Mon 27.05.2019 | 08:40Great Adventure of the Lucky Four (2019)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Michal Žabka
Czech Republic, 2019, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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InfoFour friends live in a small house on the edge of TYeskoprsk. Fifinka, Pinďa, Bobík and Myapulín recall the adventures they experienced the past year over a campfire. Each of them tells a story that he considers to the best. With Pinďa we'll hear about a hilarious climbing trip up Devil's Thumb, with Myapulín, a search for a cruel Werewolf; with Bobík, a fantastic journey into space; and with Fifinka, a visit to some little devils at Christmas. Whose story will be the most beautiful?
Mon 27.05.2019 | 08:50Princess Emmy (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Piet De Rycker
Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, 2018, 77 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Princess Emmy is a young girl with a secret gift - she can speak to horses. Up until now, life for Emmy has been wonderful: exploring and hanging out with her best friends, a stable full of amazing horses, spending time with her family at the castle, and not having a care in the world. That is until her jealous, scheming cousin Gizana appears; challenging her at every turn, threatening Emmy´s chances of becoming an officially inaugurated princess and generally making her life hell.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 11:00You'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 3
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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?
Mon 27.05.2019 | 11:10The Legend of Sarila (2013)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Nancy Florence Savard
Canada, 2013, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Based on Inuit culture and tradition, this story is set in northern Canada in 1910. Three young Inuit set out for the legendary land of Sarila in search of food for their clan. One of them, Markussi, finds out that he is actually an Inuit shaman, but the clan´s current shaman Croolik has been looking for ways to kill him and undermine his powers. Numerous adventures then ensue as they face dangers conjured up by Croolik. Will they find the legendary land, or will Croolik succeed in getting rid of Markussi.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 11:20Streetkids United 3 - The Road To Moscow (2019)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Children and Youth
Directed by: Jacco Groen, Jamillah van der Hulst
Netherlands, 2019, 60 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Empowering story of 9 Indian girls who are chosen by the Karunalaya Social Service Society to represent their country at the Street Child World Cup 2018 in Moscow, Russia. The girls had a rough start living on the streets, where they faced abuse and violence on a daily basis. They are an inspiration to everyone who meets them because of their positive and uplifting spirit. They see the event as an opportunity to share their plight to the world. They hope to become a role model for other street children and show that street children are somebody. The Street Child World Cup uses the power of football to raise awareness and tackle the widespread stigma faced by street-connected children, inspiring countries, governments and communities to better protect, respect and support street-connected children worldwide.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 13:00Here My Village (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Abas Aram
Iran, 2019, 83 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Farhad lives with his mother and sister in a village; he lost his father 5 years ago due to a fatal disease. Farhad is crazy about photos and magazines. One day, while in the city with his family, he spies a second hand camera in a shop window. He works hard to save up for the camera, but with no luck. When he sells one of their sheep to buy the camera, his mother figures it out and makes him get a refund on the camera. Then, desperate, Farhad grabs the camera and runs away...
Mon 27.05.2019 | 13:10Vitello (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Dorte Bengston
Denmark, 2018, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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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 | 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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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.
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 | 15:30Zen in the Ice Rift (2018)
Section: Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Margherita Ferri
Italy, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Maia, called Zen, a rowdy yet solitary 16-year-old tomboy, lives in a small village on top of the rough and beautiful Italian Apennines. She´s the only girl in the local ice hockey-team and she is constantly bullied by her teammates for her masculine attitude. When Vanessa - the beautiful and bewildered girlfriend of the team captain - runs away from home and hides in Maia´s family lodge, Maia feels free to trust someone for the first time. Led by the need to break away from the roles that the small community has forced them to play, Maia and Vanessa embark on a journey of self-discovery: an exploration of their gender identity and sexuality, liquid and restless like the troubled time of youth.
Mon 27.05.2019 | 16:00Invisible Sue (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Markus Dietrich
Germany, Luxembourg, 2018, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Sue (12) is a lonely teenage girl. Her mum is a researcher who spends all her time working at the lab. When Sue and her dad decide to surprise her at work on her birthday, they just end up getting in the way. In the commotion, Sue accidentally comes into contact with a liquid which makes her invisible! When her mum is kidnapped, Sue enlists the help of her friends to save her and apprehend the kidnappers.
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 | 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 | 08:30My 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
Score:
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 | 10:50Invisible Sue (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Markus Dietrich
Germany, Luxembourg, 2018, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Sue (12) is a lonely teenage girl. Her mum is a researcher who spends all her time working at the lab. When Sue and her dad decide to surprise her at work on her birthday, they just end up getting in the way. In the commotion, Sue accidentally comes into contact with a liquid which makes her invisible! When her mum is kidnapped, Sue enlists the help of her friends to save her and apprehend the kidnappers.