Toilet Talks (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Erika Hníková
Czech Republic, 2022, 22 min
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InfoAbout sex for young people just starting out in this area of life. Two young women, Terézia and Zuzana, talk in the restroom about various topics related to sexuality, intimacy, physicality, and self-acceptance. They tell their own stories, sometimes they invite guests, but they always speak plainly and with knowledge. The goal is sex education, to “expell myths”, and get teenagers to think about the role of social networks, media icons, and pornography in their lives.
Thu 26.05.2022 | 17:30Grandma Chance (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Pavel Jakeš
Czech Republic, 2022, 26 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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A mix of grandmother and energetic teen; that's how Zdenka Wasserbauer (82) is described by those around her. To understand her, we need to go back to when both her grandson and film director Pavel Jakeš suffered from childhood leukemia. Pavel was cured, but his friend Honza was not so lucky; a suitable bone marrow donor couldn't be found. “Grandmother Chance” has been spreading awareness and expanding the registry of bone marrow donors for more than 25 years.
Thu 26.05.2022 | 19:00Shoky & Morthy: Last Big Thing (2021)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Andy Fehu
Czech Republic, 2021, 99 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Shoky and Morthy have been friends since school and are YouTubers with a well-trodden career. Morthy, however, is no longer amused by their childish pranks. Their latest video catches a lot of criticism and their channel stops making money; it looks like a definitive breakup. Their only chance is to plan a "last big event". Shoky, Morthy, his girlfriend Sara, the quirky ghost hunter Lucie and the vacuum cleaner dealer Radomil embark on a wild ride to unravel the mystery of the Nine Crosses.
Fri 27.05.2022 | 09:10The 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.
Fri 27.05.2022 | 18:30The Solstices of Petr Nikl (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Pavel Jirásek
Czech Republic, 2022, 52 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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The personality and unique way of thinking of a leading Czech painter, musician, and performer. Petr Nikl, a founding member of the art group Tvrdohlaví and, among others, a laureate of the Jindřich Chalupeký Award, is an intermedia artist with classical roots who freely and convincingly expresses himself through traditional art techniques, books, interactive projects, and improv events based on performance, theatre, and musical performances.
Fri 27.05.2022 | 19:30The Sign Painter (2020)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Viesturs Kairišs
Latvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, 2020, 118 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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A tragicomic drama of love and loss and the story of a man who, in a short space of time, finds himself gradually in the midst of three totalitarian regimes: the authoritarian state of pre-war Latvia and, during the war, the era of communism and Nazism. The absurd and grotesque situation, Kafkaesque atmosphere, great love for two women, important moral decisions accompany the main hero throughout the cruel and lyrical history of last century's Eastern Europe.
Fri 27.05.2022 | 20:00Morning Glow (2021)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Dan Wlodarczyk
Czech Republic, 2021, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Given the "unauthorized" name of Morning Glow by her alternative family, Social Services are taking the 8-month-old girl from them. After an ombudsman intervenes, the girl is returned, but the case continues. The media portrays this as petty bourgeois officials using bureaucracy to trouble those with lifestyles they disagree with. Morning Glow now symbolizes the conflict between the state and civil defiance. But where are the boundaries between normal and alternative?
Sat 28.05.2022 | 10:00The Cursed Cave (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Mariana Čengel Solčanská
Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic, 2022, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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A wondrous cave contains rare treasures, salt, and precious rubies. The miners can take all the salt they need, but they can't take anything from the ruby hall of the cave. Whoever takes a ruby will suffer a curse. The burgomaster's daughter Lena craves a precious gem from the cave. Her reckless act upends the fragile balance of the kingdom and also affects her. Only a good-hearted man can free the cursed Lena; he must return the stolen ruby back to the heart of the cave...
Sat 28.05.2022 | 10:15A Devil’s Tale (2021)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Miroslav Zachariáš
Czech Republic, 2021, 29 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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The devil Florimón is sent from hell in order to harm people, especially chimney sweeps. A magic mirror can also help, which, when broken, fulfills one wish. When Florimón meets the mute comedian Tradamila, he learns that it makes sense to wish for a better world than the one he knows. In the end, he uses the magic mirror not for himself, but to break Tradamila's curse. Florimon's fate is solved by love – the strongest spell.
Sat 28.05.2022 | 16:00The Old Blunderbuss Mystery (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Ivo Macharáček
Czech Republic, 2022, 103 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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James is the king, Anna the queen. The family has grown to include Princess Johanka, who likes spending time with Grandpa Karaba. Seeking revenge, the exiled advisors Lorenc and Ferenc use the young, inexperienced Queen Julia from the neighboring kingdom... It's time to dust off the arcane and well-hidden old pistol and call on the robber Karaba to help. But where is he? Lorenc and Ferenc set a clever trap for Karaba. It will be necessary to join forces for justice and love to finally prevail.
Sat 28.05.2022 | 19:30The Auschwitz Report (2020)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Peter Bebjak
Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2020, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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World War II, April 7, 1944. A normal day for thousands of prisoners in Auschwitz, but a small group is preparing to flee. At the evening count, Fredy and Valér are hidden in a pit under a pile of beams. Unbetrayed, they stay three days until the Germans stop looking for them. Then they set off to their native land, to the territory of Czechoslovakia. If they make it, they will tell the world of the hell that is Auschwitz – but will the world believe them?
Sun 29.05.2022 | 16:00Mimi and Liza – The Garden (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Ivana Šebestová, Katarína Kerekesová
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2022, 60 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Blind Mimi and Lisa are best friends. They teach each other generosity, tolerance and openness to the diversity of the world. In a new story called The Garden, a yellow container arrives in the yard of their house, which neighbors soon begin to fill with old and broken things. Lisa is curious about what Mimi will throw out and is surprised when she doesn't throw anything away.
Mon 30.05.2022 | 14:00First-time Voters 2021 (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Markéta Ekrt Válková
Czech Republic, 2022, 53 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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The development and shaping of the political views of several young people from different social backgrounds and schools – apprentice school kids to private high school students – just before the elections in autumn 2021 in relation to their social environments. Young people hold political stances across the political spectrum, from ANO to SPOLU to PirSTAN. It is thus a collective portrait of one generation, its ideas about adulthood, the future, and state of our society.
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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In 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.
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.
Tue 31.05.2022 | 09:40How not to Marry a Princess (2021)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Karel Janák
Czech Republic, 2021, 91 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Fates come to the castle with predictions as to the future of little Prince Leopold. Leopold is to marry Josephine, daughter of the neighboring king. But it's hate at first sight and they look for a way to stop their wedding. They steal magical watches from the Fates, which take them back to the time of the Prince's birth and they prevent his divinations. Upon their return, they realize what they've done to themselves and to the kingdom.
Tue 31.05.2022 | 14:30One Classroom (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Petr Hátle
Czech Republic, 2022, 53 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Venezuelan Grecia, Vietnamese Linda, and Ukrainian Andrei are students of the inclusive META school, supporting the integration of young migrants into Czech society. Their families came to the Czech Republic under different circumstances; each has different ideas about their future. The boxer Andrej wants to become independent ASAP, the artistically-gifted Grecia would like to get into a secondary art school, and Linda is still looking for her own path to education and a career.
Tue 31.05.2022 | 19:30Kryštof (2021)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Zdeněk Jiráský
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2021, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Krystof lives as a fresh postulant in a community of monks. With his brothers, he not only shares a world of contemplation, but also transfers people persecuted by the Communist regime across the border to Germany. One night, he witnesses the liquidation of his monk community and their transport. The place where he put his hopes and faith is destroyed, and now he is alone on the run. He understands that this is his last chance to rebel against a brutal political power and save a loved one.
Wed 01.06.2022 | 09:10TBH (2022)
Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
Directed by: Lucia Kajánková
Czech Republic, 2022, 138 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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The abbreviation TBH in Czech online slang represents the phrase "to be honest". A web series shows the search for boundaries in the painful world of adolescence and manipulative social networks and describes how a shooting attack forever changes the lives of several Brno high school students. What will change after the attack in a community where the cruel rules have been determined by the strong boys from the floorball team and their angry fans – a girl group that calls itself Bitchez?