Fri 04.09.2020 | 08:40Inventing Tomorrow (2018)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Laura Nix
United States of America, 2018, 87 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
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InfoMeet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats – found right in their own backyards – while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. Take a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
Fri 04.09.2020 | 09:40Underage Engineers (2020)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Aleksandra Skowron, Hanna Polak
Poland, 2020, 52 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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An observational story about how a particular person can dramatically change the lives of a typical teenager – and how such an adult can also change under the influence of his pupils. This is a film about transformation, discovering passion, and forever having a positive impact on a child's approach to learning and life... All the protagonists have been observed for three years through the ages 12-15, at the most important moment in their development. And in so many ways their development has been atypical. During their very first lesson they heard that they should throw away their textbooks. Then it got even stranger, with 12-year-olds from a small Polish town attempting to build satellite sail test models, inspired by a group of professional engineers...
Fri 04.09.2020 | 15:30Awlad (2020)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Cosimo Caridi, Ane Irazabal
Spain, Italy, 2020, 65 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
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The story of four refugee children in four different countries describing their daily struggle to obtain a formal education. A quarter of the global population of school age live in war zones or disaster areas. Fewer than one in four under-age refugees attends secondary school. Only one in twenty enrolls in university. Less than two per cent of global humanitarian aid is spent on education. BIOGRAPHY Journalists working in crisis areas. They mainly cover issues related to migration and refugees, focusing on women's rights and children's education. They co-directed their first documentary, Awlad (2019).
Fri 04.09.2020 | 17:30Offline (2020)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Pavel Michalik
Czech Republic, 2020, 30 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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Four teenagers, everyday life, school, work and a week-long offline challenge. What do the lives of today's teenagers look like when they find themselves without an internet connection? In addition to disconnecting, they were to record their feelings and experiences in a video diary. Without the Internet, without music, without movies and series, and without any communication with the world around them, life can turn upside down.
Sat 05.09.2020 | 15:30Born 2 Drive (2019)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Daniel Fahre
Norway, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
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Every child grows up having a dream. Oliver is at first glimpse like any normal 15-year-old, hung up on his favorite thing: cars. However, he has a unique talent: he is the world’s youngest rallycross driver. This is the fast and furious story of the son of 3-time world champion Petter Solberg. Born three months early, Oliver won his first race in a crosskart at the age of 8. As Oliver starts at the racing school in Le Mans, he competes among the best, both in rally and rallycross. Does he have what it takes to make it to the top? A thrilling and energizing experience, with awesome car racing and action moments, this is a fascinating story of talent and a dream.
Sat 05.09.2020 | 16:00Apollo 11 (2019)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Todd Douglas Miller
United States of America, 2019, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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It is 1969, the Apollo 11 mission. This is the first spaceflight from which men walked on the Moon. The film consists solely of archival footage, including 70 mm film previously unreleased to the public, and does not feature narration, interviews, or modern reenactments. The Saturn V rocket, Apollo crew consisting of Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins, and Apollo program Earth-based mission operations engineers are prominently featured.
Sat 05.09.2020 | 17:30Side by Side (2012)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Chris Kenneally
United States of America, 2012, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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Can film survive our digital future? Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating an evolution in the medium, slowly replacing the standard format. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
Sun 06.09.2020 | 15:00Video Games: The Movie (2014)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Jeremy Snead
United States of America, 2014, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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A documentary chronicle of the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion-dollar industry. Offering a colorful history of the video game, from Pong and Space Invaders through Super Mario Bros. and Zelda to Call of Duty, Halo and Grand Theft Auto, this survey features a Who’s Who of video game icons and pioneers as it traces the evolution of a whole new form of interactive entertainment – the consoles, the joysticks, the bits and the bytes.
Sun 06.09.2020 | 16:00Off Sides (2019)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Tomáš Bojar, Rozálie Kohoutová
Czech Republic, 2019, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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In the summer of 2017, young hockey players from Náchod in East Bohemia went to faraway Morocco, where they experienced the most fun training camp of their careers. They came not only to play hockey, but also to get to know the local people and their way of life up close. A few months later, the hockey players from Salé, Morocco, headed to the Czech Republic to experience the same thing in reverse. The result is a lively dialogue between two different cultures, full of various little surprises and liberating humor. Did the Czechs learn to bargain in Morocco? Did the hockey superpower confirm that reputation? Did Moroccans get halal meat in Bohemia? Did they understand what offside means? BIOGRAPHY Pojar studied political philosophy, law and ethics at Charles University. He co-directed the film FC Roma (2016) and the TV series The Magnificent Five (Pět statečných, 2018); he himself made the film Breaking News (Mimořádná zpráva, 2018). Kohoutová studied Romani studies and graduated from FAMU. She has collaborated on many TV series, such as Jenica & Perla (2015) and CzechTek (2017).
Sun 06.09.2020 | 16:30Adventurer in Film Karel Zeman (2015)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-The Magic of Film Tricks
Directed by: Tomáš Hodan
Czech Republic, 2015, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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The life, work and significance of a classic of world film: Karel Zeman. He created worlds full of secrets and adventures based purely on his own imagination. The film reveals the inspiring source of his work, his worldwide acclaim and the creative workshop of this pioneer of film tricks. The number of festival awards, audience acclaim abroad, the number of publications and the filmmakers who've named him as a source of inspiration, show that Karel Zeman was one of the most successful and most prized Czech filmmakers in the world.
Mon 07.09.2020 | 14:30Underage Engineers (2020)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Aleksandra Skowron, Hanna Polak
Poland, 2020, 52 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
Score:
An observational story about how a particular person can dramatically change the lives of a typical teenager – and how such an adult can also change under the influence of his pupils. This is a film about transformation, discovering passion, and forever having a positive impact on a child's approach to learning and life... All the protagonists have been observed for three years through the ages 12-15, at the most important moment in their development. And in so many ways their development has been atypical. During their very first lesson they heard that they should throw away their textbooks. Then it got even stranger, with 12-year-olds from a small Polish town attempting to build satellite sail test models, inspired by a group of professional engineers...
Mon 07.09.2020 | 17:30Glitter & Dust (2020)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Anna Koch, Julia Lemke
Germany, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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Four girls living in the lonely vastness of the USA share one passion: The wild world of rodeo. Although they move about in the powerful imagery of the American prairie and the myths of the Wild West, they give it new resonance and break free of it. In a world which used to belong to their fathers and brothers, they prove that “you ride like a girl” is not an insult but a compliment.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 10:10Jawline (2019)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Liza Mandelup
United States of America, 2019, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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An entertaining and eye-opening portrait of influencer culture reveals the world behind social media stardom. The handsome 16-year-old Austyn Tester wants to escape the confines of life in small-town Tennessee. In the online world he is worshipped by thousands of teenage girls, who all angle for his likes and attention during his live streams.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 16:30Forward (2019)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Gilles de Maistre
France, 2019, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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Meet seven incredible young activists from around the world with an unwavering courage to transform our future. Their names are Micah, Chris, Heena, José Adolfo, Arthur, Khloe, Kevin, Aissatou. They are the voices of their generation in their countries. From Peru to India, from France to Guinea, they fight locally against extreme poverty, social inequalities and climate change. They are the children who will change the world.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 19:00More Human than Human (2018)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting
Belgium, Netherlands, 2018, 79 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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What does it mean to live in the age of intelligent machines? In this playful quest, the filmmaker finds out how much of his creativity and human values are at stake as he builds his own robot to replace himself as a filmmaker. The filmmaker’s journey takes him to the world’s leading AI experts and robot pioneers confronting them with existential questions such as: will AI, infinitely smarter, interconnected and possibly self-aware, render humanity obsolete? BIOGRAPHY Tommy is from the USA, Femke from the Netherlands. Both are successfully engaged in production and directing. Their joint filmography includes the documentaries Last Hijack (2014), Wir sind die Roboter (2015) and More Human Than Human (2018).
Wed 09.09.2020 | 10:40Born 2 Drive (2019)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Daniel Fahre
Norway, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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Every child grows up having a dream. Oliver is at first glimpse like any normal 15-year-old, hung up on his favorite thing: cars. However, he has a unique talent: he is the world’s youngest rallycross driver. This is the fast and furious story of the son of 3-time world champion Petter Solberg. Born three months early, Oliver won his first race in a crosskart at the age of 8. As Oliver starts at the racing school in Le Mans, he competes among the best, both in rally and rallycross. Does he have what it takes to make it to the top? A thrilling and energizing experience, with awesome car racing and action moments, this is a fascinating story of talent and a dream.
Wed 09.09.2020 | 14:30Blue Girl (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Keivan Majidi
Iran, 2020, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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In a remote village between the rocky mountains in Kurdistan, everyone is in love with football, but there is no plain field to play the game. The children decide to climb up the mountain in order to find somewhere to play the game…
Wed 09.09.2020 | 19:00Five Star Existence (2011)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Sonja Linden
Finland, Sweden, 2011, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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A personal and sensitive quest to the core of the modern information society, where technology and human being get more and more entwined. It explores our society being on the verge of turning ubiquitous – a wireless society, where the laws of time, space and distance are revolutionizing the concept of liaison. Do the consequences of the technological revolution increase our freedom or do they limit us?
Wed 09.09.2020 | 20:00Two Roads (2019)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Radovan Síbrt
Czech Republic, 2019, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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The band The Tap Tap is made up of members from the Jedlička Institute – people with different diagnoses, different personalities, and peculiar senses of humor. They are united by the joy of music and their work in the orchestra founded over 20 years ago by the bandleader Šimon Ornest. With a strict hand and with great energy and understanding, he leads his musicians to establish themselves in the music world. But he is also their support and a friend.
Thu 10.09.2020 | 19:00Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science
Directed by: Werner Herzog
United States of America, 2016, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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Documentary journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works - from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships.