Mon 27.05.2019 | 14:30Douch (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Amir Mashhadi Abbas
Iran, 2018, 78 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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InfoTen-year-old Gholamreza, who lives in a village in northern Iran, needs a bicycle to win a bicycle race and pay off his father´s debt. To get money for the new bicycle, he notices a prize for teaching an illiterate person how to read and write, but there aren´t any illiterate people in the village except a 90-year-old bad tempered woman who does not want to learn anything.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 15:10Abe (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Fernando Grostein Andrade
United States of America, Brazil, 2019, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Abraham Solomon-Odeh to his Israeli-Jewish maternal family, Ibrahim to his Palestinian-Muslim paternal family, and Abraham to his Brooklyn parents prefers to be called Abe. A 12-year old with a passion for cooking, Abe is tired of mediating between his politically-at-odds family. When he meets Chico, an Afro-Brazilian chef with a fusion restaurant, things get cooking and Abe wonders if the flavors of his grandparents´ homeland might be the catalyst that brings his family together.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 16:30Satellite Boy (2012)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Catriona McKenzie
Australia, 2012, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Ten-year-old Australian native Pete lives with his grandfather Jagamarra in an abandoned outdoor cinema in Wyndham after his mother abandons him. When their home is in danger of demolition, Pete sets out to town with his friend Kalmain to save the last thing they have left - their world in untouched nature. The boys travel across Kimberley, an impressive area of Western Australia, and get lost in the bush. Hunger and thirst push Pete to appreciate some of the traditional skills needed to survive in the bush taught to him by his grandfather.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 17:00Vitello (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Dorte Bengston
Denmark, 2018, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Vitello is a boy with lots of appetite, energy and drive. He lives alone with his mum in a town house. Vitello is not the type who gets bored easily. He has friends, the mall and lots of great ideas to be tested and examined - life is okay! But Vitello misses having a dad in his life. He doesn't know his dad and his mum isn't a great help there. So Vitello goes out to search for one.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 17:20Measure of a Man (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Jim Loach
United States of America, 2018, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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This story follows Bobby, an under-confident, overweight 14-year-old New Yorker, as he navigates the challenging path to manhood during his summer at Rumson Lake in upstate New York, 1976. The dramatic thread of the story stems from the escalating threat of a local gang of townies, led by Willie, a tormented young veteran. Willie and his gang resent the summer vacationers who populate their community every year and prey on Bobby and his best friend Joanie, both outsiders and easy targets. As Bobby´s world goes through many changes, so does his relationship with his family and friends. This is especially true regarding Dr. Kahn, a reclusive surrogate fatherly presence who mentors Bobby through difficult times. The guidance Bobby receives from Dr. Kahn transforms him into a well-rounded young man, as well as giving Dr. Kahn a new unexpected confidant, a friend who helps him come to terms with the losses in his past.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 18:15Float Like a Butterfly (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Carmel Winters
Ireland, 2018, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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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.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 19:00Fig Tree (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian
Ethiopia, France, Germany, Israel, 2018, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Sixteen-year-old Jewish Mina is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong. Davidian´s coming of age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 19:30Take Me Somewhere Nice (2018)
Section: Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Ena Sendijarević
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, 2018, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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On the edge of adulthood, Alma leaves her mother´s home in the Netherlands and travels to her native Bosnia to visit the father she´s never met. But from the start nothing goes as planned. Her cousin Emir gives her a frosty reception and mocks her easy life in the West. At the same time, undeniable sexual chemistry leads Alma into a passionate relationship with Emir´s best friend, the troublemaker Denis. As the obstacles mount, Alma stays fearlessly determined to follow her plan and find her father. She just has to figure herself out first.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 20:45Boy (2010)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Taika Waititi
New Zealand, 2010, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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New Zealand. 1984. Michael Jackson's Thriller is changing children's lives. Boy is a dreamer who loves Jackson. His father Alamein is another hero of his and is the subject of Boy's fantasies - in his thoughts he's a deep diver, a war hero and a close relative of Michael Jackson. In reality, Alamein is an incompetent criminal who is sitting in prison for robbery. When he returns home after seven years, Boy is forced to cope with the man he's had fictional ideas about, find his own potential, and learn to dispense with the hero he'd hoped for.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 21:30Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Yugoslavia, 1981, 106 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The fragile story of the emotional maturation of 16-year-old Dino, who is experiencing his first falling in love and is coping with his father's illness and death. All of this coincides with a convincing depiction of a peripheral quarter of Sarajevo in the early 1960s. A girl going by the name of Dolly Bell represents the world of love, as well as the world of disappointment and falsness.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 08:10Binti (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Frederike Migom
Belgium, Netherlands, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
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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.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 08:30My Grandpa is an Alien (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Marina Andree Skop, Dražen Žarković
Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 79 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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In a single moment, the entire life of a girl Una is turned upside down; her grandpa is abducted by aliens and her mum collapses and ends up in a hospital. Una discovers that her grandpa is an alien himself whose spaceship hit the planet some time ago. But his pilot is still here! The small grumpy robot and Una have less than 24 hours to find and rescue her grandpa. This extraordinary adventure will lead to a new friendship, rational robotic logic will be replaced with emotions, and Una's selfless love will save her partly alien family.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 08:40Summer with Rana (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Sanne Vogel
Netherlands, 2019, 68 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Suzan is spending the summer holidays with her grandmother while her mother goes to Syria as a war reporter. She forms a close friendship with Rana, a little Syrian girl, who lives in the nearby refugee camp. However, one night, Suzan receives some terrible news. Her mother has gone missing in a war zone. Now, only Rana can help her as she shares her experiences of escaping alone from Syria and surviving without any parents.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 08:50Douch (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Amir Mashhadi Abbas
Iran, 2018, 78 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Ten-year-old Gholamreza, who lives in a village in northern Iran, needs a bicycle to win a bicycle race and pay off his father´s debt. To get money for the new bicycle, he notices a prize for teaching an illiterate person how to read and write, but there aren´t any illiterate people in the village except a 90-year-old bad tempered woman who does not want to learn anything.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 10:30Whale Rider (2002)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Niki Caro
Germany, New Zealand, 2002, 105 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
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In 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.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 10:30Hacker (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Poul Berg
Denmark, 2019, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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Thirteen-year-old Benjamin is a highly skilled hacker, but also a teenager who is highly distrustful of others following the loss of his mother seven years earlier. Benjamin, who has never known his father, lives in a children´s home. One day he receives a visit from two men from the Danish Defence Intelligence Service who inform him that a woman they believe to be Benjamin´s mother was spotted by an airport surveillance camera several days earlier. At first, Benjamin is shocked by the news. However, he soon makes up his mind to investigate the matter and get to the bottom of what really happened to her.
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
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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.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 13:00Rocca 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.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 13:30The Lonely Wolf (1972)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Obrad Gluščević
Yugoslavia, 1972, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A boy finds a large wolf-like dog in the mountains and they befriend each other. The local peasants think that this may be the wolf responsible for the sheep pestilence. They decide to kill the animal, but the boy is worried about it and he secretly provides the dog with food.
Tue 28.05.2019 | 16:00It´s Not Forever (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Evgeniya Yatskina, Alyona Rubinshteyn
Russia, 2019, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Most of us pronounce the word "mom" without a second thought... But there are children who have never said it in their lives. The film is about children from orphanages. They have as much love as any of us. And all the time they are waiting. Sometimes - too long. But they never stop believing that one day they will be able to say this simple word - "mom".