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.

Elvis & Onerva (2019)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Mikael Syrjälä

Finland, 2019, 70 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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When Onerva moves to a small provincial town, she falls in love with her new classmate Elvis. It’s soon obvious to everyone that they have feelings for each other. One evening all the young people of the town go to party and Elvis and Onerva have a chance to be alone. Later, Elvis brags to his friends about the great sex they had – a lie that spreads like wildfire. When the rumours spread, it reveals the downside of peer pressure, strong group dynamics, and the need of acceptance.

Brainz VR Cinema: 3. pásmo 15+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 19 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Black 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.

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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Captains of Zaatari (2021)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Ali El Arabi

Egypt, 2021, 75 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Two best friends, Mahmoud and Fawzi, living in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan, have the dream of becoming professional soccer players while facing the difficult reality of their lives. Despite being confined under appalling conditions, they remain hopeful and practice day in and day out. When a world-renowned sports academy visits, both have the chance to make this dream come true.

Sisters: The Summer We Found Our Superpowers (2020)

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

Directed by: Arild Østin Ommundsen, Silje Salomonsen

Norway, 2020, 77 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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Vega (9) and her wild sister Billie (5) are going on an overnight outdoors hike in the Norwegian woods. The anticipated trip is full of sweet adventures and happy moments until their father falls into a mountain crack and twists his ankle. Unable to move, he asks Vega and Billie to get help. Initially girls feel lost, but after several magical and mysterious encounters in the woods, they embrace the mission! They bravely face their fears, discover their superpowers, and find strength in sisterhood!

Limecrime (2020)

Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category

Directed by: Seunghwan Lee, Jaewook Yoo

South Korea, 2020, 82 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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Songju raps during a high school music exam, but only his classmates appreciated it. The teacher gives him an F. Thanks to the performance, Songju gains a new admirer who, like him, loves hip-hop. While Songju comes from the poorer part of town and his best friends are gang members, the exemplary student Juyeon is from a wealthy family that leaves him to live alone in the company of their maid. Despite different living conditions, the boys become friends and, thanks to a common passion, form a hip-hop duo called Limecrime. After several successful club performances, they start to prove themselves. However, there are obstacles on their way up, especially from Songju's friends.

It´s Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

Section: Literature in Film - Young Academy

Directed by: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

United States of America, 2010, 97 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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An uplifting story about finding sanity in the most unlikely of places. Sometimes what’s in your head isn’t as crazy as you think. That’s certainly true for Craig, a stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic for some time out. What he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance, and an opportunity to begin anew. Charming, witty and smart, it’s a coming-of-age story that’s kind of a funny story.

Last Film Show (2020)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Pan Nalin

India, 2020, 100 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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When 9-year-old Samay, living in a remote village in India, discovers films for the first time, he’s absolutely mesmerized. He goes to the cinema every day to watch more films, and even befriends the projectionist, who, in exchange for his lunch box, lets him watch movies for free. But when the cinema switches from 35mm film to digital, he and his friends move heaven and earth make their own film projector.

Ashes in the Snow (2018)

Section: Literature in Film - Young Academy

Directed by: MARIUS A. MARKEVICIUS

Lithuania, United States of America, 2018, 100 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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During World War II, a 16-year-old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin’s brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. One girl’s passion for art and her never-ending hope will break the silence of history.

Valentina (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.

La Francisca, A Chilean Youth (2020)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Rodrigo Litorriaga

Belgium, France, Chile, 2020, 80 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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Francisca lives in a small town found between the Atacama desert and the Pacific Ocean. She dreams of leaving, but she has a little brother, Diego, who is imprisoned in his deep autism and mutism. When Fernando, Diego's new teacher, offers to apply some new pedagogical initiatives aimed at helping him, Francisca decides to take the chance and agrees, without imagining that she might be involved in an irreversible issue.

Black Widow (2021)

Section: Open-Air Cinema

United States of America, 2021, 134 min

Projection place: Open Air Cinema

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The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea (2020)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Christian Theede

Germany, 2020, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 1

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An unbeatable team of five teenage friends, the “Peppercorns” detective gang, unites to find out who is behind the kidnapping of a missing oceanographer who has discovered a means of getting rid of plastic waste in the ocean, and who has made some enemies. One shady garbage dealer seems to have no scruples. A race against time begins to save her life and their future.

Pippi in the South Seas (1970)

Section: Literature in Film - The Club of Heroes

Directed by: Olle Hellbom

Sweden, Germany, 1970, 86 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2

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While their parents are on vacation, siblings Tommy and Annika spend time with their great friend Pippi Long Stockings at her Villa Villekulla. One day, Pippi finds a bottle with a letter from her father Captain Ephraim, warning about his capture by a band of evil pirates in their castle on the island of Porto Piluse, so they can find the secret location of his treasure. Pippi, Tommy and Annika set out for Porto Piluse to save Pippi's father before he has to reveal where the treasure is.

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.

Brainz VR Cinema: 1. pásmo 6+ a 8+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 17 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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