Life without Sara Amat (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Laura Jou
Spain, 2019, 75 min
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InfoPep, a 13-year-old boy, is completely in love with Sara Amat, a girl from her grandparents' village. One summer night, Sara disappears, but Pep later finds her hidden in his own room. That's when the young woman explains that she has run away from home and asks to stay for a few days. Although Pep knows that the whole town is looking for her, he becomes her protector. Consequently, the boy is forced to live a double life: he must lie to everyone while satisfying Sara's demands, which puts him to the test and makes him mature before the summer's end.
Schoolgirls (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pilar Palomero
Spain, 2020, 97 min
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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.
The The Fantastic Journey of Margot and Marguerite (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pierre Coré
France, 2018, 89 min
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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 Innocence (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Lucía Alemany
Spain, 2019, 92 min
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Lis is a teenage girl whose dream is to become a circus artist and leave the small village she calls her hometown, although she knows that doing so will mean a bitter confrontation with her parents. It's summertime and Lis spends her days hanging out on the village streets with her friends and flirting with her boyfriend, Nestor, who is a few years older than her.
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Lorenzo Mattotti
France, Italy, 2019, 82 min
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To find his long-lost son and food to survive the winter, the great bear king leads his clan down from the mountains and into the world of men. After escaping terrible monsters and defeating an evil duke, the bears and men live together in peace – for a time.
Just Kids (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Christophe Blanc
France, Switzerland, 2020, 104 min
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Jack (19), Lisa (17), and Mathis (10), abruptly become orphans. Each sibling reacts differently to the family tragedy. Lisa spreads her wings. Jack, having just come of age is appointed as his brother’s guardian by court decision. A new life begins. But how does someone just barely out of adolescence himself become responsible for a child? And how does one construct a future when the past has become a dangerous obsession? Fortunately, youth’s strength and energy can work miracles…
Kuessipan (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Myriam Verreault
Canada, 2019, 117 min
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Two girls grow up as best friends in an Innu community. While Mikuan has a loving family, Shaniss is picking up the pieces of her shattered childhood. As children, they promised each other to stick together no matter what. But as they’re about to turn 17, their friendship is shaken when Mikuan falls for a white boy and starts dreaming of leaving the reserve that’s now too small for her dreams.
Little Stars: Václav (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Lucie Štamfestová
Czech Republic, 2019, 5 min
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Before becoming president, Václav Havel overcame challenges and obstacles, leading him to the theater, Hrádeček, prison, and to Prague Castle.
Little Stars: Jaroslav (2021)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Lucie Štamfestová
Czech Republic, 2021, 5 min
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Jaroslav Seifert found magic in each moment, even the most ordinary. Discover the world of an extraordinary Czech poet.
Little Stars: Karel a Josef (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Lucie Štamfestová
Czech Republic, 2018, 5 min
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Josef resented Karel, his mother's favorite. This changed the moment of Karel's heroism, when he decided to protect his brother.
Girls Talk about Football (2021)
Directed by: Paola Sorrentino
Italy, 2021, 7 min
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Six girls share their experience with professional soccer. Animation shows what it's like to be a player in an increasingly male sport.
H is for Happiness (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: John Sheedy
Australia, 2019, 96 min
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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.
Happy Easter (2020)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Juliette Audureau, Maho Claquin, Titouan Cocault, Yann Coutard, Franklin Gervais, Sophie Terriere, X
France, 2020, 7 min
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Chocolate-flavored gangster film about rolled-up bunnies, dangerous eggs, and a voracious hen.
TA ČR Film Award for promotion of science among young people - live stream from Zlín Film Festival
Section: Supporting Programme
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