Film programme 2019

Crow: The Legend (2019)

Section: Virtual Reality

Directed by: Eric Darnell

United States of America, 2019, 23 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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For reasons unknown, the Spirit of the Seasons brings Winter for the very first time. The once carefree animals realize that their very lives are in danger.

VR Cinema: Pearl, Dream Collector

Section: Virtual Reality

, 0, 17 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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Pearl (2017)

Section: Virtual Reality

Directed by: Patrick Osborne

United States of America, 2017, 6 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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Living inside their car, a girl and her dad crisscross the country chasing their dreams making music. It´s about finding grace in the unlikeliest of places.

The 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.

Dream Collector (2017)

Section: Virtual Reality

Directed by: Li Mi

China, 2017, 11 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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An old man and his playful dog sort through the trash left behind by others - abandoned dreams the man is determined to bring back to life.

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (2019)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Edmunds Jansons

Latvia, Poland, 2019, 70 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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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!

VR Cinema: Invasion!, Asteroids!

Section: Virtual Reality

, 0, 17 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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Knot on a Handkerchief (1958)

Section: Anniversary - Pinkava

Directed by: Hermína Týrlová, Josef Pinkava

Czechoslovakia, 1958, 14 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A mixed animated-live acted film about a forgetful boy and his living knotted handkerchief. Like the boy, the knotted handkerchief sets out to have fun, but eventually remembers his duty to the boy.

Knot on a Handkerchief (1958)

Section: Anniversary - Pinkava

Directed by: Hermína Týrlová, Josef Pinkava

Czechoslovakia, 1958, 14 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A mixed animated-live acted film about a forgetful boy and his living knotted handkerchief. Like the boy, the knotted handkerchief sets out to have fun, but eventually remembers his duty to the boy.

Invasion! (2016)

Section: Virtual Reality

Directed by: Eric Darnell

United States of America, 2016, 6 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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A VR story about menacing aliens that come to take over Earth and destroy anyone that tries to stop them. And you are just an adorable white bunny..

Captain Korda (1970)

Section: Anniversary - Pinkava

Directed by: Josef Pinkava

Czechoslovakia, 1970, 88 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A little orphan named Pepík and a train dispatcher called "Captain" Korda become friends while in hospital. Korda then wants to adopt Pepík. The joy found by this childless married couple and Pepík, however, is disrupted by the boy's real mother..

Asteroids! (2017)

Section: Virtual Reality

Directed by: Eric Darnell

United States of America, 2017, 11 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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A VR film in which you are a helper-bot alongside a pair of quirky aliens in a completely immersive story filled with humor, excitement, and compassion.

Home (2009)

Section: Discover & Explore: Nature

Directed by: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

France, 2009, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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A journey through 50 countries: an ode to the beauty and subtle harmony of our planet. The series of captivating shots of different landscapes, almost entirely from above, presents current environmental issues (global warming, felling of rainforests, loss of biodiversity, depletion of natural resources, and migration of people). We start with the origin of the Earth and go from general statements to concrete examples with a list of alarming statistics. It also expresses optimism about the development of environmentalism, democracy and education.

Didi & Boodi- A Little Cheat (2018)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Mona Abdollah Shahi

Iran, 2018, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Didi copies the idea of a boat that Boodi has designed in order to make a lot of money. But this scam won´t be as successful as Didi hopes.

The Dust (2018)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Dace Riduze

Latvia, 2018, 13 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A magical world exists on a small boy's book shelf - the world of Dusties. The two worlds meet when the boy encounters one of the little Dusties

The Last Day of Autumn (2019)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Marjolaine Perreten

France, Switzerland, 2019, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Forest animals secretly collect abandoned bike parts with the intention of building vehicles that fit their size. They´re preparing for a great race.

Playmobil Generation (2018)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Thomas Leclercq

Belgium, 2018, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A young boy loses his brand-new toy in the bush of the playground. He would like to get it back but his friends warn him: no one has ever come back from there

Basilisk and other animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

International, 0, 41 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Basilisk (2018)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Vera Pozdeeva

Russia, 2018, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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While in a library, a little girl and her weasel find themselves transported by a magical book to another world. A world in danger because of the terrible Basilisk

Zero Days (2017)

Section: Virtual Reality

Directed by: Yasmin Elayat

United States of America, 2017, 21 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum - U13

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The story of Stuxnet: placed inside the invisible world of computer viruses, you experience the high stakes of cyber warfare at a human scale.