Fri 24.05.2019 | 10:30Oymyakon: The Story of the Coldest Inhabited Place (2018)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Dominik Bari
Slovak Republic, 2018, 28 min
Projection place: U18
Score:
InfoAn expedition to the coldest inhabited area in the world. Russia: Oymyakon, where people live in unimaginable conditions. The place is referred to as the "Pole of Cold". The village has about 700 inhabitants. In winter, the temperature drops to -72 ° C. The primary school is attended by about 130 kids. Under twelves don't have to go to school if it's less than -52 ° C - the older kids if it's below -56 ° C. The Earth is permanently frozen. The village is situated in the middle of a forest that is larger than Germany, France and the United Kingdom together...
Fri 24.05.2019 | 10:30Aldabra: Once Upon an Island (2014)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Steve Lichtag
Czech Republic, 2014, 73 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
The fateful stories of the wondrous creatures inhabiting the Aldabra Atoll, who are born here, create communities, give birth to young and fight for survival. A trip to places where the human foot has almost no chance of entering, full of fascinating adventures of the local natural world and an extraordinary experience that only the latest in 3D technology can offer.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 11:30Home (2009)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
France, 2009, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
Score:
A journey through 50 countries: an ode to the beauty and subtle harmony of our planet. The series of captivating shots of different landscapes, almost entirely from above, presents current environmental issues (global warming, felling of rainforests, loss of biodiversity, depletion of natural resources, and migration of people). We start with the origin of the Earth and go from general statements to concrete examples with a list of alarming statistics. It also expresses optimism about the development of environmentalism, democracy and education.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 13:00Kamchatka Bears. Life Begins (2018)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Irina Zhuravleva, Vladislav Grishin
Russia, 2018, 55 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
Score:
The South Kamchatka Federal Sanctuary is often called a bear paradise. The LESFILM production team headed there and spent seven months observing and filming hidden secrets the newborn bear cubs' daily lives throughout their first year on Earth. 'Kamchatka Bears. Life Begins' is a movie that differs from the other nature documentary. The film is meditative. Music, the sounds of nature and the absence of a human voice allow the viewer to plunge into the beauty of wild nature as much as possible, to feel its presence among volcanoes, rivers and wild animals, and experience an important boundary, beyond which a person should not interfere.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 20:00Storm Boy (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Shawn Seet
Australia, 2018, 99 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
Score:
Storm Boy is a moving story about unusual friendships and unconditional love. Mike Kingley tells his granddaughter a story from his childhood, which he spent with his father on a deserted Australian coast after his mother's death. His carefree life was changed forever when he found a nest of newly hatched pelicans whose mother was shot by hunters. With the help of his father and a local Australian, Bill, they managed to raise three adult pelicans. An exceptionally deep bond of friendship formed between Mike and one of the birds, Mr. Percival. But this idyllic time of fun was coming to an end.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 20:45Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Peter Webber, Lixin Fan, Richard Dale
United Kingdom, 2017, 115 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
There are unforgettable characters: a zebra foal trying to cross a swollen river, a panda guiding her playful offspring, a family of sperm whale sleeping in the vertical position, a sloth craving love, and many more. Through the course of a day, we wander with the sun from the highest mountains to the most remote islands, from the depths of an exotic jungle to the labyrinths of the cities. There are fascinating residents in every corner of the Earth, whose adventures are brought closer to you through revolutionary technology.
Sat 25.05.2019 | 13:00Ailo´s Journey (2018)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Children and Youth
Directed by: Guillaume Maidatchevsky
France, Finland, 2018, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
Score:
Our hero is a little reindeer named Ailo. He was just born in Lapland, a region in northern of Europe whose largest part lies beyond the Arctic Circle. It doesn't sound very encouraging. But reindeer easily get used to harsh conditions. Immediately after birth, he can quickly stand on his feet - it just takes five minutes. In the next five minutes he learns to walk. Another five to swim and run through the snow. Thanks to his wide hooves, he can move quickly in the snowdrifts and grazing is not too demanding. Satisfied with a little grass and moss, his favorite delicacy is lichen. And is he cold? Nope. His thick coat allows him to survive temperatures as low as -40 ° C. In his journey through Lapland, Ailo meets other residents of this beautiful landscape: agile stoat, dangerous wolves, a clever wolverine, arctic fox, shaggy squirrel, silent owl, and a high flying eagle.
Sat 25.05.2019 | 16:30Maiden of the Lake (2019)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Children and Youth
Directed by: Petteri Saario
Finland, 2019, 71 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
Twelve-year-old Emika spends her vacations on a small island. She and her cousin Antti build the most magnificent hut and pick berries until it´s time to swim with the birds. In this film, Emika explores the lakeside environment in all four seasons and learns many new skills from Antti. They stay overnight on the frozen lake under the Aurora Borealis, they build a nest for a ringed seal, and they swim and fish. In early summer, they discover the world´s rarest seal in the maze of thousands of islands. Throughout, Emika and Antti speak candidly about the questions of life - both big and small.
Sat 25.05.2019 | 18:00Oymyakon: The Story of the Coldest Inhabited Place (2018)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Dominik Bari
Slovak Republic, 2018, 28 min
Projection place: U18
Score:
An expedition to the coldest inhabited area in the world. Russia: Oymyakon, where people live in unimaginable conditions. The place is referred to as the "Pole of Cold". The village has about 700 inhabitants. In winter, the temperature drops to -72 ° C. The primary school is attended by about 130 kids. Under twelves don't have to go to school if it's less than -52 ° C - the older kids if it's below -56 ° C. The Earth is permanently frozen. The village is situated in the middle of a forest that is larger than Germany, France and the United Kingdom together...
Sat 25.05.2019 | 20:15The Ark of Lights and Shadows (2018)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature, Festival Gala
Directed by: Jan Svatoš
Czech Republic, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
They met on a Friday and got married secretly on Sunday. They fled their parents' wrath and spent their honeymoon among the cannibals in the South Seas, where they lost both their camera and their illusions. At the moment when many people would abandon filming, Martin and Osa Johnson risked their lives to bring the testimony of a diminishing wildlife. An authentic footprint of an era when filming in Africa was more dangerous than lions or malaria. Although they were celebrities admired by Chaplin and the British Royal Family, nowadays they are forgotten.
Sun 26.05.2019 | 09:00Taina 2 - A New Amazon Adventure (2005)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Mauro Lima
Brazil, 2005, 76 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
Catiti, a 6-year-old Indian girl, joins Tainá, a beautiful and brave teenager, walking through the rainforest. Together they get rid of traps set to catch rare animals. When they encounter Carlito, a city boy who is looking for his lost dog Boris, the first thing they do is argue because Catiti found Boris and wants to adopt him. But all personal and cultural differences are left behind when gangsters steal all the tribe´s pets. Tainá and Catiti try to find a way to outfox the poachers...
Sun 26.05.2019 | 11:30Storm Boy (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Shawn Seet
Australia, 2018, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
Score:
Storm Boy is a moving story about unusual friendships and unconditional love. Mike Kingley tells his granddaughter a story from his childhood, which he spent with his father on a deserted Australian coast after his mother's death. His carefree life was changed forever when he found a nest of newly hatched pelicans whose mother was shot by hunters. With the help of his father and a local Australian, Bill, they managed to raise three adult pelicans. An exceptionally deep bond of friendship formed between Mike and one of the birds, Mr. Percival. But this idyllic time of fun was coming to an end.
Sun 26.05.2019 | 14:00Home (2009)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
France, 2009, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
A journey through 50 countries: an ode to the beauty and subtle harmony of our planet. The series of captivating shots of different landscapes, almost entirely from above, presents current environmental issues (global warming, felling of rainforests, loss of biodiversity, depletion of natural resources, and migration of people). We start with the origin of the Earth and go from general statements to concrete examples with a list of alarming statistics. It also expresses optimism about the development of environmentalism, democracy and education.
Sun 26.05.2019 | 16:00The Last Male on Earth (2019)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Floor van der Meulen
Belgium, Netherlands, 2019, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
Score:
The last male specimen of a rare rhinoceros is surrounded by a human tragicomedy. There is only one male northern white rhino left in the world, and his days are numbered. His name is Sudan, and after 42 years on this planet he has lived his - and his species' - life to the very end. Protected from poachers by armed bodyguards around the clock, but also surrounded by journalists, tourists with selfie sticks, and scientists who are determined to find a way to reproduce him before it's too late. A difficult topic served in a light and elegant, but serious form.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 10:50Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Peter Webber, Lixin Fan, Richard Dale
United Kingdom, 2017, 115 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
Score:
There are unforgettable characters: a zebra foal trying to cross a swollen river, a panda guiding her playful offspring, a family of sperm whale sleeping in the vertical position, a sloth craving love, and many more. Through the course of a day, we wander with the sun from the highest mountains to the most remote islands, from the depths of an exotic jungle to the labyrinths of the cities. There are fascinating residents in every corner of the Earth, whose adventures are brought closer to you through revolutionary technology.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 18:00A Plastic Ocean (2016)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Craig Leeson
Hong Kong, 2016, 102 min
Projection place: U18
Score:
Our story begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. Craig teams up with free diver Tanya Streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, and they travel to twenty locations around the world over the next four years to explore the fragile state of our oceans, uncover alarming truths about plastic pollution, and reveal working solutions that can be put into immediate effect.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 08:10Ailo´s Journey (2018)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Children and Youth
Directed by: Guillaume Maidatchevsky
France, Finland, 2018, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
Our hero is a little reindeer named Ailo. He was just born in Lapland, a region in northern of Europe whose largest part lies beyond the Arctic Circle. It doesn't sound very encouraging. But reindeer easily get used to harsh conditions. Immediately after birth, he can quickly stand on his feet - it just takes five minutes. In the next five minutes he learns to walk. Another five to swim and run through the snow. Thanks to his wide hooves, he can move quickly in the snowdrifts and grazing is not too demanding. Satisfied with a little grass and moss, his favorite delicacy is lichen. And is he cold? Nope. His thick coat allows him to survive temperatures as low as -40 ° C. In his journey through Lapland, Ailo meets other residents of this beautiful landscape: agile stoat, dangerous wolves, a clever wolverine, arctic fox, shaggy squirrel, silent owl, and a high flying eagle.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 09:00Born in China (2016)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Chuan Lu
United States of America, 2016, 79 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
A spectacular trip to the Chinese wilderness and the adventures of three animal families - majestic pandas, long-lived langur, and elusive snow leopards. The breathtaking footage captures vast lands - from the freezing mountains to the very heart of a bamboo forest - on the wings of a Manchurian crane, and presents the most intimate family moments captured for the first time on film.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 11:00Seasons (2015)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
France, 2015, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
The story of a forest - not a tropical forest with exotic wildlife, but the well-known forest that is behind the barn, which pulses with surprisingly rich life. With state-of-the-art technology and unique methods, the filmmakers have four decades of footage at locations across Europe; they often even lived in the woods with watched wild animals in order to truly tell the story of the forest from the ice age to the present and capture the exciting cycle of life within it.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 11:20Kayak to Klemtu (2018)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Canada, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
Fourteen-year-old Ella is determined to travel by kayak the length of the Inside Passage along the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest to testify against a proposed pipeline that would see oil tanker traffic traveling through her beloved homeland waters. She´s prepared to handle all of the challenges of the trip, but the greatest challenge of all is that she has to bring her dysfunctional family with her. Her neurotic aunt, her cranky uncle, her wayward cousin, as well as the memory of her late uncle all come along for the ride.