Black & White (2020)
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children
Directed by: Gerd Gockell, Jesús Pérez
Switzerland, Germany, 2020, 5 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A story about tolerance. The proverbial “black sheep” will be bullied out of the herd unless protected by the brave outsider.
Avant Card (2020)
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children, Neighbourhood
Directed by: Stella Raith
Germany, 2020, 5 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A figure on a postcard, Ernst watches as the other cards are eagerly bought. No one seems to be interested in his card.
Aeronaut (2022)
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children
Directed by: Leon Golterman
Netherlands, 2022, 2 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Small Kevin wants to become a pilot. His dreams are symbolized by his beautiful new model aircraft, which he takes incredibly good care of.
Captain Nova (2021)
Section: World Childrens Film Panorama
Directed by: Maurice Trouwborst
Netherlands, 2021, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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When 15-year-old Nas stumbles upon a UFO in the woods, he finds that Captain of the ship, Nova, and her chatty robot ADD are here on a mission. What Nas doesn’t know is that Nova is a scientist from the future, who travelled back in time, ending up in her 12-year-old body. She came to prevent a climate disaster. But nobody takes two kids seriously, so they see no other solution than to kidnap the millionaire who wants to drill into the North Pole.
Rickshaw Girl (2021)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category, Patron of Children Audience Award
Directed by: Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
Bangladesh, United States of America, Germany, 2021, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Naima, a brave and determined girl, wants to help her poor Bangladeshi family financially, but her undeniable artistic talent is useless in this matter. With her father gravely ill, it seems that the only thing she can do is to leave her native village and throw herself into the whirlwind of big city Dhaka. But here she faces the same economic, social and gender inequalities as most young girls in Bangladesh.
The Jellyfish (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Mélodie Mousset, Edo Fouilloux
Switzerland, Denmark, 2021, 5 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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This interactive VR mini-game takes us between the ocean waves and a jellyfish colony. Using different colors and heights of your voice, you play an underwater symphony and do the dance of the veils of individual jellyfish.
The Miracle Basket (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Abner Preis
Netherlands, 2021, 14 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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A grandfather tells his grandson what it was like on Earth when people mainly fed on the fruits of nature. But then a ship came bearing the spirit of consumption, and everything started to fall apart... An unconventional post-apocalyptic view of our planet's problems.
The Sick Rose (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Tang Zhi-zhong, Huang Yun-hsien
Taiwan, 2021, 17 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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The whole country is engulfed in a pandemic. A little girl is unhappy that her mother has to go to the hospital every day to take care of the sick. But one day, Mommy does not come home from work. Will the girl find her in a city unrecognizably transformed?
The Starry Sand Beach (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Nina Barbier, Hsin-Chien Huang
France, Taiwan, 2021, 15 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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An immersive scientific fairy tale leads us to the primordial microorganisms of this planet – the Foraminifera.. There are three chapters in which the finest mysteries of the ocean and the greatest mysteries of the universe are revealed.
Poison (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Loseem Yi, Cooper Yoo
South Korea, 2021, 9 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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How viruses are created has been discussed in all media for the last two years. But what do viruses really want from us, how do they work, and how can we defend ourselves against them? In this VR project, the audience becomes a virus in order to answer their own burning questions.
Symphony (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Igor Cortadellas
Spain, 2021, 14 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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In this immersive VR symphony, Beethoven, Mahler, and Bernstein meet. Viewers can experience individual parts of famous compositions from within individual musical instruments and from the position of the musicians themselves.
Tangible Utopias: Urban Futurism (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Ioana Mischie
Romania, 2021, 10 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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What will cities of the future look like? And what would they look like designed by children? The ideas of 250 participating children can be found in this playful virtual tour.
My Identity Is This Expanse (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Karolina Markiewicz, Pascal Piron
Luxembourg, 2021, 15 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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It's night, and my parents and I are escaping from a war in Afghanistan. We're in the skin of a child locked in a wooden crate on a truck bed. Can we make it all the way to our dream of Luxembourg? The script is inspired by the real story of 13-year-old Yunus Yusuf.
Madrid Noir (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: James A. Castillo
France, United Kingdom, 2021, 44 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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In a thrilling noir story, the viewer, along with Lola, embarks on a detective quest in which a little girl must uncover her uncle's mysterious mafia intrigues. But are things really what they seem to her at first glance?
Green Fairy (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Alejandro Davila
New Zealand, 2021, 12 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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Previously, fairies lived in the woods, where they led pilgrims astray. Today, however, they’ve had to move to the city, because it is no longer safe in the woods. How will the Green Fairy cope with the new situation? Her color is different from all her friends.
Genesis (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Jörg Courtial
Germany, 2021, 13 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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If we wanted to depict the 4.7 billion years of our planet's history as one day (24 hours), humanity would be created in this model at the last second. An engaging animated documentary telling Earth's history in an unconventional way - pointing to the transience of time and human existence.
Clap (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
Directed by: Keisuke Itoh
Japan, 2021, 13 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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How can clapping give someone confidence? In a gentle interactive story, the audience helps by clapping to encourage the little boy on his journey to becoming a respected dancer.
Brainz VR Cinema (2021)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
International, 2021, 181 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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The Websters Movie (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Katarína Kerekesová
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2022, 65 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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The Websters are a spider family. Its youngest member, Lili, has just started school. A big world has opened up for her, full of new trials and surprises. Luckily, Lili has the other five Websters close by, and they always help her. Until the day a human girl finds Lili's beloved dragon. A human! The most dangerous creature in the world! But Lili wants her dragon back. And she will have to handle it all by herself.
Life without Sara Amat (2019)
Section: Top Teen Ten
Directed by: Laura Jou
Spain, 2019, 75 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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Pep, a 13-year-old boy, is completely in love with Sara Amat, a girl from her grandparents' village. One summer night, Sara disappears, but Pep later finds her hidden in his own room. That's when the young woman explains that she has run away from home and asks to stay for a few days. Although Pep knows that the whole town is looking for her, he becomes her protector. Consequently, the boy is forced to live a double life: he must lie to everyone while satisfying Sara's demands, which puts him to the test and makes him mature before the summer's end.