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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InfoFor 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 | 08:50Sam´s Dream and other animations
Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children
International, 0, 38 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:50Polar Opposites (2018)
Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Diana Wey
United Kingdom, 2018, 4 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Edmund is a grumpy penguin who wants to be by himself on a little iceberg, but an overly friendly polar bear just won´t leave him alone. But does he want to be
Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:50Sam´s Dream (2018)
Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Nolwenn Roberts
France, 2018, 7 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A small mouse decides to make his dream come true: to fly with the swallows. Sam has one year to the day to make it real by defying the laws of gravity
Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:50Echo (2018)
Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Boriša Simović, Kosta Rakićević
Serbia, 2018, 8 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A 5-year-old considers the difference between the emotional charge he gets with his father and life with his mother, where there is no place for the irrational.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:50 Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:50Sunday Morning (2018)
Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Vinnie Ann Bose
France, 2018, 4 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Every Sunday morning, Ann, aged 7, is forced to wake up early to go to church with her family. But this Sunday mass ends up being more eventful than expected
Fri 31.05.2019 | 08:50Ballad of Pipe and Necklace (2018)
Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children
Directed by: Martin Babić
Croatia, 2018, 12 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Agh is prehistoric preteen who is more into music than into cavemen stuff. He meets Diga, a girl from another tribe. Likeminded, they decide to run away together
Fri 31.05.2019 | 09:00Too Far Away (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Sarah Winkenstette
Germany, 2019, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Ben and his family have to move to the nearby city because an open brown coal pit will swallow their village soon. Ben meets Tariq, a Syrian refugee. The two start out as competitors - at school and at the football club - but soon find out that they have more in common than they thought they would.
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.
Fri 31.05.2019 | 10:30A Plastic Ocean (2016)
Section: Discover & Explore: Nature
Directed by: Craig Leeson
Hong Kong, 2016, 102 min
Projection place: U18
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Our story begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. Craig teams up with free diver Tanya Streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, and they travel to twenty locations around the world over the next four years to explore the fragile state of our oceans, uncover alarming truths about plastic pollution, and reveal working solutions that can be put into immediate effect.
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 | 11:00A Journey Like No Other (2019)
Section: Discover & Explore: Countries
Directed by: Viktorie Lörinczová
Czech Republic, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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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.
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 | 11:20Tomka and his friends (1977)
Section: Discover & Explore: Balkan
Directed by: Xhanfise Keko
Albania, 1977, 74 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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During WWII in a small Albanian village, little Tomka, the oldest among his young friends, plays daily on the riverbank until the Nazis invade the playground. The outraged children decide to retaliate. First, they poison the black German shepherd that does not permit them to approach their beloved playing field. Later, the children help blow up the enemy military camp Who knew war could be this much fun?
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.