Winter Flies (2018)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Olmo Omerzu
Czech Republic, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, 2018, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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A road movie about the friendship of boys, adventure, and freedom. Fourteen-year-old outsider Mára and his 12-year-old friend Hedua make their way to freedom. Mara steals a car and even manages to influence a young hitchhiker. Everyone is on the run on an adventure and enjoying a sudden freedom they may never experience again. Until the police nab Mara. The two police officers who interrogate him can't quite decide which parts of his story are real and what's fictional; sometimes it is difficult to distinguish reality from fantasy.
Take 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 3
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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.
A Journey Like No Other (2019)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Viktorie Lörinczová
Czech Republic, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: U18
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The journey of a lifetime for friends Lukáš Socha and Tomáš Vaňourek is a reconstruction of the famous Eurasian journey by Czech legends Jiří Hanzelka and Miroslav Zikmund from 1959 to 1964. The travelers show us how they searched for the places Zikmund and Hanzelka visited and photographed 60 years ago, as well as their own incredible stories.
Avé (2011)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Konstantin Bojanov
Bulgaria, 2011, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The story of two young people, Kamen, a student of art; and Avé, an unpredictable seventeen-year-old. Their lives intersect while hitchhiking in Bulgaria. While Kamen is travelling to his friend's funeral, Avé is running away from family and responsibility in despair, and Kamen is constantly seduced by her lies and invention of new identities. Kamen is enchanted by her spontaneity and is involuntarily drawn into new adventures and ever greater problems. During their journey, they are both forced to face death, love and responsibility for the first time.
Take 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
Score:
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.
Kayak 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.
Chippa (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Syed Safdar Rahman
India, 2019, 71 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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When Chippa is handed a letter addressed to him from a father he does not remember, the little boy decides to leave his pavement abode and find out more. Unfortunately, the letter is written in Urdu so he need someone to read it for him. A fight with his grand aunt (with whom he lives) confirms his initial intention. At the stroke of midnight, on his tenth birthday, Chippa grabs a bag full of knick-knacks and heads out to discover the city and its street nightlife, while trying to discover connections to his father. ... A coming of age tale told through a single night in the winters of Kolkota.
Trabant on the Silky Road (2009)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Dan Přibáň, Dana Zlatohlávková
Czech Republic, 2009, 57 min
Projection place: U18
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In July 2007, a three-member Trabant Silk Road expedition went to the deserts of Central Asia. The odometer on the small yellow Trabant turns fifteen thousand kilometers. Half of Europe and most of Central Asia have passed beneath its wheels. After six weeks spent in a confined space, the three travelers go together across Central Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, Iran, and Turkmenistan to make their way back to Samarkand in Uzbekistan and then home via Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. 15,000 kilometers is a very long journey.
Chippa (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Syed Safdar Rahman
India, 2019, 71 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
When Chippa is handed a letter addressed to him from a father he does not remember, the little boy decides to leave his pavement abode and find out more. Unfortunately, the letter is written in Urdu so he need someone to read it for him. A fight with his grand aunt (with whom he lives) confirms his initial intention. At the stroke of midnight, on his tenth birthday, Chippa grabs a bag full of knick-knacks and heads out to discover the city and its street nightlife, while trying to discover connections to his father. ... A coming of age tale told through a single night in the winters of Kolkota.
Winter Flies (2018)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Olmo Omerzu
Czech Republic, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, 2018, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
A road movie about the friendship of boys, adventure, and freedom. Fourteen-year-old outsider Mára and his 12-year-old friend Hedua make their way to freedom. Mara steals a car and even manages to influence a young hitchhiker. Everyone is on the run on an adventure and enjoying a sudden freedom they may never experience again. Until the police nab Mara. The two police officers who interrogate him can't quite decide which parts of his story are real and what's fictional; sometimes it is difficult to distinguish reality from fantasy.
Break a leg! (2014)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Martin Matěj
Czech Republic, 2014, 68 min
Projection place: U18
Score:
Over the past few years, three handbikers have traveled through Iceland, Israel and Palestine. This time, Jiří Čeloud, Martin Matěj, and Pavel Přichystal head out on an adventure under the cruel African sun. Living five weeks in the saddle of a hand-cranked bike, having only the bare essentials with you in a backpack, sleeping in a tent or in the open, cooking over a fire - that may sound romantic, but after a week in the snow of the High Atlas, the participants recall the journey as a struggle with winter, time and self.
A Journey Like No Other (2019)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Viktorie Lörinczová
Czech Republic, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
The journey of a lifetime for friends Lukáš Socha and Tomáš Vaňourek is a reconstruction of the famous Eurasian journey by Czech legends Jiří Hanzelka and Miroslav Zikmund from 1959 to 1964. The travelers show us how they searched for the places Zikmund and Hanzelka visited and photographed 60 years ago, as well as their own incredible stories.
Indie Rickshow (2017)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Jakub Janča, Martin Hamouz, Jan Tomšů
Czech Republic, India, 2017, 51 min
Projection place: U18
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Three Czechs in a rickshaw race through India& Adrenaline-inducing, crazy, breathtaking, deadly - thus can the race on ridiculous carts across the colorful and unpredictable India be described. In a country where everybody takes their lives on the road into their own hands and getting on the road requires a lot of courage, the "tuk-tuk" race is a truly insane idea. And when you put three men from the heart of a civilized Europe, who only know about India curry and the Kama Sutra, it's a series of unfortunate events.