Sun 27.05.2018 | 13:05My Giraffe (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Barbara Bredero
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, 2017, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
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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.
Sun 27.05.2018 | 14:00Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Arni Asgeirsson
Iceland, Belgium, 2018, 82 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The story of a young golden plover having trouble learning to fly and who fails to migrate with his family to warmer climates. With the help of friends, he is able to survive in a world full of natural enemies and is, in the end, celebrated as a hero.
Sun 27.05.2018 | 17:20 Sun 27.05.2018 | 20:10I am Not a Witch (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Rungano Nyoni
United Kingdom, France, Germany, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
After a minor incident in her village, nine-year-old Shula is exiled to a travelling witch camp where she is told that if she tries to escape she will be transformed into a goat. As she navigates through her new life with her fellow witches and a government official who espouses her, exploiting her innocence for his own gain, she must decide whether to accept her fate or risk the consequences of seeking freedom.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 08:20Mission Kathmandu: the Adventures of Nelly & Simon (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Nancy Florence Savard, Pierre Greco
Canada, 2017, 80 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
Quebec, 1956. The destinies of Nelly Maloye, a novice private eye, and Simon Picard, a research scientist at the local university, unexpectedly meet. Bankrolled by an ambitious client, the impulsive and headstrong Maloye joins the methodical and pragmatic Picard in a dubious quest to prove the existence of the elusive Yeti. For guidance, Simon carries with him an explorer’s journal that supposedly contains the location of the mythical creature’s den. What dangers will they face during their trek through the heart of the Himalayas?
Mon 28.05.2018 | 10:30Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Manuel Flurin Hendry
Switzerland, Germany, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
Score:
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.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 10:30Junior League (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Éric Tessier
Canada, 2017, 115 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
Five years after his team’s victory at the Quebec Pee-Wee Tournament, Janeau Trudel, a young eighteen-year-old prodigy hockey player, is now playing in the Quebec Major Junior League. At the dawn of his professional NHL selection, many obstacles will jeopardize his career and his most cherished friendships.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 11:00To Be a Child Again - Israel (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Gabriel Volcovich, Moy Volcovich
Israel, Canada, Mexico, 2017, 58 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
A look at Israel through the eyes of eleven children from different backgrounds and demographics. A candid, intimate, and personal view of Israel's youth.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 11:1017 (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Widad Shafakoj
Jordan, 2017, 74 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
This film follows the Jordanian under-17 women’s football team as they prepare for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016. Coming from different backgrounds, each of the girls has faced a different set of challenges as a national team player. But now they face their biggest challenge yet. Who will make it in the final squad? Are they ready to play with so little time to prepare? “17” is a social exploration into the lives of young women who are passionate about a sport they have been told was only for men.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 13:05Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Stefan Westerwelle
Finland, Germany, 2018, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
Matti dreams of a family vacation in his father’s native country, Finland. He manages to get what he wants by telling a whopping lie. But once they get there, Matti, his younger brother Sami and his parents find themselves without a place to stay, no money and no car in the middle of the Finnish wasteland. Only a miracle can save them – or Uncle Jussi, who has been struggling to compete with Matti’s father his whole life. A summer movie for children that stands out for its wonderful pun... And that´s not a lie.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 15:10Don´t Talk to Irene (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Pat Mills
Canada, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
Irene, the fattest girl in the whole school, has to do community service for two weeks at a retirement home. She dreams of becoming a cheerleader. She secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a dance-themed reality show to prove that you don't need to be physically "perfect" to be awesome.
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
Score:
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.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 20:10Julia ist (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Elena Martin
Spain, 2017, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
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.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 21:30Giants Don´t Exist (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Chema Rodriguez
Spain, Guatemala, 2017, 82 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
Score:
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.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 08:20Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Manuel Flurin Hendry
Switzerland, Germany, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
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.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 08:20The 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
Score:
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.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 08:30Pichku's Dream (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Nila Madhab Panda
India, 2018, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
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.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 08:50Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Stefan Westerwelle
Finland, Germany, 2018, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
Matti dreams of a family vacation in his father’s native country, Finland. He manages to get what he wants by telling a whopping lie. But once they get there, Matti, his younger brother Sami and his parents find themselves without a place to stay, no money and no car in the middle of the Finnish wasteland. Only a miracle can save them – or Uncle Jussi, who has been struggling to compete with Matti’s father his whole life. A summer movie for children that stands out for its wonderful pun... And that´s not a lie.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 10:50Mission Kathmandu: the Adventures of Nelly & Simon (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Nancy Florence Savard, Pierre Greco
Canada, 2017, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
Quebec, 1956. The destinies of Nelly Maloye, a novice private eye, and Simon Picard, a research scientist at the local university, unexpectedly meet. Bankrolled by an ambitious client, the impulsive and headstrong Maloye joins the methodical and pragmatic Picard in a dubious quest to prove the existence of the elusive Yeti. For guidance, Simon carries with him an explorer’s journal that supposedly contains the location of the mythical creature’s den. What dangers will they face during their trek through the heart of the Himalayas?
Tue 29.05.2018 | 13:05Lila´s Book (2017)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Marcela Rincon Gonzalez
Colombia, Uruguay, 2017, 76 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
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.