Film programme 2022

Toilet Talks (2022)

Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes

Directed by: Erika Hníková

Czech Republic, 2022, 22 min

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About 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.

Vinski and the Invisibility Powder (2021)

Section: World Childrens Film Panorama

Directed by: Juha Wuolijoki

Finland, 2021, 85 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1

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When the town of Hömpstad is swept by a crime wave and the crimes and robberies are so out-of-hand that the police need a superhero to help them, 10-year-old Vinski meets a mysterious pharmacist who gives him a bottle of magical invisibility powder that also lets you walk through walls. Vinski soon uses his new powers to help the local people, but a nasty band of crooks soon becomes interested in the secret of invisibility as well.

My Name is Fear (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children, Neighbourhood

Directed by: Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez

Germany, 2021, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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The fear that lives in your head wants to give an interview. Maybe you and Fear can become friends, or maybe there is a reason to fear Fear.

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.

Mishou (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Milen Vitanov

Bulgaria, Germany, 2020, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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The lives of four lively Arctic hares take a turn after discovering a strange new creature.

META (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Antje Heyn

Germany, 2022, 4 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Taking up the topics such as change, transience, cycles, connection, and interaction in a playful and experimental way.

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.

Beanie (2022)

Section: World Childrens Film Panorama

Directed by: Slobodan Maksimović

Slovenia, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Croatia, 2022, 86 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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Erik is a 9-year-old boy living in a youth home due to his problematic parents. Beanie is his nickname. His only wish is to go home for Christmas. Instead, he gets to spend the holiday with a wealthy family and their 7-year-old daughter Lučka, who wishes for a puppy and a sister. In the middle of the night, Erik and Lučka encounter Santa in the family’s living room. They hide in his car, but Santa dumps them in the middle of the city. They embark on an extraordinary adventure…

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?