilenia Cotardo
United Kingdom, 2017, 2 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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Two little sibling hummingbirds, Lemon and Elderflower, have wings too little to fly and can’t migrate with the other birds. Can they find a way to fly?
Blueberry Hunt (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children, Neighbourhood
Directed by: Kateřina Karhánková
Czech Republic, 2017, 7 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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Two bears get a taste for blueberry dumplings and head out into the forest for blueberries. But on the way, they come down with a case of the hiccups, which complicates their blueberry picking...
Funny Fish (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Krishna Chandran A. Nair
France, Switzerland, 2017, 6 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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In the middle of the ocean, a school of fish comes to the rescue of a red fish floating on the surface of the water, but is it a fish?
The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Jørgen Lerdam, Philip Einstein Lipski, Amalie Næsby Fick
Denmark, 2017, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Life in Solby is quiet and peaceful until the day when Mitcho and Sebastian find a bottle in the harbor. The bottle is from the missing Mayor of Sunnytown with a message that he is on The Mysterious Island and has made a great discovery. The heroes set off on an adventurous journey to save the mayor and bring him back. In the process they uncover something that will bring great pleasure to the city of Sunnytown – a Giant Pear.
Pichku's Dream (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Nila Madhab Panda
India, 2018, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Growing up in one of the oldest slum in Delhi, Pichku, who is turning 9 years old, is about to discover that being an adult is a lot different than being a child. He’ll learn things like why he can’t roam around naked and why he can’t defecate in the open, among other things. The story is about a child’s thoughts as they translate and unfold the inner mysteries of the world. Pichku knows he lives in isolation inside the community because he is different, but he also knows he has to do something to end this misery.
I Want to Live in the Zoo (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Evgenia Golubeva
Russia, 2017, 6 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Sasha struggles at home. Her parents expect her to tidy up her room, eat porridge and do homework. Sasha decides that life in the zoo sounds much more interesting!
Tricky Violin (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Olya Golubeva
Ireland, 2017, 3 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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The young girl Lara loves playing the violin, but isn’t quite good at it. That doesn’t stop her from trying to impress those around her.
Charlie the Snowman´s Christmas Wedding (2018)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children, Neighbourhood
Directed by: Petr Vodička
Czech Republic, 2018, 12 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Even Christmas tree decorations can fall in love. But what can a poor ornament do when the cruel hand of fate – a human hand in this case – moves his beloved to the other side of the tree?
Hug Me. That Special Day (2017)
Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Mateusz Jarmulski
Poland, 2017, 6 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Teddy has been excited about his birthday since morning. He's been waiting the whole year! Daddy, on the contrary has planned some other activities today.