Fri 04.09.2020 | 14:30Cleo (2019)
Section: International Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Eva Cools
Belgium, 2019, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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InfoSix months after surviving the car accident that killed her parents, Cleo is only just beginning to feel like herself again. The 17-year-old — who now lives with her grandmother along with her 7-year-old brother Bruno — is ready to revisit her favorite haunt, Club 7, for drinking and dancing with friends. For the first time, she seems to find an escape from her sorrow. So when a mysterious loner named Leos rescues her from a bar fight, Cleo doesn’t tell him about her parents. She merely mentions that she hates cars when he reveals he is an auto mechanic. Although Leos is over ten years older than Cleo, the two become friends, and, perhaps naively, Cleo hopes the relationship will become romantic. But the brooding Leos, who curiously doesn’t carry a cell phone, is dealing with his own troubled past.
Fri 04.09.2020 | 20:00Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)
Section: International Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Simon Bird
United Kingdom, 2019, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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Sue (52), works in a library. Daniel (15), eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father’s new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. Over the course of one long summer, an epic war of wills rages in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as Sue and Daniel reckon with private tragedies – and pursue their personal passions.
Fri 04.09.2020 | 21:00Here Are the Young Men (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Eoin Macken
Ireland, 2020, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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Dublin teenagers Matthew, the free-spirited Jen, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.
Sat 05.09.2020 | 17:00FOMO - Fear of Missing Out (2019)
Section: International Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Attila Hartung
Hungary, 2019, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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At one of the group's many parties, Lilla, the daughter of the school history teacher, behaves a little too indecently. More than a little tipsy, she competes for Gergö's attentions and indeed, at the point where she is barely still able to walk, they end up in bed together. Needless to say, this provides the material for the clique's latest video. The following day the footage is online and Lilla has vanished. Subsequently, Gergö, the first to fall under suspicion, risks losing more than just his school leaving certificate. Together with his friends he proceeds to search the bars of Budapest, with not only the pressure of his own conscience, but also a sense of anxiety within the group growing in the process; what are they to do should the question of guilt arise? Stick together and keep silent, or ask for forgiveness?
Sat 05.09.2020 | 19:00The Pack (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Tomáš Polenský
Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovak Republic, 2020, 94 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
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Ice skates cut the ice. Silhouettes of hockey players swirl in the spray of the frost, and sharp scratches remain on the ice behind them. Talented goalkeeper David (16) is joining a new team. He will do everything in his power to make a name for himself in the Wolves hockey team. But the position of the current goalkeeper Miky (16) seems unshakable. In addition, Miky is the son of a coach. David really doesn't fit in with the Wolves. Maybe it's the small plastic box that pumps insulin into his body. But David will not be defeated by diabetes. He is an outsider in the team and faces an avalanche of bullying. Those who do not attack also do no not help. David tries to fight, but the result is even worse. Pushes, injuries and humiliations pile on each other like the spiral scars of tracks engraved by ice skates. What will David do?
Sat 05.09.2020 | 20:00All for My Mother (2019)
Section: International Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Małgorzata Imielska
Poland, 2019, 103 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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Ola is a 17-year-old girl with boyish moves, hair falling over her big blue eyes all the time, bitten nails, and arms covered in scars from self-mutilation. Because she has run away from an orphanage too many times, the court has placed her at a youth detention centre. She’s got no fancy clothes or expensive phone. Unlike the other girls, she refuses to provide any sexual services to the caretaker in exchange for cigarettes or small sums of money. The only thing she wants is to get her mother back. The girl is an ardent athlete. She believes that once she starts being successful at sports events, her mother will find her. But because she is so “separate” from the world, she becomes a victim of violence.
Sun 06.09.2020 | 19:00The Abstainer (2019)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: David Vigner
Czech Republic, 2019, 83 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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Adam had his life ahead of him; all that was left was to finish his exams and apply to university. To fight off boredom and to feel relaxed and funny, he turned to alcohol. Then came the trouble. Now at a rehabilitation centre for alcoholics, he initially defies the strict regime here. His views of the treatment and himself change only thanks to an empathetic therapist. The inhospitable environment becomes a place of self-reflection on an event that irreversibly changed Adam's life.
Mon 07.09.2020 | 09:40The Pack (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Tomáš Polenský
Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovak Republic, 2020, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
Score:
Ice skates cut the ice. Silhouettes of hockey players swirl in the spray of the frost, and sharp scratches remain on the ice behind them. Talented goalkeeper David (16) is joining a new team. He will do everything in his power to make a name for himself in the Wolves hockey team. But the position of the current goalkeeper Miky (16) seems unshakable. In addition, Miky is the son of a coach. David really doesn't fit in with the Wolves. Maybe it's the small plastic box that pumps insulin into his body. But David will not be defeated by diabetes. He is an outsider in the team and faces an avalanche of bullying. Those who do not attack also do no not help. David tries to fight, but the result is even worse. Pushes, injuries and humiliations pile on each other like the spiral scars of tracks engraved by ice skates. What will David do?
Mon 07.09.2020 | 17:00Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)
Section: International Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Simon Bird
United Kingdom, 2019, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
Score:
Sue (52), works in a library. Daniel (15), eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father’s new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. Over the course of one long summer, an epic war of wills rages in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as Sue and Daniel reckon with private tragedies – and pursue their personal passions.
Mon 07.09.2020 | 18:30The Painted Bird (2019)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Václav Marhoul
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, 2019, 169 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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Jewish parents send their son to a relative in the countryside somewhere in Eastern Europe to protect their child from the holocaust. But when his aunt dies unexpectedly, he is forced to set out on a journey, fighting his way through a wild and hostile world in which only local rules, prejudices and superstitions apply. Post-war, however, he faces another struggle, one he’s not even aware of. A struggle with himself. A struggle for his soul, for his future…
Mon 07.09.2020 | 19:30Summer White (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Directed by: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson
Mexico, 2020, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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The story of 13-year-old Rodrigo, a solitary teenager who finds solace in his intimate relationship with his mother, Valeria. She is his best friend, his protector, and his entire world. When her new boyfriend comes to live in their small house on the outskirts of Mexico City, however, Rodrigo finds his domain completely disrupted. He must decide if he should accept his new family or fight back and hurt the person he loves most.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 09:40The Substitute (2007)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Sci-Fi Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Denmark, 2007, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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The 6th grade class gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able to read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?
Tue 08.09.2020 | 17:30Man Up! (2019)
Section: International Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Benjamin Parent
France, 2019, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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16-year-old Tom is a sensitive teenager who has stopped growing because of a traumatic event in his life. As he is getting ready to start at a new lycée, he has every expectation of finding his place there, making friends and attracting the girl he is infatuated with. To do this, Tom needs the support of his older brother, Leo, a real mentor who sets about turning him into a man, a real man. But this tutelage weighs heavy on him and Tom ends up wanting to break away from it in order to build his own personality.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 18:30Gravity (2013)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-The Magic of Film Tricks
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
United States of America, United Kingdom, 2013, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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Seasoned astronaut Matt Kowalsky is on his final mission in space, while medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone is making her first outing on the Space Shuttle. While they are engaged in extra-vehicular activity, debris collides with the shuttle, damaging it irreparably. Kowalsky and Stone now find themselves drifting in space with low oxygen supplies and cut off from all communication on Earth.
Thu 10.09.2020 | 17:00Goldie (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Sam de Jong
United States of America, 2019, 88 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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Goldie is a star – well, not quite yet, but at least in the eyes of her little sisters Sherrie and Supreme she is. The rest of the world is bound to take note soon too. Her big break surely awaits, she’s just got to pick up that golden fur coat she’s had her eye on first. And land a role as a dancer in a hip-hop video. And keep child welfare services from separating her from Sherrie and Supreme, after their mother is locked up. Holding onto those dreams isn’t easy.
Thu 10.09.2020 | 17:302001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-The Magic of Film Tricks
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
United States of America, United Kingdom, 1968, 149 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers.