Fri 24.05.2019 | 09:10Whale Rider (2002)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Niki Caro
Germany, New Zealand, 2002, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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InfoIn a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation, a male heir has succeeded to the chiefly title. The time is now. When twins are born, and the boy twin dies, Koro, the chief, is unable to accept his grand-daughter, Pai, as a future leader. A few years later, Koro is convinced that the tribe's misfortunes began at Pai's birth and calls for his people to bring their sons to him, in the hope that the new leader is among them. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must stand up to him and tradition.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 10:00TvMiniUni: The Question Thief (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Jan Jirků
Czech Republic, 2019, 75 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
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This time the well-known characters from the children's program TvMiniUni has to solve the mystery of the oddly obedient children who have stopped acting up. Frightened parents turn to Director Crow and his team; they don't recognize their own children anymore. Their kids have stopped being naughty, they're refined, and without imagination. Who's behind these mechanically obedient kids? Isn't there a similar risk to Valentinka and Bóďa?
Fri 24.05.2019 | 10:50Phantom Owl Forest (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Anu Aun
Estonia, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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For 10-year-old Eia, her Christmas holiday is taking an unexpected turn after being brought to a remote farm in the middle of nowhere, so she assumes. There she will discover the beauty of nature and wildlife, help rescue a primeval forest inhabited by mysterious owls, and unwrap her family´s well-kept secret.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 11:00Binti (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Frederike Migom
Belgium, Netherlands, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Twelve-year-old Binti dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana. But when the police raid her home and try to deport her and her dad, they are forced to flee. Binti meets Elias and the two become friends. While Binti helps Elias to vlog about his 'save-the-okapi-club', she hatches the perfect plan: her dad has to marry Elias´s mom, so they can stay in Belgium.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 13:1017 Seconds (2018)
Section: Panorama, Festival Gala
Directed by: Alon Marom
Israel, 2018, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Four adolescents, outstanding athletes, live and train at Israel's national sports Academy. They are facing a system that pushes them to their limits while they question whether their youth isn´t being spent in vain. The story shifts between exhausting training routines and painful injuries to sporting peaks only a few are blessed to experience. But even when they hit rock bottom, what stops them from giving up is their fear of discovering that disillusionment from their dream will be much more painful than striving for it.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 15:30Wild Witch (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Kasper Munk
Denmark, 2018, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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12-year-old Clara is a normal girl until the day she is scratched by a mysterious black cat. Soon after, Clara discovers that she can communicate with the cat and that she belongs to a family of wild witches with a strong connection to nature and animals. It turns out that Clara is a particularly special wild witch whose blood can set free the ancient and evil witch Bravita Bloodyoung. Together with her aunt Isa and her friends, Clara must face her destiny and embark on a dangerous journey in order to save herself and the Wild World from the evil forces of Bravita.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 17:20Afterlife (2018)
Section: Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Willem Bosch
Netherlands, 2018, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Sam is a very bright, very mature 14-year old girl. She´s a good student, disciplined and always on time. This is all the more impressive once you realize she juggles those responsibilities while caring for her little brothers. When her mother Vera passed away, Sam took up responsibility for the family, helping her dad out around the house. But when Sam has an accident on the way to school, she wakes up in a strange office across from someone claiming she´s dead. It was a truck, he says. He also tells her that her mother, Vera, is waiting for her here, on the other side. It´s a strange mixture of joy and sadness for Sam, being dead on the one hand, but getting to see her mom in return. Something she thought she would never do again. But Vera reluctantly decides that they must find a way to bring Sam back to life. But Sam has her own agenda. She´s taking her mother with her.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 17:40Giant Little Ones (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Keith Behrman
Canada, 2018, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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A heartfelt and intimate coming-of-age story about friendship, self-discovery and the power of love without labels. Adolescents face enormous pressure to make life-defining decisions every day and they want to lock in their identities sooner than later. All of this pressure is exacerbated by physical and social changes. Franky is under more pressure than most. His life was altered when his father left his mother for a man. Franky is left confused and angry toward his father for breaking up the family. Things are further confused for Franky when his wild birthday party ends in a sexual encounter no one could have imagined, including his best friend and girlfriend. As Franky's world crumbles, he and his friends are forced to decide what kind of people they want to be.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 18:15Shelter (2010)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Dragomir Sholev
Bulgaria, 2010, 88 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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While changing TV channels, making pickles and discussing politics, the parents of 12-year-old Rado have missed their son´s growing up. Now they cannot understand why, after disappearing for two days, he isn´t sorry for the nightmare he has caused them and why is he ready to run away from home with the first junkies he met on the street.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 19:00The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Cãtãlin Mitulescu
Romania, France, 2006, 106 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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It is 1989 in Bucharest - the last year of Ceausescu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7-year-old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu is convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave, so he devises a plan to kill the dictator.
Fri 24.05.2019 | 19:30Float Like a Butterfly (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Carmel Winters
Ireland, 2018, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Fifteen-year-old Frances lost her mother in a fight - the same fight which landed her father in jail for the last ten years. Like her idol Muhammad Ali, she wants to be The Greatest too. When her father gets out of jail, she feels that this is her chance, but he doesn't turn out to be the hero she remembers. Due to the conditions of his parole, he's forced to endure humiliation from the police sergeant. And to make up for lost time, he is resolute to make a man of his son and an obedient wife of his daughter. Now Frances must fight even for the right to fight.
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
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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 | 20:15Indian Horse (2017)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Stephen Campanelli
Canada, 2017, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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In the late 1950s Ontario, 8-year-old Saul Indian Horse is torn from his Ojibway family and committed to one of the notorious Catholic Residential Schools. In this oppressive environment, Saul is denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his Indigenous heritage while he witnesses horrendous abuse at the hands of the very people entrusted with his care. Despite this, Saul finds salvation in the unlikeliest of places and favourite winter pastime - hockey. Fascinated by the game, he secretly teaches himself to play, developing a unique and rare skill.
Sat 25.05.2019 | 10:00TvMiniUni: The Question Thief (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Jan Jirků
Czech Republic, 2019, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
This time the well-known characters from the children's program TvMiniUni has to solve the mystery of the oddly obedient children who have stopped acting up. Frightened parents turn to Director Crow and his team; they don't recognize their own children anymore. Their kids have stopped being naughty, they're refined, and without imagination. Who's behind these mechanically obedient kids? Isn't there a similar risk to Valentinka and Bóďa?
Sat 25.05.2019 | 10:50Rocca Changes the World (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Katja Benrath
Germany, 2019, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Brave, funny, and one of a kind: that´s Rocca. Rocca is eleven years old and lives a rather unique life. While her dad is watching over her as an astronaut from outer space, Rocca lives alone with her squirrel and is attending a normal school for the first time in her life. At school her carefree and non-conformist way of life instantly stands out. She fearlessly confronts the class bullies, because first and foremost Rocca stands up for justice. That´s why she makes friends with the homeless Caspar and tries to help him. All the while she is also attempting to win over her grandmother´s heart. With never-ending optimism, Rocca proves - together with her new friends - that even a child has the power to change the world.
Sat 25.05.2019 | 11:10Alone in Space (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Ted Kjellsson
Sweden, 2018, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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In a not too distant future, the giant spacecraft Svea travels with only two passengers - 12-year-old Gladys and her little brother Keaton. The children have fled from a broken planet Earth and are heading towards the planet Vial, but they never seem to arrive. They spend their days exploring the giant ship and the only one they can talk to is the Japanese A.I. Otosan. But everything changes when something unknown crashes into Svea - and suddenly they are not alone in space anymore..
Sat 25.05.2019 | 13:10Cattle Hill (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Lise I. Osvoll
Norway, 2018, 67 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Klara is a little cow who lives in the city with her mum and dreams of becoming a music star. One day she receives a letter from her father whom she has not seen for many years and travels to the countryside to meet him. There, she helps to save his farm from a greedy businessman, makes her first friend, and understands that one can be a star in many more ways than she imagined.
Sat 25.05.2019 | 14:00The Mystery of Green Hill (2017)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Čejen Černić
Croatia, 2017, 81 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Koko and his friends are spending summer vacation on the shores of a lake near the idyllic Green Hill, hanging out and playing. The magical countryside is disturbed by unusual events which alarm the children as well as the locals; under cover of night, burglars break into one house after another, stealing anything of value they can find. When the police turn a blind eye to denunciations by adults, the children decide to take matters into their own hands and unmask the burglars.
Sat 25.05.2019 | 14:30You'll Never Walk Alone (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Geng Xu
China, 2018, 106 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Soccer, a teacher with lots of hobbies, an old principal who can't stand soccer, a group of energetic grass-roots children, and a world-shaking earthquake. Catastrophe falls upon them before they can enjoy their happy childhood. How will they move forward?
Sat 25.05.2019 | 15:30Afterlife (2018)
Section: Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Willem Bosch
Netherlands, 2018, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
Sam is a very bright, very mature 14-year old girl. She´s a good student, disciplined and always on time. This is all the more impressive once you realize she juggles those responsibilities while caring for her little brothers. When her mother Vera passed away, Sam took up responsibility for the family, helping her dad out around the house. But when Sam has an accident on the way to school, she wakes up in a strange office across from someone claiming she´s dead. It was a truck, he says. He also tells her that her mother, Vera, is waiting for her here, on the other side. It´s a strange mixture of joy and sadness for Sam, being dead on the one hand, but getting to see her mom in return. Something she thought she would never do again. But Vera reluctantly decides that they must find a way to bring Sam back to life. But Sam has her own agenda. She´s taking her mother with her.