Film programme 2020

Me, a Monster? (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Belinda Bonan

Spain, 2020, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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Nono is the only inhabitant of planet Pano. One day, the unexpected visit of Be2 alters everything.

Maestro (2019)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro

France, 2019, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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Deep inside a forest, a gathering of wild animals starts a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.

Maestro (2019)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro

France, 2019, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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Deep inside a forest, a gathering of wild animals starts a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.

Maestro and other animation

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

International, 0, 41 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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Who's Afraid Of the Devils? - They Appeared Out Of Thin Air (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Jiří P. Miška

Czech Republic, 2020, 9 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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When the devil Trdlík presses the "Happy Tomorrow" button, his devilish grandfather Černoprsk appears on earth 200 years later than planned…

Who's Afraid Of the Devils? - They Appeared Out Of Thin Air (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Jiří P. Miška

Czech Republic, 2020, 9 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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When the devil Trdlík presses the "Happy Tomorrow" button, his devilish grandfather Černoprsk appears on earth 200 years later than planned…

Long Live Ghosts! (1977)

Section: Old Time Cinema

Directed by: Oldřich Lipský

Czech Republic, 1977, 80 min

Projection place: The Old Time Cinema

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The heroes of this merry ghost story are boys and girls who are pulled into battle against some adults who would like to turn an old castle into an agricultural building. With the aid of the ghosts of the knight Vilém Brtník of Brtník and his daughter Leontýnka who haunt the ruins, and the many dwarves the knight summons, they manage to achieve their goal. The castle is repaired and passed into the care of the children. And Leontýnka, who compains about the fate of immortal beings, is turned into a normal girl thanks to the oxeye daisy given to her in love by Long Jenda

The The Ocean Behind the Window (2020)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Babak Nabizadeh

Iran, 2020, 91 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3

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Life is hard on a little-known, remote island. Teenage Borhan wants to relieve the hardship by promoting the island to tourists. He gathers a group of islanders and holds a carnival of traditional music and theatre. Life in the island starts to improve as more and more tourists come to visit. However, an unexpected problem is on its way.

Explorers (1985)

Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Sci-Fi Films for Young Audience

Directed by: Joe Dante

United States of America, 1985, 109 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4

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Ben Crandell is an alien-obsessed teenager, whose dreams are being influenced by a group of extra-terrestrials! When he wakes one morning, he is able to draw an advanced circuit board designed for space flight. With the assistance of his two friends Wolfgang and Darren, Ben constructs a home-made spaceship to meet the aliens. Hilarity ensues as they discover that the creatures are obsessed with American culture!

The Impossible Voyage

Section: Czech Films and TV Production

Directed by: Noro Držiak

Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 0, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5

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Milan Rastislav Štefánik predated Indiana Jones. The first Slovak to travel around the world, he defeated Mont Blanc several times, and survived the downing of his aircraft in WWI. He was at the birth of Czechoslovakia. An intellectual, national hero, lover of women, and a bon vivant. He was keen on astronomy, he took photos of the first Czechoslovak act in Tahiti… He focused on pursuing his dreams and goals despite all obstacles. At the end of it, he met the love of his life.

The Magic Stone (2019)

Section: Czech Films and TV Production

Directed by: Kristína Herczegová

Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2019, 84 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6

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The rulers of the forest empire, Queen Nabbiel and King Archivald, give their faithful servants, the wizards Sebele and Bendeguz, a magic stone that can justly fulfill all desires. Sebela and Bendegůz cannot decide how to use the stone. While Sebela loves people and wants to help them, Bendegůz considers people selfish and tries to tempt them maliciously. They therefore place a bet together. If people use the stone more often for selfless purposes, Sebela wins. If not, Bendegůz wins…

The The Fantastic Journey of Margot and Marguerite (2018)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Pierre Coré

France, 2018, 89 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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Marguerite and Margot are both 12. Each has their own family, friends, problems… and era! One lives in 1942 and the other in 2020. But when a mysterious magic chest transports them to each other’s era, they then have something else in common: their father is no longer there, one vanished during World War II, the other is not living at home. With 70 years apart, they embark in a wild adventure to find their present, explore history and their families’ memories.

The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)

Section: Old Time Cinema

Directed by: Václav Vorlíček

Czechoslovakia, 1971, 76 min

Projection place: The Old Time Cinema

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Who wants to have suspension for 300 years after school? Not the young witch Saxana. It's no wonder she takes the first opportunity to flee to the human world. The headteacher sends a retired vampire to look after and retrieve her. But Saxana doesn't want to go back and attempts to get an old maid's ear to create a potion that will close the way back to the fairy-tale land. But, never an attentive student, she's unaware that it is not a real "old maid's ear", but rather a plant..

The Sweeties (2019)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Francesco Ghiaco

Italy, 2019, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3

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Mariagrazia, Chiara and Letizia are far from being confident in their bodies. Most of the times they would just like to be invisible. But when a video showing them in their swimsuits surfaces online, their worst nightmare becomes reality. Two possibilities now lie ahead: disappearing forever or diving into a mad mission – becoming synchronized swimming champions.

Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond (2019)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Rasmus A. Siversten

Norway, 2019, 81 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 4

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Captain Sabertooth is desperately searching for the magic diamond, a diamond that can fulfill any wish. The evil wizard Maga Kahn is also doing everything he can to get his hands on this powerful gem. When push comes to show, it's up to the kids Sunniva, Pinky and Marco to stop the clash between the two titans.

Goldie (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.

2001: 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.

Schoolgirls (2020)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Pilar Palomero

Spain, 2020, 97 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3

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Celia is an 11-year-old girl studying at a nuns' school in 1992. She’s is a good girl; she is a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate opens a little window through which Celia discovers a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia enters a new stage of her life: adolescence, the stage of first-times. Her body needs to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that means comfort and security.

Lo 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.

Boy 7 (2015)

Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Sci-Fi Films for Young Audience

Directed by: Lourens Blok

Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, 2015, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5

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When Sam wakes up in the middle of a busy subway, he doesn't know how he got there, where he came from, nor even his own name. With the help of another girl in the same situation and using the contents of his backpack, he slowly but surely realizes that his life is in great danger.