Papa is Big, I am Small (2021)
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children
Directed by: Anya Ru, Masha Rumyantseva
Italy, 2021, 3 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A little girl sees off her sailor father who is going on a long journey. Her young imagination will brighten up the long wait.
Bristles and Other Animations
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children
International, 0, 36 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Mouse House (2021)
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children
Directed by: Timon Leder
Slovenia, 2021, 8 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A bulky mouse finds himself trapped within a cheese wheel while his itsy brother is left to fend for himself.
Hush Hush Little Bear (2022)
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children
Directed by: Māra Liniņa
Latvia, 2022, 5 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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While the bear parents are away looking for berries and honey, the baby bears stay at home with the sheep.
Bristles (2022)
Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children
Directed by: Quentin Haberham
Netherlands, 2022, 2 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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The most beautiful brush in the jar suddenly dries out and does everything it can to save its beautiful bristles.
Bigman (2022)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category, Patron of Children Audience Award
Directed by: Camiel Schouwenaar
Netherlands, Germany, 2022, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Best friends Dylan and Youssef dream of becoming professional football players. When Dylan ends up in a wheelchair following an accident, he must come to terms with his new life. His dad – and former coach – wants him to accept his disability and keep football from his life, but Dylan is determined to play again. A story about true friendship and striving to win a final in the dying seconds of the game.
Finders of the Lost Yacht (2021)
Section: World Childrens Film Panorama
Directed by: Taavi Vartia
Finland, 2021, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Pertsa and Kilu face the horrid possibility of being separated as a result of Pertsa’s family’s financial problems. When the local bank and jeweler’s get robbed, they decide to retrieve the loot in hopes of a reward. In their quest, the two embark on boats, planes, and submarines, fighting to preserve their friendship.
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.