Ella Bella Bingo (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Frank Mosvold, Atle Blakseth
Norway, 2019, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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Ella Bella Bingo is organizing a circus for her best friend Henry, as he has never been to a circus before. She is very excited and looks forward to being the main attraction. She is going to show everyone her fantastic magic trick. She is going to make Henry disappear. But when a new cool kid moves into the neighborhood, Ella Bella feels her friendship with Henry is threatened. And after she demands that Henry choose between her and the new boy, Henry disappears for real. BIOGRAPHY Frank Mosvold left Norway for an education in the USA, where he studied economics and film production. He's made short feature films and also focused on animated TV series, e.g. Hubert (2005–2009) and Ella Bella Bingo (2009–2015), which he co-directed, just as he did the feature film of the same name (2020). Atle Blakseth is a director from Norway. He studied animation in Volda. He was involved in the making of many animated commercials, short and feature films. He co-directed films such as Pappa (2018) and Ella Bella Bingo (Elleville Elfrid, 2020).
Team Marco (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Julio Vincent Gambuto
United States of America, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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Screen time alert! Marco, 11, is obsessed with his electronics and hardly leaves the house. But when his grandfather moves in, Marco’s life is turned upside-down and he’s forced to… go play outside. His grandfather introduces him to bocce — the world’s oldest game — and to the neighborhood crew of old Italian men who play daily at the local court. Here, Marco makes connections to people “in real life” and forms a team of neighborhood kids to take on his grandfather and his pals.
Brave Kids (1975)
Section: Old Time Cinema
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1975, 90 min
Projection place: The Old Time Cinema
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Friends Thomas, Hubert a Jozhka live their childhood in the town of Levin. Thomas lives with his aunt and uncle. He's full of ideas to the annoyance of everyone else. He likes his classmate Blanka and wants to win the prize for the best student of the school to impress her
The House of Us (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Ga-eun YOON
South Korea, 2019, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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During her fifth-grade summer break, Hana wishes to go on a family trip with her mom, dad, and her junior high brother, Chan. Although the family argues every day, Hana believes everything will be like how it used to be if she could take her family on a vacation, just like the happy family trip picture taken when she was younger. At the same time, Hana meets Yoo-mi and her younger sister Yoo-jin -- each nine and seven years old-- whose parents are always out of town, struggling to make ends meet. As Hana struggles to rebuild her family relationship, Yoo-mi and her sister struggle to secure their home from their landlord who is trying to kick them out. By providing emotional support to each other, Hana, Yoo-mi and Yoo-jin try even harder to save their homes.
The Prince´s Voyage (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Jean-François Laguionie, Xavier Picard
France, Luxembourg, 2019, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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An old monkey prince runs aground on an unknown shore. Injured and lost, he is found by 12-year-old monkey boy Tom, and taken in by his parents, a couple of scientists who were banished from their community because they believe in the existence of other monkey civilisations. With Tom's help, the Prince discovers a society he knows nothing about, while Tom’s parents decide to use him to prove that their theory was indeed correct... BIOGRAPHY Jean-François Laguionie is an important personality of the French animation school, after making many short films and founding the La Fabrique animation studio, he made his feature film debut with Gwen, or The Book of Sand (Gwen, le livre de sable, 1985). Xavier Picard is french animated film director. He co-directed, e.g., Muumit Rivieralla (2014), Le Voyage du Prince (2019).
Here 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.
Team Marco (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Julio Vincent Gambuto
United States of America, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
Score:
Screen time alert! Marco, 11, is obsessed with his electronics and hardly leaves the house. But when his grandfather moves in, Marco’s life is turned upside-down and he’s forced to… go play outside. His grandfather introduces him to bocce — the world’s oldest game — and to the neighborhood crew of old Italian men who play daily at the local court. Here, Marco makes connections to people “in real life” and forms a team of neighborhood kids to take on his grandfather and his pals.
Monica and Friends - Bonds (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Daniel Rezende
Brazil, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
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After the disappearance of his dog Floquinho, Cebolinha and his best friends Mônica, Cascão, and Magali need to prepare one of their master plans to find his loyal pet. The beginning of a new adventure for the four friends. Film adaptation of the cult comics by Mauricio de Sousa that have been distributed since the 1950s and been published in 40 countries in 14 languages.
Krakonos and the Skiers (1981)
Section: Old Time Cinema
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1981, 72 min
Projection place: The Old Time Cinema
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This fabulous story about a mountain community is based on the rumors and fairy tales of this region and draws on the origins of these stories the hard life of the people of the Giant Mountains. Something new arrived to these mountains at the start of the 1900s - skiing. And skiing is at the heart of this story whose main heroes are two little boys and their friend, a famous smuggler with all the qualities of the Lord of the Giant Mountains from fairy tales
Samsam (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Tanguy de Kermel
France, 2019, 61 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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The young and intrepid Samsam has almost everything a cosmic-hero could want: loving heroic parents, a bunch of super-friends, and a spaceship to explore space... except that his first superpower hasn't kicked in yet! When Mega, the new cool kid in town claims she can teach him superpowers, Samsam sees in her the chance to finally reveal his superhuman abilities. They embark on a cosmic adventure, learning that friendship and courage may well be the best superpowers he could wish for.
Back to the Future (1985)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Sci-Fi Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
United States of America, 1985, 116 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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A young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling Delorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown. A fish out of water in 1955, he must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.
Holidays for a Dog (1980)
Section: Old Time Cinema
Directed by: Jaroslava Vošmiková
Czechoslovakia, 1980, 78 min
Projection place: The Old Time Cinema
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Little Peter has to look after his mom's friend's dog, Blek, and the two spend the summer holidays in the countryside with his grandfather and grandmother. Peter is not only worried that the dog will be captured by the evil Mr. Plavec, but also by a group of local kids. The kids are initially hostile towards the young boy from Prague, but later join forces and try save Blek. The dog, meanwhile, escapes from the cage and disappears. Will Peter find Blek or will he have to give his mom's friend his own dog, Cézar, which his parents gave him as a reward for his marks
FOMO - 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?
Starry Road (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Deju Xie, Zhanchang Huang
China, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
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There is no basketball court in the school, so Weiqiang Du chooses rope skipping, a low-cost sport. To attract pupils to sign for joining, Weiqiang Du tells students that “anyone who joins the rope skipping team will be given a new team uniform and shoes.” Two brothers named Jiang Hai and Jiang He thus join the team. However, they are “punished” by senior team members, including Xiaoqin Fang and Yuxiang Ren. Unable to endure the hard training, these two brothers want to exit from the team repeatedly. But when a volunteer teacher named Yuxin Feng joins the rope skipping team, bringing in new concepts and techniques, things change for the better. Eventually, the rope skipping team makes leapfrog development. Now all of the team members insist on practicing for the World Rope Skipping Championship. BIOGRAPHY A creative tandem from China. Together they have made many film and video projects that have been awarded, e.g. I Will Dance and Happness Comes from Hard Work (2018). The children's film Starry Road (点点 星光, 2019) is their latest film.
Summer Rebels (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Martina Saková
Germany, Slovak Republic, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 1
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Eleven-year old Jonas expects to go fishing, riding in a truck, and rowing down the crystal streams of Slovakia for the holiday. But there hasn’t been much contact with the Slovak side of his family since his father died. And Jonas´s mother Beate decides that instead of going to Slovakia like they used to do with the boy’s dad, they should enjoy the healthy sea climate at Aunt Anne’s. Jonas is stunned. He promptly packs his bags and sets off, on his own, to visit his cool grandpa Bernard in Slovakia. When he arrives, everything seems to be the same as ever, but without a wife or job, grandpa is not in the best of moods. Jonas knows that something must be done, and it’s all up to him to do it! He teams up with Alex, a tomboy who becomes his best friend, and together they develop a series of criminally good ideas.
Ella Bella Bingo (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Frank Mosvold, Atle Blakseth
Norway, 2019, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
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Ella Bella Bingo is organizing a circus for her best friend Henry, as he has never been to a circus before. She is very excited and looks forward to being the main attraction. She is going to show everyone her fantastic magic trick. She is going to make Henry disappear. But when a new cool kid moves into the neighborhood, Ella Bella feels her friendship with Henry is threatened. And after she demands that Henry choose between her and the new boy, Henry disappears for real. BIOGRAPHY Frank Mosvold left Norway for an education in the USA, where he studied economics and film production. He's made short feature films and also focused on animated TV series, e.g. Hubert (2005–2009) and Ella Bella Bingo (2009–2015), which he co-directed, just as he did the feature film of the same name (2020). Atle Blakseth is a director from Norway. He studied animation in Volda. He was involved in the making of many animated commercials, short and feature films. He co-directed films such as Pappa (2018) and Ella Bella Bingo (Elleville Elfrid, 2020).
My Hero Alexis (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Alejandro Fernandéz Almendras
Chile, 2019, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4
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In a chance meeting, young Tito meets his soccer playing idol Alexis Sanchez. As an unexpected bond develops, both Tito and Alexis teach each other new lessons on life, friendship, and the love for soccer.
Video 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.
Off 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).
Diva of Finland (2019)
Section: International Competition of European First Feature Films
Directed by: Maria Veijalainen
Finland, 2019, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
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As Henna turns 18, she is anxious. She’s fed up with her small rural town in Northern Finland and the future seems scary. But now that she’s 18 there’s light at the end of the tunnel. After this last winter she can move away from the small town and start her own life. But something else happens on her birthday; a new girl moves right next door, and she’s about to mix things up. The girl, Silja is from a big city in Southern Finland. She seems to excel in everything Henna wants to be good at, plus she charms everyone around Henna, especially her best friends, a pair of twins called Iris and Ii. As Silja steals Henna’s spotlight, Henna is struck by a wave of vicious envy, and envy makes Henna obsessive about Silja, which may lead to her own downfall.