Film programme 2018

Walking Out (2017)

Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth

Directed by: Alex & Andrew Smith

United States of America, 2017, 96 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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Many of us were told in school that there were seven basic types of stories, and that two of them were "man vs. nature" and "man vs. himself." Of course, all good stories ultimately fit into that second category, even if the other ones fit, too. "Walking Out," a wilderness adventure by the sibling filmmaking team of Alex and Andrew Smith, is a fine illustration of this idea. It's about a soft, suburbanized 14-year old named David who goes deep into the Montana mountains to visit his strong, silent outdoorsman father, Cal, then accompanies him on a moose-hunting trip. The expedition goes horribly awry, forcing the boy to discover an inner, primal strength he never imagined he possessed.

Home (2017)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Jong-woo KIM

South Korea, 2017, 102 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Since his father ran off long ago and his mother is never home from work, 12-year-old Jun-ho takes good, frugal care of Sung-ho, his 7-year-old half-brother of a different father. One day, his mother gets in a terrible car accident and Jun-ho ends up living at Sung-ho’s father’s house. Sung-ho’s half-sister, Ji-young and her father also take to Jun-ho well. Life in the new home is comfortable, but Jun-ho knows that when his mother comes out of her coma, he could be kicked out...

Village Rockstars (2017)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Rima Das

India, 2017, 78 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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Ten year-old Dhunu lives in a remote village in Assam, India, amidst raging deprivation. She is a free spirit, while her widowed mother struggles daily to put food on the table and raise her children. But this doesn't prevent her from having dreams, like owning a guitar for the tiny band she wants to put together with some local boys, the 'Village Rockstars'. Dhunu considers herself to be as capable as guys her age. When the boys eventually relinquish their dream, Dhunu refuses to give up on her ambition to own a guitar.

The Little Mermaid (1976)

Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music

Directed by: Karel Kachyňa

Czechoslovakia, 1976, 84 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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The Sea King has several daughters but loves the youngest the most – the little mermaid. He surprises her one day by taking her to see the sinking of a ship. He's giving everything in the ship to her. Unfortunately, she falls in love with a handsome prince on the ship. She saves his life and takes him to the safety of the seashore. From this moment, the infatuated mermaid can't think of anything but on meeting the handsome prince at least once. Her father is angry with her, but the girl is stubborn. She doesn't hesitate to ask for magical help from a horrible sea witch...

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.

The Witch Hunters (2018)

Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children

Directed by: Raško Miljković

Serbia, Macedonia, 2018, 86 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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10-year-old Jovan has had cerebral palsy for as long as he can remember. His condition has shaped his everyday life and made him think of himself as invisible to others – particularly his parents and classmates. In the world of his imagination, however, to which he escapes frequently, he is free to be who he wants and possesses the superhero powers that everybody dreams of. Jovan's (extra)ordinary existence is suddenly shaken up by a new classmate, Milica. Bit by bit, brave and determined Milica tears down the wall that Jovan has built around himself and eventually invites him to join her on a real life adventure – to liberate her father from his new wife, Milica’s stepmother, whom she believes is a witch. The quest offers Jovan a reality beyond anything he could have imagined, but in order to become a true hero Jovan first has to learn to accept himself for who he is.

Menina (2017)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Cristina Pinheiro

France, 2017, 97 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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The story revolves around Luisa Palmeira, born in France from Portuguese immigrants. In 1979, Luisa is eight years old. Almost a grown-up in the eyes of her illiterate mother, she remains just a little girl to her hard-drinking father. One day, he trusts her with a heavy secret: he suffers from a serious illness. But she refuses to believe him and thinks instead that he is hiding something else from her…

Lucy - How to Live a Life (2018)

Section: Czech Films and TV Production

Directed by: Michal Herz

Czech Republic, 2018, 52 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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The portrait of a young woman struggling with drug addiction. We follow a charming and somewhat naive girl who, after drug rehab, decides to start a new life, finish high school, and organize her private life. We gradually see the details of her life: work in the porn industry, serious illnesses, nonfunctioning family and bad relationships, mental problems, suicide attempts and the development of psychosis. With her kind nature and spontaneous joy, she infects others with her optimism, but her problems wear her down and each fall is a little further than the last.

Cutting it short (1980)

Section: Golden Slipper for Special Contribution in Children´s and Youth Cinema

Directed by: Jiří Menzel

Czechoslovakia, 1980, 93 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Francin, a brewery manager, feels like a hunted man. He really wants to please the board of directors in order to keep his job. He’d also like some quiet happiness with his beautiful wife Maryška, but she’s part of the problem. She’s passionate about life and cares little about social conventions, but all of the board members adore her. Francin therefore does not know how to tame her. His problems grow when his brother Pepin moves in with them. His ideas pull Maryška like a moth to a flame! These two find ways to cause trouble that the manager would rather not see...

Jan Kříženecký - A Pioneer of Czech Cinema

Section: Special Mention

, 0, 60 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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A Pioneer of Czech Cinema Jan Kříženecký Commentary zone In its eighth anniversary, the National Film Archive will also commemorate 150 years since the birth of Jan Kříženecký, a pioneer of Czech cinema. The set of this person's digitized films, accompanied by commentary, has taken several years of work to complete and collate. Both original camera negatives and original copies and other media were digitized. The first films created on our territory can thus be presented in a form that emphasizes their variety and materiality. The musical accompaniment to the film set was created by Jan Burian Jr. Jan Kříženecký (March 20, 1868 - February 9, 1921) was a Czech film director, a cinematographer, a businessman and a photographer – by trade an engineer. He began getting interested in film in the autumn of 1896, when he first saw the film works of the Lumière brothers at the hotel U Saského Dvora. In 1898, during the Exhibition of Architecture and Engineering in Prague, he and his colleague Josef František Pokorný bought a cinematographic apparatus and film material. With this equipment, Kříženecký made the first Czech films, which he presented at the Czech Cinemas Pavilion at the Exhibition. Screenings of life in Prague and the first live-acted films with Josef Šváb-Malostranský were shown here. Kříženecký continued in film production but, due to the obligations of permanent employment, only temporarily. He later filmed the live-acted film interlude for the theater performance The Best Number (1902), extensive reportage of the IV. and V. All-Sokol Rally (1901, 1907), and various news from the Jubilee Exhibition of the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in 1908. His last extant film, dedicated to the monument to František Palacký, was completed in 1911. In addition to cinematographic achievements, Jan Krizenecky was also known as a photographer. He took thousands of photographs of Prague between 1902 and 1915.

Tigermilk (2018)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Ute Wieland

Germany, 2018, 106 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Nini is a German girl and Jameelah an Iraqi girl with a life-long desire to become German. They are inseparable and like to rebel more or less, especially during breaks between lessons when mixing a little alcoholic cocktail they call Tiger Milk. It’s a stressful time: the decision on Jameelah's naturalization application is coming and they are also hoping for "it" to happen and they practice for “the main event” by observing the hookers who are streetwalking. But when they witness a murder, everything comes to a stop - their plans, their future, their lives.

Center of My World (2016)

Section: Austrian Trip

Directed by: Jakob M. Erwa

Germany, Austria, 2016, 115 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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After a summer away at camp, Phil returns home to find that his mother and twin sister aren’t speaking to one another. Avoiding family conflict, Phil escapes to hang out with his best friend, Kat, eating ice cream and playing dress-up. As the school year begins, a new student arrives – the handsome and mysterious Nicholas. Smitten, Phil watches him as he runs around the track after school, and is thrilled when Nicholas returns his feelings. But he’s going to first have to deal with the problems of his past in order to deal with the issues of his present.

Screwed (2018)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Nils-Erik Ekblom

Finland, 2018, 94 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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17-year-old Miku is “just some dude” devoid of personality, at least according to his brother. After a party-turned-rager that nearly destroys his home, Miku is doomed to spend the rest of the summer at their family cottage, where both his parents avoid dealing with their own relationship crisis. But the calm of the Finnish countryside takes an unexpected turn when Miku meets Elias. The boys have nothing in common except for their age and dysfunctional families. But something is pulling them together. Miku finds himself in the eye of the storm as Elias forces him to deal with his own sexuality, all the while the parents marriage heads towards destruction. Elias has his own baggage to deal with and finds it easier to just discard Miku from his life instead of starting another broken romance. Miku has had enough. For once, it’s time for him to take charge of his own life.

Pichku's Dream (2018)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Nila Madhab Panda

India, 2018, 110 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1

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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.

The Falcons (2018)

Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children

Directed by: Bragi TÞór Hinriksson

Iceland, 2018, 97 min

Projection place: Aula

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We follow Jón (10) and his teammates as they travel to the Westman Islands to take part in a large football tournament held there every summer. There, Jón discovers a whole new side of himself as a football player and finds that he can take on more responsibility than he ever imagined. The boys’ lives take an unexpected turn, however, when they witness Ívar (10), a player from an opposing team, getting roughed up by his father, Tóti. The football tournament turns into a dramatic rescue mission as the boys try to save Ívar from his father. But it's easier said than done when nobody believes the boys. The boys need to find a way to prove what really happened and save Ívar from his broken home. Jón and Ívar, sworn enemies on the field, go together on an emotional journey with both dramatic and exciting consequences and find a friendship that will endure – and a nearby volcano will wake from its slumber.

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...

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.

Matti 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

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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.

Fluffy Hour: PuiPui & MuuMuu (2017)

Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children

Directed by: HIROYUKI Mizoguchi

Japan, 2017, 5 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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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: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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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.