Film programme 2021

How Shammies Travelled (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Edmunds Jansons

Latvia, 2020, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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With his eyes closed, Hankie imagines the table as a dragon’s cave, the stairs as snowy cliffs, and his bed drifting in a roaring sea.

Marmalade (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Radostina Neykova

Bulgaria, 2020, 5 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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Sometimes, if you want to become a hero, you just have to fly. Innovative handmade embroidery animation.

Patchwork Snake (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Angela Steffen

Germany, 2020, 4 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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The Patchwork Pals have a problem; Snake is coming to visit – but her visit is way too short! Can she find a way to make everybody happy?

Bemol (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Oana Lacroix

Switzerland, 2021, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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A featherless nightingale sings in the forest. After getting caught in a surprise storm, it catches a cold and can't sing anymore.

Brainz VR Cinema: 1. pásmo 6+ a 8+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 17 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Aripi (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Dmitri Voloshin

Moldavia, 2019, 8 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Standing on a roof with cardboard wings on his back, a young boy jumps, going on an adventure among meteorites in an astronaut drama.

Martin and the Magical Forest (2021)

Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category

Directed by: Petr Oukropec

Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2021, 80 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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Martin (or "Mazel") is addicted to his phone; nature and the forest are anathema to him. He has to go to a camp in the woods where phones are forbidden; he's never experienced anything like it. There’s a big camp game every team wants to win, but Mazel lacks the skills to win. One night, he discovers that the forest is full of mysterious magical creatures and the forest creatures need a few of Mazel's things in order stop the nearby miners and their test drillings. Helping Mazel, they turn him into an experienced woodsman, leading his team to victory. But it is not advisable to play too much with ancient forest creatures; water disappears from the forest, tensions with the miners grows, and people become suspicious of Mazel. An inconspicuous camp adventure leads to a finale where the fighting creatures of the forest stop hiding.

Great Adventure of the Lucky Four (2019)

Section: Literature in Film - The Club of Heroes

Directed by: Michal Žabka

Czech Republic, 2019, 72 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 1

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Four friends live in a small house on the edge of TYeskoprsk. Fifinka, Pinďa, Bobík and Myapulín recall the adventures they experienced the past year over a campfire. Each of them tells a story that he considers to the best. With Pinďa we'll hear about a hilarious climbing trip up Devil's Thumb, with Myapulín, a search for a cruel Werewolf; with Bobík, a fantastic journey into space; and with Fifinka, a visit to some little devils at Christmas. Whose story will be the most beautiful?

In the Land of the Flabby Schnook (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Francis Gelinas

Canada, 2020, 6 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Little siblings must go to sleep, but the younger one is afraid of the dark. His sister takes him on a pilgrimage to deal with the nightmares.

Lutaw (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Samantha Quick

United States of America, 2020, 8 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Geramy and Isko live on a deserted Philippine island. To get across the sea to the mainland to school, they have to build their own ship.

Brainz VR Cinema: 2. pásmo 10+ a 12+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 14 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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The Ape Star (2021)

Section: Literature in Film - European Corner

Directed by: Linda Hambäck

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 2021, 76 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2

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There is nothing the orphan Jonna wants more than a mother. The feisty young girl dearly wants to be adopted. Jonna will accept anyone, really, so long as her new parent loves Jonna… and only Jonna. But when her potential new mom drives up to the orphanage in an old car, she gets a big shock when the door opens and a gorilla steps out! Now she’s not so sure she wants to leave…

Lullaby (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Marina Karpova

Russia, 2021, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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When we fall asleep, magical worlds let us in and rush to reveal their secrets. Everything disappears at dawn.

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.

Ink (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Erik Verkerk, Joost van den Bosch

Netherlands, 2021, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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An octopus is a clean-up neat-freak. But sometimes, even though you have so many arms, you still cannot reach what you are aiming for.

Snoozy The Badger - How He Found His Damsel (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: David Súkup

Czech Republic, 2021, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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The badger Chrujda, a loner, lives in the forest. His ideas get him in trouble, but the owl and other friends provide better guidance.

Snoozy the Badger and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

International, 0, 33 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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The Source of the Mountains (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Adrien COMMUNIER, Camille DI DIO, Benjamin FRANCOIS, Pierre GORICHON, Briag MALLAT, Marianne MOISY

France, 2020, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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The Paccha-Picchus are festive little creatures living carefree lives in sync with the mountains.

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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