Info Son-Mother (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Mahnaz Mohammadi
Iran, Czech Republic, 2019, 102 min
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Leila is a single working mom of two, living in sanctions-gripped Iran. When her job at the factory is at stake, she considers marrying Kazem, a bus driver with a daughter. But tradition frowns upon a young girl sharing a household with her stepbrother. After Leila is fired from her job, she makes the decision to stay with Kazem and leave her son Amir in the care of a boarding school, until she figures out how to manage his return.
Stories by Božena Němcová: A White Snake (2017)
Section: Film Programme
Czech Republic, 2017, 11 min
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Of Božena Němcová's fairy tales, only the most famous are often read, so let's look at the not-so-famous story about A White Snake.
Stories by Čapek Brothers: Cat Fairy Tale (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Czech Republic, 2020, 10 min
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Brothers Karel and Josef tell a story of a broken knee of a little princess. Her crying can only be stopped by the story of a strange animal.
Stories by Karel Jaromír Erben: A Shoemaker and a Devil (2017)
Section: Film Programme
Czech Republic, 2017, 10 min
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Ten stories by the most famous Czech fairy tale narrator are from different parts of Europe. The first is The Shoemaker and the Devil.
Rocks (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Sarah Gavron
United Kingdom, 2019, 93 min
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Shola, or Rocks, as she's known, lives in a London council flat with her younger brother Emmanuel and their single mother. Mum is busy and stressed, leaving Rocks to spend all her free time with school friends. One day, she comes home to find her life radically altered: she is suddenly on her own with a child to take care of. Rocks is mercurial, impulsive, and deeply sensitive – not unusual for her age, she sometimes makes desperately poor decisions for what look to her like good reasons.
Scout Post - How Was It Goingl...: Jaroslav Foglar (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2020, 15 min
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Bara and Tomas have many experiences from the scout camp. Grandpa tells them about a young scout leader, Jaroslav Foglar.
Skautská pošta - How Was It Going...:Josef Lada (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2020, 15 min
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Bara and Tomas meet illustrator Josef Lada, an animal language master, while mushroom hunting, at a Prague café, and in his native Hrusice.
Scout Post 1918: Alois Jirásek (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2018, 15 min
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Bára and Tomáš go with Czech writer Alois Jirásek to a secret meeting where they learn how President Masaryk will return to his homeland.
Scout Post 1918: Eduard Štorch (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2018, 14 min
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Bára's paper about the book "Mammoth Hunters" excites her great-grandfather; the author, Eduard Štorch, led his scout group.
Scout Post 1918: Jiří Wolker (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2018, 14 min
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Bára and Tomáš learn what the first scout camp looked like and meet a young Jiří Wolker, a future famous poet with a sad fate.
The Wolves (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Samuel Kishi Leopo
Mexico, 2019, 95 min
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Along with their mother Lucia, the brothers Max and Leo have just crossed the border from Mexico into the United States in search of a better life. But it is not easy for them to gain a foothold in their new home country. While waiting for Lucia to return from work, the kids build an imaginary universe with their drawings and think about mom's promise of going to “Disneyland”, their land of dreams.
The Dazzled (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Sarah Suco
France, 2019, 89 min
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Camille, 12, passionate about circus, is the eldest of a large family. One day, her parents enter a religious community based on sharing and solidarity in which they fully invest. The girl must accept a way of living that questions her desires and her own torments. Gradually, indoctrination becomes sectarian. Camille will have to fight to assert her freedom and save her brothers and sisters.
Beyond the Horizon (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Delphine Lehericey
Belgium, Switzerland, 2019, 90 min
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The drought of 1976. Under the unforgiving sun, Gus is about to leave childhood behind. Nature withers, emotions swell, the family unit splinters; everything splits and cracks until the unthinkable occurs; the eagerly anticipated thunderstorms sweep across the tired and worn countryside, washing a whole world away.
Life without Sara Amat (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Laura Jou
Spain, 2019, 75 min
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Pep, 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.