Mon 30.05.2022 | 15:30When the Lion Roars (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Jan Eliáš Svatoš
Czech Republic, 2022, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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InfoIn Dante's purgatory, two important figures of the Czech Middle Ages meet: King Přemysl Otakar II and the traveling monk Odorik, the first European to see Tibet. The two swap stories. The monks tells of his journeys and the king of his reign: successes, losses and injustices. They find unexpected common ground; one had a book stolen and the other a kingdom. The story takes us back in time to the Czech kingdom’s greatest territorial expansion.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 16:00Tales of Franz (2022)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category
Directed by: Johannes Schmid
Austria, Germany, 2022, 78 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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When Franz discovers the influencer Hank Haber, his two best friends Gabi and Eduard are at first skeptical. But Franz, as the smallest in class, with his unpredictable beeping voice, is very much up for any kind of advice! In addition to his teacher Zick Zack, the queen of the class Elfi is causing him recently headaches. Franz realizes that the seemingly simple path does not lead to the goal when Gabi is suddenly gone. Even his mom and dad are at a loss, and the parents of Gabi anyway. So Franz and Eduard set off on an adventurous search all by themselves – bypassing the terrifying Mrs. Berger - in the end the trio finds again what they thought they had lost: the biggest friendship that can be found in the world. Family movie based on motifs from the book series by the famous Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 16:30Zlín Dog - Student Documentaries 2
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
International, 0, 68 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Mon 30.05.2022 | 16:30Long Live Death (2021)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Robert Mihály
Slovak Republic, 2021, 21 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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The image of those in Slovakia who disagree with Covid-19 measures. Protests and neo-Nazi ideas captured by the eyes of students.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 16:30The Last Photo (2021)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Mehmet Akif Güler
Turkey, 2021, 20 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Abdullah is trying to tell the world what is happening in the Syrian war zone through photos. In one such photo shoot, he loses his arm.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 16:30Love, Dad (2021)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog, FILMTALENT Stars
Directed by: Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2021, 13 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A letter composed of images of the past. A daughter tries to restore a broken relationship with her father.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 16:30I Still Remember (2022)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Flora Chilton
Hungary, 2022, 7 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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The streets and squares of today's Budapest are complemented by animated details. Memories of World War II survivors emerge.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 16:30Honey Bunny Duracell (2022)
Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Directed by: Nelisa Alcalde
Czech Republic, United Kingdom, 2022, 7 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A portrait of boxer Lenka Kardová immersed in a world of hard work and matches. It conveys the meaning of why the champion won't give up.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 17:00Sublime (2022)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category
Directed by: Mariano Biasin
Argentina, 2022, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Manuel (16) lives in a small coastal town. He plays bass in a band with his best friends. One of them is Felipe, with whom he’s been good friends since childhood. Manuel is dating Azul, a relationship that they are intensely exploring. But when it comes time to have their first time together, Manuel feels something completely new that makes him see Felipe with different eyes. The routines of their friendship change tenor. Manuel tries to figure out if the impulse is mutual. The challenge is in not putting their friendship at risk. Something that inevitably ends up being tested.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 17:30Shabu (2021)
Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience
Directed by: Shamira Raphaëla
Netherlands, Belgium, 2021, 75 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Shabu (14) lives in a colorful loving environment where everyone knows and supports each other. He needs that support, since he has a big obstacle to overcome this summer; he angered the most import woman in his life. His grandmother. He crashed her car joyriding it while she was on vacation in Surinam. So, instead of working on his music career he’ll have to pay for the damages done.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 18:30Poppy (2020)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Linda Niccol
New Zealand, 2020, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Poppy Simpson is an irrepressible young woman with Down syndrome and an assumption she should get to do what everyone else does – have a job, drive a car, have sex, get married. Holding her back is Dave, her older brother and her only family since the death of their parents. Poppy and Dave work together in their inherited auto repair business. Dave doesn’t think she can get a driver’s licence. Quietly rebellious, Poppy secretly begins to teach herself to drive.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 18:30Black (2016)
Section: Top Teen Ten
Directed by: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Belgium, 2016, 95 min
Projection place: Castle SVOBODY
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Mavela, a 15-year-old black teenager was a misfit until she encountered the Black Bronx, a well-known gang of young Africans. She feels at home in the gang: accepted. She has friends now, who get her mixed up in street life. For the very first time, Mavela feels like she belongs. In return, she quickly learns that Black Bronx is a lifetime commitment; once a gang member, always a gang member. And she has no intention of leaving. One day, however, she meets Marwan. He´s Moroccan and a member of the 1080s, another teenage gang and the enemy of the Black Bronx gang. It´s love at first sight, but a dangerous Romeo and Juliet story now begins
Mon 30.05.2022 | 19:00Music by Zdeněk Liška (2017)
Section: Special Mention
Directed by: Pavel Klusák
Czech Republic, 2017, 53 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Music composer Zdeněk Liška’s name is tied to dozens of titles of Czechoslovak cinematography from the 1960s on. His unmistakable writing was appreciated by film directors and they respected him as a co-author of their work. When composing for a symphonic orchestra, a brass band, stringed instruments, or piano, he used various instruments, as well as electronics, and sound effects. A portrait of the ingeniously diverse Liška responding to the current rising international interest in him.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 19:30Back to Those Days (2021)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon , Patron of Children Audience Award
Directed by: Konrad Aksinowicz
Poland, 2021, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Alek has just come back from a long emigrant stay in the US and wants to start a new life in the new post-communist Poland. Unfortunately, he’s an alcoholic and drags his wife and 12-year-old son Tomek into being co-dependent alcoholics. As young Tomek starts to have difficulties at school, he gradually begins to understand the drama of his father’s alcoholism. Alek must make a choice…
Mon 30.05.2022 | 20:00The Perfect David (2021)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Felipe Gomez Aparicio
Argentina, 2021, 78 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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At 16, David is much like any teenager, but his boyish good looks rest upon a hulking, muscular body. His weightlifting obsession is driven by his mother Juana, a troubled artist whose only goal is to have her son reach physical perfection by his 17th birthday. With countless hours spent at a grungy gym in the company of a motley clique of pumped-up gym rats, David desperately searches for what it means to be a man.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 20:30The Coach (2021)
Section: FILMTALENT Stars
Directed by: Radim Grzybek
Czech Republic, 2021, 15 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A story about corruption and the clash of two men. One feels he has been falsely accused and tries to redeem himself for his act, discrediting himself in his naivety. Under public pressure, the other must make crucial decisions, but doesn't practice what he preaches.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 20:30Beloved son (2021)
Section: FILMTALENT Stars
Directed by: Yekaterina Rogova
Czech Republic, 2021, 63 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A mother and son need balance in their relationship. After her husband dies, a mother babies her son and protects him from anything dangerous – she's afraid of losing him. Her behavior is becoming pathological and completely runs her son's life. Her maternal care becomes fanatical. An adult, the son can't get away from his mother. He longs for another life, but fears the guilt of abandoning his mother. Only self-destructive behavior can resolve his internal conflict and frustration.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 21:30Mimořádná událost (2022)
Section: Open-Air Cinema
Directed by: Jiří Havelka
Czech Republic, 2022, 103 min
Projection place: Open Air Cinema
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Tue 31.05.2022 | 08:10The Secret of Mr. M. (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Pavel Šimák
Czech Republic, 2022, 145 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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A group of three children, brought together by chance with the somewhat peculiar Mr. M.. The audience begins to unravel not only his secrets, but also the story of a man whom today the whole world equates with scientists such as Darwin and Einstein. Over 8 episodes, the series gives children a glimpse into other fascinating areas and the disciplines in which Mendel excelled - not just attempts at plant crossing, but also meteorology, beekeeping, and even astronomy.
Tue 31.05.2022 | 08:10Gregor Mendel and the Secret of Peas (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: David Súkup
Czech Republic, 2022, 4 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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The story of Johann Gregor Mendel briefly and entertainingly encompasses his entire life from childhood to the autumn of life: all the pitfalls and peripeties fate has prepared for him, his father's death, monastic service, and above all the basic discovery of the laws of heredity he made while crossing pea lines. When his contribution was misunderstood by his contemporaries, Mendel turned to a number of other natural sciences.