Film programme 2020

Kaiju Confidental (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Ethan Shaftel

United States of America, 2019, 6 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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An immersive VR comedy about big creatures and small slights. Grigon is not the biggest Kaiju on the block, but he’s the most neurotic.

Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser (2018)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Hiroaki Higashi

Japan, 2018, 8 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Public Security Section 9, headed by Major Motoko Kusanagi, must secure an important meeting place and clear it from a rumored terrorist threat.

Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser (2018)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Hiroaki Higashi

Japan, 2018, 8 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Public Security Section 9, headed by Major Motoko Kusanagi, must secure an important meeting place and clear it from a rumored terrorist threat.

Brainz VR Cinema: Kdo přežije?

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 20 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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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

The Sweeties (2019)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Francesco Ghiaco

Italy, 2019, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2

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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.

The Lake (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Nyasha Kadandara

Chad, Kenya, Zimbabwe, 2019, 10 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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With 90% of her water gone, you must save the oasis of the Sahel, Lake Chad. Play the lake herself, a pastoralist, and a fisherman.

The Lake (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Nyasha Kadandara

Chad, Kenya, Zimbabwe, 2019, 10 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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With 90% of her water gone, you must save the oasis of the Sahel, Lake Chad. Play the lake herself, a pastoralist, and a fisherman.

Brainz VR Cinema: Planeta v ohrožení

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 28 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Anthropocene VR (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Nicholas De Pencier, Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky

Canada, 2019, 18 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Three immersive stories present 3 human activities: the ivory trade, the topping of a landfill in Africa, and the mining of Italian marble.

Anthropocene VR (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Nicholas De Pencier, Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky

Canada, 2019, 18 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Three immersive stories present 3 human activities: the ivory trade, the topping of a landfill in Africa, and the mining of Italian marble.

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.

The Abandoned Deity (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Kao Yi-Chun

Taiwan, 2019, 0 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Gambling affected Taiwan greatly in the 1980s. You experience the changes in religious beliefs from a deity statue’s viewpoint.

The Abandoned Deity (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Kao Yi-Chun

Taiwan, 2019, 0 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Gambling affected Taiwan greatly in the 1980s. You experience the changes in religious beliefs from a deity statue’s viewpoint.

Brainz VR Cinema: Známí neznámí

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 19 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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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.

4Feet: Blind Date (2018)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Maria Belen Poncio, Damian Turkieh

Argentina, 2018, 19 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Juana, an 18-year-old girl in a wheelchair, is anxious to explore her sexuality. She’s going on a blind date and needs your help.

4Feet: Blind Date (2018)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Maria Belen Poncio, Damian Turkieh

Argentina, 2018, 19 min

Projection place: University Centre U13

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Juana, an 18-year-old girl in a wheelchair, is anxious to explore her sexuality. She’s going on a blind date and needs your help.

The Girl-bird (2019)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Ekaterina Nevostrueva

Russia, 2019, 5 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5

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On a beautiful summer day with birds singing, a young girl at home sick. What can save her from boredom?

The Girl-bird (2019)

Section: International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children

Directed by: Ekaterina Nevostrueva

Russia, 2019, 5 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 5

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On a beautiful summer day with birds singing, a young girl at home sick. What can save her from boredom?