Tue 28.05.2019 | 17:20Scent of Oranges (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth, Festival Gala
Directed by: Ivan Pokorný
Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2019, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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InfoDarek lives with his father and sister in a mountain village on the Czech-German-Polish border. His life changes after his mother's death. He has more freedom, but life has lost its luster. His mother could solve problems playfully and imaginatively; his father struggles with them - he's shut himself off, drowns his sorrows with alcohol, and puts too much of a burden on Darek's shoulders. Darek is growing up fast. He´s getting tougher and earning respect. And the charming Hanka has eyes for him. When his father loses his job, he can no longer keep the family together. But then pops up an old friend, Uli, bringing new prospects: they'll breed horses together. His dad gets caught up in the idea, picks himself up, and their problems seem to be over. Darek eagerly helps out and the horses give him new meaning, prestige and love. Now he can impress Hanka and score more points than his rival Hugo. But nothing is forever..
Wed 29.05.2019 | 08:10Storm Boy (2018)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children, Festival Gala
Directed by: Shawn Seet
Australia, 2018, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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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.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 10:50The Arctic Camels (2018)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Children and Youth
Directed by: Karl Emil Rikardsen
Norway, 2018, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Torarin and Svalin live with their parents in Akkarfjord, way up in the north of Norway. When the siblings want a horse for riding, their parents buy two Bactrian camels for them instead. The exotic animals need to be trained, and the family soon discovers that camel training is not for amateurs. They take on an expedition to Mongolia, hoping to find a professional trainer who will accept an invitation to train their camels in Arctic Norway. Deep into the Goby desert, they actually find a candidate. But they are not prepared for Mongolian training methods.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 13:10Whale Rider (2002)
Section: Discover & Explore: People
Directed by: Niki Caro
Germany, New Zealand, 2002, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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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.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 14:00Bears Love Me! (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Eva M.C. Zanen
Netherlands, 2019, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Eight year-old Jip is delighted when her parents plan a bargain foreign holiday in a camper van to see wild bears. It's her dream come true. However, not everyone else in her family shares her delight. Her sisters and mum would rather be elsewhere. Only her dad feels the same way. Once they're abroad, the family quickly realizes that their dreams of simple adventure were naive and they struggle to cope with new and unfamiliar challenges in a scary foreign country.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 15:30Born in China (2016)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Chuan Lu
United States of America, 2016, 79 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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A spectacular trip to the Chinese wilderness and the adventures of three animal families - majestic pandas, long-lived langur, and elusive snow leopards. The breathtaking footage captures vast lands - from the freezing mountains to the very heart of a bamboo forest - on the wings of a Manchurian crane, and presents the most intimate family moments captured for the first time on film.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 16:00Jane (2017)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Brett Morgen
United States of America, 2017, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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An unprecedented, intimate portrait of Jane Goodall - a trailblazer who defied the odds to become one of the world´s most admired conservationists. Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for over 50 years, this is the story of Jane, a woman whose chimpanzee research challenged the male-dominated scientific consensus of her time and revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 17:00Emu 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.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 08:10Find My Way Home (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Peng Li
China, 2018, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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Bottle the puppy is being raised by Hao-Hao, a 6-year-old girl. He and Hao-Hao spend delightful moments together. Unfortunately, they are parted when Hao-Hao´s family emmigrates. It´s been arranged that Bottle is to stay temporarily at Hao-Hao´s auntie´s home, but the puppy isn´t used to the new environment and goes looking for Hao-Hao. When he arrives at their home after an arduous journey, Bottle finds that the girl isn´t there anymore. All he can do is wait wherever Hao-Hao and he had once been. Will they be reunited?
Thu 30.05.2019 | 09:00Amazonia (2013)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Thierry Ragobert
France, Brazil, 2013, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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A 3D odyssey into the world´s biggest rainforest: the Amazon Forest. After a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle. Unprepared, the little monkey feels helpless with this sudden freedom. Facing a new world in which dense and luxuriant vegetation covers everything, Saï has to find his way and protect himself from the traps Nature has laid out. Saï soon understands that finding fellow capuchin monkeys and being adopted by them may be his only hope for survival.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 09:10Seasons (2015)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
France, 2015, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The story of a forest - not a tropical forest with exotic wildlife, but the well-known forest that is behind the barn, which pulses with surprisingly rich life. With state-of-the-art technology and unique methods, the filmmakers have four decades of footage at locations across Europe; they often even lived in the woods with watched wild animals in order to truly tell the story of the forest from the ice age to the present and capture the exciting cycle of life within it.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 10:30Bears Love Me! (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Eva M.C. Zanen
Netherlands, 2019, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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Eight year-old Jip is delighted when her parents plan a bargain foreign holiday in a camper van to see wild bears. It's her dream come true. However, not everyone else in her family shares her delight. Her sisters and mum would rather be elsewhere. Only her dad feels the same way. Once they're abroad, the family quickly realizes that their dreams of simple adventure were naive and they struggle to cope with new and unfamiliar challenges in a scary foreign country.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 14:30Kamchatka Bears. Life Begins (2018)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Irina Zhuravleva, Vladislav Grishin
Russia, 2018, 55 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The South Kamchatka Federal Sanctuary is often called a bear paradise. The LESFILM production team headed there and spent seven months observing and filming hidden secrets the newborn bear cubs' daily lives throughout their first year on Earth. 'Kamchatka Bears. Life Begins' is a movie that differs from the other nature documentary. The film is meditative. Music, the sounds of nature and the absence of a human voice allow the viewer to plunge into the beauty of wild nature as much as possible, to feel its presence among volcanoes, rivers and wild animals, and experience an important boundary, beyond which a person should not interfere.
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.
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 | 08:30Find My Way Home (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Peng Li
China, 2018, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Bottle the puppy is being raised by Hao-Hao, a 6-year-old girl. He and Hao-Hao spend delightful moments together. Unfortunately, they are parted when Hao-Hao´s family emmigrates. It´s been arranged that Bottle is to stay temporarily at Hao-Hao´s auntie´s home, but the puppy isn´t used to the new environment and goes looking for Hao-Hao. When he arrives at their home after an arduous journey, Bottle finds that the girl isn´t there anymore. All he can do is wait wherever Hao-Hao and he had once been. Will they be reunited?
Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:40Tabaluga (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Sven Unterwaldt
Canada, Germany, 2018, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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The young dragon Tabaluga lives in Greenland with his foster father, Kolk the Raven. He´s never learned to breathe fire, but no dragon can teach him as he is the last of his kind. His only friend is a ladybug named Bully. One day, the evil Lord Arktos lures Tabaluga and Bully to Iceland, where they meet the beautiful ice princess Lilli and it´s love at first sight. Arktos wants to do away with all the dragons so he can freeze Greenland. But Arktos doesn´t know that Lilli has fallen in love with Tabaluga. Can the three of them defeat Arktos and his army of polar bears?
Fri 31.05.2019 | 09:00To the Woods with Herbert 2 (2019)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2019, 14 min
Projection place: Alternativa
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Hubert the dog is back and with him are a lot of great adventures in nature! Filip and Ani ka won't be bored for a minute in grandfather's new district! Join them.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 09:10Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Edmunds Jansons
Latvia, Poland, 2019, 70 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Jacob lives in the city and dreams of becoming an architect like his busy dad. He spends a lot of time drawing buildings and daydreaming while his father is at work. One day, his dad needs to go away on business for longer than usual and Jacob has to spend the a whole week with his bossy cousin Mimmi. As soon as Jacob arrives it turns out that the local park is about to be transformed into new skyscrapers by a greedy businessman. Jacob and Mimmi decide to stop the development. It turns out that they can only do it with the help of a pack of local dogs that can talk!
Fri 31.05.2019 | 10:30Aldabra: Once Upon an Island (2014)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Steve Lichtag
Czech Republic, 2014, 73 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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The fateful stories of the wondrous creatures inhabiting the Aldabra Atoll, who are born here, create communities, give birth to young and fight for survival. A trip to places where the human foot has almost no chance of entering, full of fascinating adventures of the local natural world and an extraordinary experience that only the latest in 3D technology can offer.