Film programme 2021

Life Giver (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Petter Lindblad, Alexander Rönnberg

Sweden, 2020, 12 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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It's 2068 and it’s not long until the end of the Earth. Humanity must escape to another planet. But the escape rockets are not for everyone.

Brainz VR Cinema: 3. pásmo 15+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 19 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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The Sleeping City (2021)

Section: New Czech Films and TV Programmes

Directed by: Dan Svátek

Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2021, 94 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2

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Four siblings, the oldest Kryštof, twins Ema and Kristýna, and little Samuel, live happily in a happy family. But one morning they wake up in a strange situation. Their parents cannot be woken and the kids suddenly have to cope on their own. They soon realize that parents all over the world have fallen asleep. What's worse, little Samuel is kidnapped! For the siblings, a daily struggle begins, in which the strong and clever win against the cunning and ruthless.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Section: Literature in Film - Young Academy

Directed by: Stephen Chbosky

United States of America, 2012, 103 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Fifteen-year-old Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider, is coping with first love, the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world.

Gr8ness (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Michael Ilako, Isa Paul Mohamed

South Africa, 2020, 7 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Ethan could give up on school and become homeless. Instead, he stepped out of line, started skating and composed his own rap music.

Life Giver (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Petter Lindblad, Alexander Rönnberg

Sweden, 2020, 12 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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It's 2068 and it’s not long until the end of the Earth. Humanity must escape to another planet. But the escape rockets are not for everyone.

Brainz VR Cinema: 3. pásmo 15+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 19 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Lame-os (2021)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Marta Elīna Martinsone

Latvia, Czech Republic, 2021, 100 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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It’s the year 1999, the Millenium celebration is approaching. Three 9th graders (Sarmite, Sveta, and Katrina) are tired of being bullied at school. They decide to make a change and become the most popular girls in school by prom. Inspired by Hollywood movies and TV series, they plan to achieve popularity by getting the coolest guys as their prom dates...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Section: Literature in Film - The Club of Heroes

Directed by: Peter Ramsey, Robert Persichetti

United States of America, 2018, 117 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realizes that there are many others who share his special, high-flying talents. Miles must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes and pull different versions of Spider-Man into our world.

Persepolis (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.

The 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.

Alois Nebel (2011)

Section: Literature in Film - Comic Book Paradise

Directed by: Tomáš Luňák

Czech Republic, Germany, 2011, 87 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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Alois Nebel serves at the Bílý Potok station in the Jeseníky Mountains. A loner, he is strangely hypersensitive; sometimes he exists in a fog in which trains from the past pass through his station, and he experiences long-hidden traumas. Thus, he finds himself in a psychiatric hospital. Here he meets Němý, an unknown silent man who crossed the Polish-Czech border and appeared at the station in Bílý Potok. Why is he here? Who is he looking for? An old picture he has might be a clue...

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

Section: Literature in Film - Classics

Directed by: Delbert Mann

United States of America, United Kingdom, 1979, 150 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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Paul Baumer is a young German who, along with his graduating high school classmates, enlists in the German Imperial Army during World War I. Originally thinking war would be a great adventure, Paul and his friends discover exactly the opposite as the war drags on and one by one the members of the class are killed in action until only Paul remains.

Prvok, Šampón, Tečka a Karel (2021)

Section: Open-Air Cinema

Czech Republic, 2021, 118 min

Projection place: Open Air Cinema

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Section: Literature in Film - Classics

Directed by: Miloš Forman

United States of America, 1975, 133 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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Randle Patrick McMurphy is serving a sentence for repeated violent assault and sexual abuse. Instead of doing time in a labor camp, he plays crazy and is sent to the seeming calm of a psychiatric hospital. His zeal for life and strong personality in the institute soon clash with the absolutism of Nurse Ratched, who, with three orderlies, tyrannically rules the entire institute. But McMurphy's rebellion has little hope against the power of the machinery embodied by the nurse…

Little Snowman (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Aleksey Pochivalov

Russia, 2021, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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When a family of snowmen lose all their carrots, they learn that having a carrot-nose is not the most important thing.

Beyond the Line (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Jinuk Choi

South Korea, United States of America, 2020, 4 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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A wheelchair dreams of one day being as fast as a racing car. One night, the wheelchair decides to do its own race in the hospital hallway.

Little Snowman and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

International, 0, 35 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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Upstander (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Van Phan

United States of America, 2020, 9 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Using backpacks instead of children, we are immersed in a school environment where we can see a child’s day and the effects of bullying.

Winter Sleep (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Kateřina Karhánková, Alexandra Májová

Czech Republic, 2020, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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The forecast is “lots of snow”; it’s time to get ready for the winter sleep. However, the bears now want to make snow-puffed meringue.