Wed 29.05.2019 | 17:40Bille (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Inara Kolmane
Latvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, 2018, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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InfoLatvia. Late 1930s. Bille lives in a world where the poor have their streets and the rich have theirs. She has learned to cope with poverty but is deprived of her mother´s love; relatives take care of Bille but keep reminding her regularly that she is a good-for-nothing who won´t achieve much in her life&. This hurts Bille, but the girl has a dream - to prove herself and break loose from the bondage of feeling inferior. Bille´s personal growth passes through complex and tragic stages of Latvian history.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 19:30Icebox (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Daniel Sawka
United States of America, 2018, 88 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The grim reality of the current US immigration system through the eyes of Oscar, a 12-year-old schoolboy from Honduras, whose unwanted ties to a brutal gang have prompted his parents to smuggle him out of the country in the hope that he will escape to America and lead a better life under the protection of his uncle Manuel, a recent immigrant. However, Oscar is caught in the Arizona desert by border police and sent to a juvenile immigration center, where he tries regain control of his life inside a "wire box" and reach his dream destination.
Wed 29.05.2019 | 21:30Fig Tree (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian
Ethiopia, France, Germany, Israel, 2018, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Sixteen-year-old Jewish Mina is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong. Davidian´s coming of age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.
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 | 08:30Double Trouble and the Magical Mirror (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Germany, 2019, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Frido is a fun-loving kid and just like most kids his age, a little lazy in school. One day during a town fair he encounters a magical mirror. With the mirrors magic he can create a double of himself - who is just perfect at everything he is not. With the help of his double, who is very smart in school, Frido starts to give up more and more responsibility - not only in school but also at home. When his classmates find out, they copy themselves too. No one goes to school anymore, but the freaky doubles start taking over...
Thu 30.05.2019 | 08:40Racetime (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Benoit Godbout
Canada, 2018, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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A spectacular sled race through the village. Frankie-Four-Eyes and his team, including Sophie as the driver, take on the newcomers: the mysterious and conceited Zac and his athletic cousin Charly. After losing a race in which it turns out Zac cheated, Frankie demands a rematch; which Zac accepts on condition that Frankie build an entirely new race track. Frankie and his friends build a spectacular race track. Zac realizes he is up against a worthy opponent, so he raises the stakes even more by cornering Frankie into adding a bet...
Thu 30.05.2019 | 08:50Here My Village (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Abas Aram
Iran, 2019, 83 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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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...
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 | 11:10Bulbul Can Sing (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Rima Das
India, 2018, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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The lives of three friends on the threshold of adulthood are portrayed in the atmospheric light of dusk and dawn. Poetic sensuality contrasts with authentic scenes of everyday life in their Indian village, where care-free youthfulness comes face to face with merciless reality. The story´s protagonist is Bulbul, whose voice fails her when she has to sing in front of people. Fear of failure and self-doubt also plague the fragile Bonny, and Suman, who does not fulfil the traditional male image. The three teens are under the pressure of high expectations and strict moral codes.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 11:30I Used To Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Jessica Leski
Australia, 2018, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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From The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys and One Direction, I Used to be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story will take you back to the fun, fantasy and feelings of your teenage years. Filmed over four years, and spanning three generations, this intimate story follows a diverse group of women who have had their lives dramatically changed by their boyband obsessions. These four women must navigate the challenges of love, sexuality, family and faith, while constantly grappling with all the problems and contradictions that are part of being in love with a boyband.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 13:10Cars (2006)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: John Lasseter
United States of America, 2006, 116 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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The vain race car Lightning feels he doesn't need anyone and acts like he's never heard of "team work". On the way to an important race, however, he gets lost and ends up in Radiator Springs, where he is sentenced to repair a local road for community service due to speeding. In this remote town, smug Lightning learns not only what team work is, but also friendship, and even love when he falls in love with his lawyer Sally, a fine Porsche..
Thu 30.05.2019 | 15:10Alone in Space (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Ted Kjellsson
Sweden, 2018, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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In a not too distant future, the giant spacecraft Svea travels with only two passengers - 12-year-old Gladys and her little brother Keaton. The children have fled from a broken planet Earth and are heading towards the planet Vial, but they never seem to arrive. They spend their days exploring the giant ship and the only one they can talk to is the Japanese A.I. Otosan. But everything changes when something unknown crashes into Svea - and suddenly they are not alone in space anymore..
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.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 17:40Friday´s Child (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: A.J. Edwards
United States of America, 2018, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Fresh out of foster care at age 18, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.
Thu 30.05.2019 | 20:15Isy Way Out (2018)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Mark Monheim, Max Eipp
Germany, 2018, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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In a brutal mixture of jealousy, lovesickness, alcohol, pills, cocaine and a whirlwind of beats, Isy passes out. Jonas, whose heart she broke, and his friends use the situation to take advantage of her. Afterwards, Isy can't remember a thing and refuses to involve the police. Jonas's father wants to avoid a scandal at all costs and does whatever he can to sweep the crime under the rug. But what will happen if nothing happens? If there is no punishment? The families face an existential crisis that threatens to tear them apart.
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 | 09:00Too 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 | 09:10Jacob, 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!