Film programme 2022

Barley Fields on the Other Side of the Mountain (2017)

Section: Top Teen Ten

Directed by: Tian Tsering

United Kingdom, 2017, 88 min

Projection place: Castle SVOBODY

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A story about the price of freedom and who pays for it told through the eyes of a teenage girl. Sixteen-year-old Pema lives in the remote mountains of Tibet. For generations, her family has farmed their barley fields in peace. But when Pema's father is taken away by the authorities, her world is shattered. A Buddhist nun from the local nunnery walks into Pema's life and invites her to join a group of locals escaping persecution by walking over the Himalayas into India. Pema is torn; can she leave her mother, grandmother and younger siblings at this time of crisis? Does she have the right, or the courage, to join her friend and seek a new life for herself? As Pema struggles with her dilemma, there is no news about her imprisoned father. The clock is ticking for everyone

Animal (2021)

Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience

Directed by: Cyril Dion

France, 2021, 105 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Bella and Vipulan, both 16, are of a generation that believes its future is in danger. Due to climate change and a 6th mass extinction, the world may be uninhabitable in 50 years. Even as they sound the alarm, nothing happens. So they decide to tackle the heart of the problem, which is man's relationship with all life. In the course of their journey, they realise how deeply intertwined humans are with all living species. By protecting them, we save ourselves. Humans thought they could cut themselves off from nature, but they are part of it. After all, man is also an Animal.