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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Sun 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.

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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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.

Butterfly on the Windowpane (2020)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Sujit Bidari

Nepal, 2020, 96 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Bidya (13), a gifted student and aspiring poet, lives in a rural village of Nepal with her younger brother, Basanta (9), and her single mother. She dreams of going to the city school in order to leave the conservative society she lives in, but when she fails to secure the first position in the school term, she loses her scholarship. Learning that his sister is giving up on her dreams, Basanta struggles to give Bidya the hope she desperately needs.

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.

Kids Cup (2021)

Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience

Directed by: Line Hatland

Denmark, Finland, Norway, 2021, 90 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 4

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Friendship, trials, victories, and loss – the young players at the world's biggest soccer tournament for kids, Norway Cup, have a lot of challenges even off the football pitch. Afnan from Palestine, Khalidi from Tanzania/USA, Yu from China, Fred from Brazil, and Anna from Norway have all trained hard the last year to prepare for the Cup. Their goal is to win, but they cannot all bring the trophy home.

Brainz VR Cinema: 2. pásmo 10+ a 12+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 14 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Once Upon a Head (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: A Nuodi

China, 2020, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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A grandfather takes his reluctant grandson to a barber shop. The kid just wants to have fun, but his grandpa prevents him from leaving.

Once upon a Head and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

International, 0, 46 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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Fly (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado

Spain, 2020, 15 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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A bird with a deformed wing cannot migrate. Abandoned by his flock, he sinks into despair. Everything changes the day Pio-Pio appears.

Lupin (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Helene Ducrocq

France, 2020, 11 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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A young wolf leaves the den for the first time while his mother is busy hunting. Lost and frightened, he finds shelter in a garden.

Dylda (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Anastasiia Zhakulina

Russia, 2020, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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Story about a Princess whose life is not so easy because of her giant height. The King arranges a ball in an attempt to marry off his daughter.

Sanctuary (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Eva Matějovičová

Czech Republic, 2021, 4 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5

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An animal rescuer shares her experience with the adoption of handicapped animals: a sick chihuahua, a paralyzed bulldog and a frightened cat.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Section: Literature in Film - Comic Book Paradise

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

Japan, 1984, 117 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

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A thousand years after a global war upset the balance of the ecosystem and human settlements are scattered along the Toxic Jungle, a toxic forest full of gigantic insect creatures, Princess Nausicaä from the Valley of the Wind discovers beauty in the forbidden area and learns to understand its ecological laws. Meanwhile, tensions are rising between the two most powerful states; they will soon go into open war over a weapon from the time of the global war…

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.

The Wolf and the Lion (2021)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Gilles de Maistre

France, 2021, 99 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 1

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After her grandfather’s death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home – a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable bond, but their world soon collapses as the forest ranger discovers the animals and takes them away. The two cub brothers must now embark on a treacherous journey across Canada to be reunited with one another and Alma once more.