Thu 30.05.2019 | 15:10Alone in Space (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Ted Kjellsson
Sweden, 2018, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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InfoIn 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..
Thu 30.05.2019 | 16:00Phantom Owl Forest (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Anu Aun
Estonia, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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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.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 17:00Boy (2010)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Taika Waititi
New Zealand, 2010, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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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.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 21:30Broken Mirrors (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Imri Matalon, Aviad Givon
Israel, 2018, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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From the outside, the Adler family lives an enviable life, but underneath Giora´s great love for his family lays an obsession with his eldest daughter Ariella. This strict military disciplinarian follows his teenage daughter´s every move, and he inflicts severe methods of punishment. Ariella commits a grave error, yet her father won´t punish her for it. Seeking a punishment of her own, Ariella embarks on a dark quest where she will discover a secret to her father´s past that will lead them to confront one another.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:10Phantom Owl Forest (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Anu Aun
Estonia, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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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 31.05.2019 | 10:50Fight Girl (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Johan Timmers
Netherlands, Belgium, 2018, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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When her parents end up in an acrimonious divorce, the headstrong, highly volatile Bo (12) moves to an Amsterdam suburb with her mother and brother. Once there, her neighbour, Joy, introduces her to the kickboxing club. She demonstrates natural talent and is very soon taking part in the Dutch championships, but her parents´ divorce is distracting Bo and threatens to ruin the contest. Bo must learn restraint and accept that she can´t control everything.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 11:1017 Seconds (2018)
Section: Panorama, Festival Gala
Directed by: Alon Marom
Israel, 2018, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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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 31.05.2019 | 11:30Emu Runner (2018)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Imogen Thomas
Australia, 2018, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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In the remote community of Brewarrina in northwest New South Wales, Gem, a spirited 9-year-old girl, is at a loss with how to deal with the unexpected death of her mother. She finds little guidance from her father, Jay Jay, a stalwart, well-meaning man who feels the skeptical eyes of the community on him as a newly bereaved parent to three children. Instead, at the moment of her greatest need for comfort, Gem encounters and forges a bond with a wild emu, the totem bird of her ancestors, which gains the attention of a new social worker in town.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 14:00Romy's Salon (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Mischa Kamp
Netherlands, Germany, 2019, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Romy´s mother has to work a lot. That´s why Romy visits her grandmother every day after school. If you think it´s fun, well then you´re wrong. Because Grandma Stine is very busy working in her own hairdressing salon and is very strict with Romy. But everything is different when Romy finds out that her grandmother also has a totally different side.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 15:10Sune vs Sune (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Jon Holmberg
Sweden, 2018, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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On his first day as a fourth-grader, Sune is welcomed by an unwanted surprise. A new boy is in his seat, and he´s everything Sune wants to be. Not only that, but his name is also Sune - it´s the worst possible start to the fourth grade. At the same, Håkan notices that his big brother is about to enter the boring adult world, their dad Rudolf has a midlife crisis and wants to quit his job to pursue a career in music and their mum Karin glares jealously at the new Sune´s perfect mum and her even more perfect car. Welcome to the Andersson family!
Fri 31.05.2019 | 16:30A Boy and Sungreen (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: AHN Ju-young
South Korea, 2018, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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There is a fragile and sensitive boy in a tough world. His mother named him Bo-hee, but others have given him an unusual nickname. There is a seemingly unbreakable girl. Her name is Nok-yang (Sungreen) and she is Bo-hee´s best friend. Bo-hee finds out that his mother has a boyfriend, and that his supposedly-dead father is alive. He sets out to find his father with Sungreen. His life is suddenly flooded with new people; his father´s friends, his cousin and her boyfriend. Tracing him down through the clues given by those people, Bo-hee gets closer to his father.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 17:00Tito and Me (1992)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Goran Markovič
Yugoslavia, 1992, 118 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The story of a 10-year-old boy who, as most of the children in Yugoslavia of the 1950s can hardly imagine his life without the great national leader - marshal Tito. After winning the contest for the best composition, he is rewarded with participation in the "Tito's Native Land" march. This march is a difficult temptation for him. Unaccustomed to nature, long walks, independent living and harassed by the teacher, a Stalinist, he fails, gets lost in the mountains and his life changes.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 17:20Hacker (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Poul Berg
Denmark, 2019, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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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.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 17:40Wild 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 31.05.2019 | 18:15Book of Klaudie (2019)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Zuzana Dubová
Czech Republic, 2019, 43 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Klaudia completes the fourth grade in Karviná and looks forward to the summer. Klaudie is wild - like a literary character, she recently almost ended up in a children's home. While playing with a friend, security cameras caught her putting heavy stones on some train tracks. The train could have been derailed. After a police investigation, she was in danger of going to a children's home instead of her grandmother's care with her younger siblings. Her mom and dad aren't interested in her, and she's going to grow up quickly - even though she's only 10.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 19:00For a Happy Life (2018)
Section: Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Salima Sarah Glamine, Dimitri Linder
Belgium, Luxembourg, 2018, 88 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Amel, 17, of Algerian origin, lives alone with her father Karim. For the past couple of months, she has had a secret love affair with her best friend's brother, Mashir, 22, of Pakistani origin. Following a work accident, Mashir's uncle comes to live in the neighbourhood with his wife and his daughter, who he now wants to marry off. Barely arrived, he sees Mashir as the ideal son-in-law. And faced with the determination of this fragile man, nobody dares criticize his idea. Despite the love he has for Amel, Mashir is unable to openly oppose his uncle and risk disappointing his family. The noose is tightening around their relationship and Mashir's fate seems sealed. Amel, in a last-ditch attempt to save the one she loves, will break taboos and violently disrupt the lives of those around her.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 19:30Indian Horse (2017)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Stephen Campanelli
Canada, 2017, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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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.