Sun 12.09.2021 | 16:00Poly (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category
Directed by: Nicolas Vanier
France, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3
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InfoTen-year-old Cécile has a hard time adapting to life in the village her mother, which she has just returned to. The arrival of a travelling circus finally offers her some distraction. Everyone rushes to see Poly, the flagship pony. When Cécile finds out its owner Brancalou mistreats the animal, she saves Poly! Hiding her new pony friend from the adults, Cecile finds unexpected allies in the mysterious Victor and the kids of the village. With Brancalou on their tracks, Cecile and Poly embark on an adventure full of danger and surprises...
Sun 12.09.2021 | 17:00The Crossing (2021)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category
Directed by: Florence Miailhe
France, Czech Republic, Germany, 2021, 83 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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The story, inspired by the fate of the author's family from an area of Jewish settlements in Russia in the past, follows the vicissitudes of an adventurous and dramatic journey of two children, Kyona and her brother Adriel. They flee across half the world from the hatred and persecution of a repressive government, representing a generic type of totalitarian regime in the 20th century. The sensitive and engaging depiction of the path to adolescence in a comprehensible form tells the fate of the victims trapped under fascism, the Holocaust, and communism; its style may remotely recall Dickens' Oliver Twist or some great novels of 19th century literature. It is also a parable about a person striving for freedom and hope, but who must withstand the difficult trials on the painful path that ultimately leads to them.
Mon 13.09.2021 | 08:10The Ogglies - Welcome to Smelliville (2020)
Section: Literature in Film - European Corner
Directed by: Jens Møller, Toby Genkel
Germany, 2020, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 1
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The Ogglies are looking for a new home. They end up in Smelliville, a beautiful and peaceful village. Unfortunately, Smelliville has a stinky problem: The local garbage dump is spoiling the place. Something must happen! Max, son of the mayor and his ambitious wife, secretly hopes to solve the stinky problem with a crazy machine, but when Max meets the Ogglies on the rubbish dump, it becomes clear what the Ogglies might mean for Smelliville: they eat garbage!
Mon 13.09.2021 | 08:40Kids are Fine (2021)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category
Directed by: Ji Won LEE
South Korea, 2021, 108 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2
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With an ailing mother and a very busy father, Da-yi is used to doing everything by himself. His family moves closer to his mother’s hospital so Da-yi can visit his mother every day. Though in a new neighborhood and school, Da-yi does not feel lonely as long as he is with his mother. He visits his mother every day to spend time with her. Gradually adjusting to his new school, Da-yi becomes best friends with his classmates Yu-jin and Min-ho. As he spends more time with his friends, he spends less time thinking about his mother. However, when his mother’s condition worsens and she is transferred to a faraway hospital, Da-yi gets worried that he may never see her again and heads out on the search with his friends.
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
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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.
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.
Mon 13.09.2021 | 15:30Black Mill (2021)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Mariusz Palej
Poland, 2021, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2
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Iwo and his group of friends live in a boring small town. Iwo's life is additionally complicated because his younger sister Mela requires special care. When the friends start messing around the ruins of a huge factory mill towering over the area, a series of strange events begins. They discover that the mill is home to a mysterious force that may pose a great threat and they will have to stick together to oppose this evil.
Mon 13.09.2021 | 19:30Valentina (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category
Directed by: Cássio Pereira dos Santos
Brazil, 2020, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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Valentina wishes the only complications in her life were crushes on cute boys and fake IDs to go clubbing. But as a transgender teen in Brazil today, she faces significant social stigma and bureaucratic barriers. Her steadfast mum will do anything to smooth the path, so together they start over in a new town where nobody knows Valentina is trans. She becomes fast friends with a sweet gay guy and a pregnant computer nerd, but when they find themselves separated at a drunken party Valentina is harassed by someone who threatens to out her. However, with her steely support network and a maturity and resolve far beyond her years, she steamrollers the haters in this timely and transcendent drama.
Tue 14.09.2021 | 10:10Little Vampire (2020)
Section: Literature in Film - Comic Book Paradise
Directed by: Joann Sfar
France, Belgium, 2020, 82 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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Little Vampire has been 10 years old for the last 300 years. Despite living in a haunted house with a merry group of monsters, he is bored to death... His dream? Going to school to meet other kids. Accompanied by his trusted bulldog Phantomato, Little Vampire secretly sneaks out on a quest for new friends. He soon meets a human boy, Michael, but their friendship catches the attention of the terrifying Gibbus, an old enemy of the Little Vampire and his family...
Tue 14.09.2021 | 14:30Petya of My Petya (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Alexander Kossev
Bulgaria, 2020, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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Just prior to the new school year, Petya’s parents surprise her with the fact that they have gotten divorced. Feeling sad and betrayed, she seeks help and support from her father, but finds out that he has a mistress and is expecting a child from her. Overwhelmed, decides to end it all by diving into the icy sea on the same day that another Petya died: her idol Petya Dubarova. Is it too late to turn back?
Tue 14.09.2021 | 15:30Nahuel and the Magic Book (2020)
Section: Panorama
Directed by: Germán Acuña
Brazil, Chile, 2020, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2
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Nahuel lives with his father in a fishing town, yet he has a deep fear of the sea. One day, he finds a magical book that seems to be the solution to this problem, but a dark wizard is after it and captures Nahuel’s father. This is where his fantastic adventure begins: to rescue his father while overcoming his deepest fears.
Tue 14.09.2021 | 17:30Pinocchio (2019)
Section: Literature in Film - European Corner
Directed by: Matteo Garrone
France, Italy, United Kingdom, 2019, 125 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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Geppetto, an old woodcarver creates a puppet. But something magical happens – the cheeky puppet begins to talk and can walk, run and eat like any young boy. Geppetto calls him Pinocchio, and brings him up as his son. But Pinocchio finds it hard to be good. Easily led astray, he tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits through a fantastical world full of imaginative creatures, as he tries to become a real boy.
Tue 14.09.2021 | 20:001984 (1984)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Michael James Radford
United Kingdom, 1984, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 13:30Night Forest (2021)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category
Directed by: Andre Hörmann
Germany, 2021, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3
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Paul and Max are best buddies. On the first day of their summer vacation, they sneak out of their homes and venture into the green wilderness that surrounds their little mountain village. They are on a mission to find a legendary cave hidden somewhere in the mountains. The boys follow the traces of Paul’s missing father Thomas, who is seen as a madman by everyone in the village. To find the path to the cave, the boys must decrypt Thomas' notes about an ancient local tale. Alone in the woods, both boys experience a newfound sense of freedom and light-heartedness. As they blaze their trails through the deep forest and steep mountains, the runaways face challenges far greater than they had imagined, leading them to face their greatest fears and discover more about each other and their very different home lives.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 15:00Dating Amber (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category
Directed by: David Freyne
Ireland, 2020, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 1
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Set-in Ireland during the mid-90’s, Eddie and Amber (both 17) are in the closet about their sexuality and decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. However, their ‘ideal’ arrangement begins to fall apart, forcing Eddie deeper into denial as Amber realises that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 19:00The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Section: Literature in Film - Young Academy
Directed by: Josh Boone
United States of America, 2014, 126 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4
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Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old cancer patient, meets and falls in love with Gus Waters, a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. Hazel feels that Gus really understands her. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially Grace's touchstone, "An Imperial Affliction" by Peter Van Houten. When Gus scores an invitation to meet the reclusive author, he and Hazel embark on the adventure of their brief lives.
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.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 20:00Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia, 1966, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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Miloš Hrma begins working at a provincial railway station during the Second World War. Historical events are overshadowed by his delicate problem with persistent virginity and by the beautiful train conductor Máša. It seems that the naïve Miloš fits in perfectly with the peculiar staff of the local station, where no one seems to be interested in war or politics. However, fate cannot be escaped. Miloš experiences seconds of intoxicating happiness, becoming a man, and then a tragic hero.
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.