Fri 04.09.2020 | 09:10Ella Bella Bingo (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Frank Mosvold, Atle Blakseth
Norway, 2019, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
Score:
InfoElla 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).
Fri 04.09.2020 | 10:10Team 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.
Sat 05.09.2020 | 09:30Team 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.
Sat 05.09.2020 | 10:30Monica 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
Score:
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.
Sat 05.09.2020 | 13:00Krakonos and the Skiers (1981)
Section: Old Time Cinema
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1981, 72 min
Projection place: The Old Time Cinema
Score:
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
Sun 06.09.2020 | 09:30Starry 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
Score:
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.
Sun 06.09.2020 | 10:00Summer 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
Score:
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.
Sun 06.09.2020 | 13:30Ella Bella Bingo (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Frank Mosvold, Atle Blakseth
Norway, 2019, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
Score:
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).
Sun 06.09.2020 | 14:00My 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
Score:
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.
Mon 07.09.2020 | 08:10My Hero Alexis (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Alejandro Fernandéz Almendras
Chile, 2019, 100 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
Score:
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.
Mon 07.09.2020 | 10:30Summer Rebels (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Martina Saková
Germany, Slovak Republic, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
Score:
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.
Mon 07.09.2020 | 11:00Terezínské stíny (2020)
Section: Czech Films and TV Production
Directed by: Miloš Zvěřina
Czech Republic, 2020, 13 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
Score:
A short film dedicated to the fate of Jewish children imprisoned in the Terezín ghetto (1941-1945). This story of hope and human belonging which can stand up to evil is intended primarily for children. Therefore, in its story and art form, it also uses a poetic abbreviation and hyperbole, which makes it possible to convey the most important messages to children through animation.
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
Score:
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…
Tue 08.09.2020 | 08:40Monica 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
Score:
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.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 14:00Starry 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, 4
Score:
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.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 15:00My 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, 1
Score:
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.
Wed 09.09.2020 | 08:40The Iron Giant (1999)
Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Sci-Fi Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Brad Bird
United States of America, 1999, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
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It's 1957. Hogarth, 9, lives in the seemingly quiet town of Rockwell, Maine. He dreams of invading aliens and fighting communist agents. One day, his dream comes true – a huge robot from space is said to have fallen into a nearby lake. Hogarth manages to find the robot and hides it at his friend Dean's place. A government agent, Kent Mansley, wants to destroy the robot and soon learns of its whereabouts. And it is on Hogarth if he succeeds.
Wed 09.09.2020 | 14:30Blue Girl (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Keivan Majidi
Iran, 2020, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5
Score:
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 | 17:301982 (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Oualid Mouaness
Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, United States of America, 2019, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6
Score:
On the last day of school in the mountains, during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, 11-year-old Wissam is determined to tell his classmate Joanna that he loves her, while his teachers – on different sides of the political divide – try to mask their fears.
Thu 10.09.2020 | 08:40Ella Bella Bingo (2019)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Frank Mosvold, Atle Blakseth
Norway, 2019, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
Score:
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).