Life without Sara Amat (2019)
Section: Part I.
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.
Fri 10.09.2021 | 13:00Sun Children (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category
Directed by: Majid Majidi
Iran, 2020, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2
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In bustling Teheran, 12-year-old Ali and his friends, a gang of mischievous street children, are hired by a dangerous criminal to pull off a heist of buried treasure hidden close to a school. To gain access, the kids must enroll in school where, through education, they begin to discover a different treasure: the one within themselves.
Sat 11.09.2021 | 17:30Persepolis (2007)
Section: Literature in Film - Comic Book Paradise
Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
France, 2007, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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The story follows Marjane, a smart and strong-willed girl whose life is forever changed when the Shah of Iran is overthrown by the Islamic Revolution of 1979. While far from being supporters of the Shah, Marjane's left-wing parents find their lives even harder under the new regime - and Marjane herself finds it impossible to adapt, rebelling in a country where rebellion increasingly has no place, especially for girls.
Sat 11.09.2021 | 18:30The Book Thief (2013)
Section: Literature in Film - Young Academy
Directed by: Brian Percival
Germany, United States of America, 2013, 131 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3
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A profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family’s home, escape from the events unfolding around them in this extraordinary, acclaimed film directed by Brian Percival.
Sun 12.09.2021 | 19:30Follow the Light (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category
Directed by: Yoichi Narita
Japan, 2020, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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Akira is a junior high school student who moved to his father's hometown, Akita, after his parents’ divorce. He can't get used to his new school and his days are filled with depression and resentment. One day, however, Akira sees a "green light" floating in the sky. After following the light, he reaches a crop circle in the rice paddies, where he meets Maki, a classmate who has never been to school. With this secret in common, the two grow closer and their once gray lives begin to shine. Meanwhile, Akira and his friends' junior high school is on the verge of closing due to a lack of students caused by depopulation. What is the mysterious "green light" trying to tell Akira and his cohorts, while the world of adults is also in turmoil?
Mon 13.09.2021 | 10:40Sun Children (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category
Directed by: Majid Majidi
Iran, 2020, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
Score:
In bustling Teheran, 12-year-old Ali and his friends, a gang of mischievous street children, are hired by a dangerous criminal to pull off a heist of buried treasure hidden close to a school. To gain access, the kids must enroll in school where, through education, they begin to discover a different treasure: the one within themselves.
Mon 13.09.2021 | 14:00Bangla Surf Girls (2021)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Elizabeth D Costa
Canada, 2021, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4
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An immersive story that takes us into the heart of a slum near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where we witness the transformation of young girls who join a local surf club and dare to dream of freedom and escape from a life of drudgery and abuse. The film captures the raw emotions, the family dynamics, and the complex pressures of poverty, juxtaposed against the freedom of the waves. A coming-of-age story in a developing country.
Tue 14.09.2021 | 10:40My Very Own Circus (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Miryam Bouchard
Canada, 2020, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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Born into a circus family, 12-year-old Laura has spent much of her young life on tour with her single father, Bill, a professional clown. But, secretly, she longs for a less hectic life. It’s thanks to her new teacher, who recognizes her academic potential, that Laura gets to fulfill her dream: attendance at a private high school… Can free spirit Bill accept that the apple of his eye has fallen so far from the paternal tree?
Wed 15.09.2021 | 08:10The Footballest (2018)
Section: Literature in Film - European Corner
Directed by: Miguel Ángel Lamata
Spain, 2018, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 1
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Francisco and his closest friends play on a soccer team that has reached its lowest point. They’ve got to win one of the next three games to keep the school from cutting their team altogether. A series of strange events take place in the first two games. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Francisco and his friends decide to create The Footballest, an investigative team that will get them into all kinds of adventures, where their ingenuity and their friendships will be put to the test.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 14:30School of Magical Animals (2021)
Section: Literature in Film - European Corner
Directed by: Gregor Schnitzler
Germany, 2021, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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The charming adventure about an unusual school, where the children receive a magical animal as a companion, centres on the new girl Ida, who goes from being an outsider to the star student thanks to her magical animal, the talking fox Rabbat.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 16:00The Footballest (2018)
Section: Literature in Film - European Corner
Directed by: Miguel Ángel Lamata
Spain, 2018, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3
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Francisco and his closest friends play on a soccer team that has reached its lowest point. They’ve got to win one of the next three games to keep the school from cutting their team altogether. A series of strange events take place in the first two games. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Francisco and his friends decide to create The Footballest, an investigative team that will get them into all kinds of adventures, where their ingenuity and their friendships will be put to the test.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 19:30Her Name Was Jo (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Joe Duca
United States of America, 2020, 103 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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When 10-year-old Jo’s abusive junkie stepdad, ODs on heroine, she panics when the police come, and flees with her friend Selma in her step-dad’s beat-up Buick. They are bound for Los Angeles, in hopes of finding her biological father, who she only knows from an old CD left her by her deceased mother, folk singer Johnny Alvarez. On the way, they must contend with trains, meth heads, unexpected deaths, and more; it’s a poetic, yet brutal portrait of the dark side of Americana.
Fri 24.09.2021 | 16:30Beans (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category
Directed by: Tracey Deer
Canada, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4
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Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence, he is forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.