Fri 04.09.2020 | 13:00H is for Happiness (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: John Sheedy
Australia, 2019, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
Score:
InfoYoung Candice Phee finds herself on an adventurous mission when, as part of a school project, she resolves to become a peacemaker in her quarrelsome, grief-ridden family. She is doggedly enthusiastic – and often unintentionally comical – as she devotes herself to making others happy. Her new schoolmate Douglas Benson believes that he has come from another dimension, but he turns out to be an unexpected ally and an ardent admirer. Based on Barry Jonsberg's novel “My Life as an Alphabet”, theatre director John Sheedy's film adaptation portrays all the colourful facets of life between a fantastical, magical forest and small-town conservatism. From A to Z.
Fri 04.09.2020 | 15:00The 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
Score:
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.
Fri 04.09.2020 | 18:30H is for Happiness (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: John Sheedy
Australia, 2019, 96 min
Projection place: Congress Centre
Score:
Young Candice Phee finds herself on an adventurous mission when, as part of a school project, she resolves to become a peacemaker in her quarrelsome, grief-ridden family. She is doggedly enthusiastic – and often unintentionally comical – as she devotes herself to making others happy. Her new schoolmate Douglas Benson believes that he has come from another dimension, but he turns out to be an unexpected ally and an ardent admirer. Based on Barry Jonsberg's novel “My Life as an Alphabet”, theatre director John Sheedy's film adaptation portrays all the colourful facets of life between a fantastical, magical forest and small-town conservatism. From A to Z.
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.
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 | 10:30The Crossing (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Johanne Helgeland
Norway, 2020, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 2
Score:
The story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto's parents are arrested, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two Jewish children, Sarah and Daniel, hidden in a secret cupboard in their basement at home. It is now up to Gerda and Otto to finish what their parents started: to help Sarah and Daniel flee from the Nazis cross the border to neutral Sweden and reunite them with their parents. This is a film about the confidence, uncompromising loyalty and great courage you can find in even the youngest of children.
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 | 09:10H is for Happiness (2019)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: John Sheedy
Australia, 2019, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 3
Score:
Young Candice Phee finds herself on an adventurous mission when, as part of a school project, she resolves to become a peacemaker in her quarrelsome, grief-ridden family. She is doggedly enthusiastic – and often unintentionally comical – as she devotes herself to making others happy. Her new schoolmate Douglas Benson believes that he has come from another dimension, but he turns out to be an unexpected ally and an ardent admirer. Based on Barry Jonsberg's novel “My Life as an Alphabet”, theatre director John Sheedy's film adaptation portrays all the colourful facets of life between a fantastical, magical forest and small-town conservatism. From A to Z.
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.
Tue 08.09.2020 | 08:10The Crossing (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Johanne Helgeland
Norway, 2020, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 1
Score:
The story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto's parents are arrested, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two Jewish children, Sarah and Daniel, hidden in a secret cupboard in their basement at home. It is now up to Gerda and Otto to finish what their parents started: to help Sarah and Daniel flee from the Nazis cross the border to neutral Sweden and reunite them with their parents. This is a film about the confidence, uncompromising loyalty and great courage you can find in even the youngest of children.
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 | 15:00The Crossing (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Directed by: Johanne Helgeland
Norway, 2020, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 1
Score:
The story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto's parents are arrested, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two Jewish children, Sarah and Daniel, hidden in a secret cupboard in their basement at home. It is now up to Gerda and Otto to finish what their parents started: to help Sarah and Daniel flee from the Nazis cross the border to neutral Sweden and reunite them with their parents. This is a film about the confidence, uncompromising loyalty and great courage you can find in even the youngest of children.
Wed 09.09.2020 | 16:00The 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, 3
Score:
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.
Thu 10.09.2020 | 10:40Monica 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, 6
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.