Fri 10.09.2021 | 17:00Dating 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 5
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InfoSet-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.
Fri 10.09.2021 | 19:30A Brixton Tale (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category
Directed by: Darragh Carey, Bertrand Desrochers
United Kingdom, 2020, 77 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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Shy Benji is from the Somerleyton Estate in Brixton, a suburb of London. He spends his days protecting his best friend Archie and getting him out of trouble, mostly with drugs. Leah is a young white youtuber from a rich neighborhood and is obsessed with street art. Although Benji and Leah are from different worlds, one day their paths join after Leah chooses Benji as the subject of her new film. Leah is obsessed with capturing the immediate reality of Benji's difficult life. Due to their film practice, they get more and more ruthless and their romance begins to fall apart. The boundaries between image and reality are blurred, between cooperation and abuse, everything is out of control.
Sun 12.09.2021 | 15:00Sami, Joe and I (2020)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category
Directed by: Karin Heberlein
Switzerland, 2020, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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Sami, Joe and Leyla are an inseparable group of friends. Chatting and laughing, they roam through the suburbs of Zurich. The end of their time at school together should have been the start of an exciting summer, but the three youngsters have their hands full: Sami suffers under her overly strict parents, Joe has to look after her siblings, while her single mother works overtime, and Leyla nervously begins her apprenticeship in a canteen kitchen. For the teenage girls, tough decisions overshadow their dreams. In those defining days of their lives, their friendship seems to be the only constant. But as events take a harsh turn, even their friendship is put to the test. Determined to stand up for themselves, the three friends find out how right Leyla’s mom was when she told them: always keep more dreams in your soul than reality can destroy.
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 | 17:00Limecrime (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.
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.
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
Score:
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.