Thu 01.06.2023 | 17:30Bantamweight (2022)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Hans Matos Cámac
Peru, 2022, 79 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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InfoEnrique is an Andean teenage boxer who lives with his grandmother Digna. When he is chosen to represent the city of Huancayo in a national championship, the coach asks Enrique and the other local contestants for their IDs to register them and travel to the contest. For his teammates this isn’t a problem, but it is for Enrique; he is ashamed of his ID photo and insists on changing it. Between training and travel plans, Enrique becomes aware that the fight for his dreams isn’t only inside the boxing ring.
Fri 02.06.2023 | 09:30Eagles (2018)
Section: European Web Series for Teenagers
Directed by: Amanda Adolfsson
Sweden, 2018, 80 min
Projection place: Zámek
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Elias is the son of a former NHL star and is a junior hockey talent. When he moves back to Oskarshamn, Sweden, with his parents and sister, he joins the local high school and, of course, the hockey team. But fitting in with his classmates will be more difficult than beating a shorthanded Canadian team. Especially when his sister falls for Elias' biggest rival on the ice. A Swedish hit series about sports, friendship, love and unsportsmanlike fouls on and off the ice. Homecoming, duration: 22 min First Kiss, duration: 18 min Sunday, duration: 20 min
Fri 02.06.2023 | 10:50Big Dreams (2023)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category (up to 10 years of age)
Directed by: Dan Pánek
Czech Republic, 2023, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
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The year is 1998, in Nagano, Japan. The Czechs win the gold in Olympic ice hockey and the crowds go wild. All the kids want to be like Jagr or Hašek. Among them is Dom, an 11-year-old dreamer who looks up to his new idol. He would love to play hockey, but his parents don't have the money and doubt his abilities. On his grandfather’s advice, Dom and his friend Honza build a hockey team, calling themselves the Sabres after Hašek's home team in Buffalo. This team of disparate, underestimated kids focus on their great challenge – to defeat the Red Wings team from the next village and earn respect. After an initial defeat, the Sabres are taken over by the peculiar coach Karel, a former major league hockey player, and they gradually head for a rematch. This story of friendship, sport, pride, euphoria, and underdogs sends a message that children's dreams have many forms and that children need to be supported.
Fri 02.06.2023 | 11:20Dojo (2022)
Section: World Children´s Film Panorama
Directed by: Boris Paval Conen
Netherlands, 2022, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Brandon (13) and his best friend Stefano live in a multicultural working-class neighborhood. They find comfort and brotherhood with a local gang and rise quickly in the street hierarchy by carrying out dangerous tasks. But when Brandon gets caught breaking into a dojo by Kai, a former judo champion and owner of the dojo, he demands that Brandon join his judo school to avoid arrest. In the dojo, Brandon discovers the peaceful philosophy behind judo, which gives him the peace and discipline that his life lacks. Can Brandon break free from the ruthless street life?
Sat 03.06.2023 | 11:10Fearless (2023)
Section: Competition of European Feature Documentaries for Young Audience
Directed by: Luciano Toriello
Italy, 2023, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Pierfrancesco lives with his family in the Brazilian village of Jericoacoara, which is known not only for its beautiful beaches and sand dunes, but also for ideal weather conditions for kitesurfing. Pierfrancesco is a kitesurfing star at the age of 11. In this time-lapse documentary, we follow his childhood from the time he took his first steps into the water at the age of three to the present day, when he is competing at the World Championships at the age of eleven. Pierfrancesco travels with his father and trainer not only in Brazil, but also to Spain, France and Italy, where he has relatives. Adrenaline-filled and visually appealing documentary about the courage, ambition and fears of a little boy in a fight against the enormous power of the ocean and wind in this interesting sport.
Sat 03.06.2023 | 11:20Big Dreams (2023)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category (up to 10 years of age)
Directed by: Dan Pánek
Czech Republic, 2023, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
Score:
The year is 1998, in Nagano, Japan. The Czechs win the gold in Olympic ice hockey and the crowds go wild. All the kids want to be like Jagr or Hašek. Among them is Dom, an 11-year-old dreamer who looks up to his new idol. He would love to play hockey, but his parents don't have the money and doubt his abilities. On his grandfather’s advice, Dom and his friend Honza build a hockey team, calling themselves the Sabres after Hašek's home team in Buffalo. This team of disparate, underestimated kids focus on their great challenge – to defeat the Red Wings team from the next village and earn respect. After an initial defeat, the Sabres are taken over by the peculiar coach Karel, a former major league hockey player, and they gradually head for a rematch. This story of friendship, sport, pride, euphoria, and underdogs sends a message that children's dreams have many forms and that children need to be supported.
Sun 04.06.2023 | 16:00Neneh Superstar (2023)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Ramzi Ben Sliman
France, 2023, 95 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet School. Despite her enthusiasm, she has to redouble her efforts to escape from her circumstances and be accepted by the school’s director, Marianne Belage, the guarantor of traditions and the bearer of a secret that links her to the little ballerina.
Mon 05.06.2023 | 11:30One in a Million (2022)
Section: Competition of European Feature Documentaries for Young Audience
Directed by: Joya Thome
Germany, 2022, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Many young people dream of becoming an influencer. The talented German director in her documentary introduces Whitney Bjerken, a promising American gymnast and world-famous YouTuber, and Yaru, a girl from Germany who is one of her fans. In private, is Whitney as strong and positive as she she is in the videos through which she tries to inspire a million other young people around the world to pursue their goals and believe in themselves? And what does Yara get out of standing in Whitney's shadow and running her own Whitney fan site? What makes Whitney unique? And what makes Yaru unique? The documentary follows two teenage girls on different continents who are connected through screens. It shows the daily lives of seemingly different girls who fight for their own path and face the challenges of success, loneliness, and first love.
Tue 06.06.2023 | 10:40Big Dreams (2023)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category (up to 10 years of age)
Directed by: Dan Pánek
Czech Republic, 2023, 98 min
Projection place: Aula
Score:
The year is 1998, in Nagano, Japan. The Czechs win the gold in Olympic ice hockey and the crowds go wild. All the kids want to be like Jagr or Hašek. Among them is Dom, an 11-year-old dreamer who looks up to his new idol. He would love to play hockey, but his parents don't have the money and doubt his abilities. On his grandfather’s advice, Dom and his friend Honza build a hockey team, calling themselves the Sabres after Hašek's home team in Buffalo. This team of disparate, underestimated kids focus on their great challenge – to defeat the Red Wings team from the next village and earn respect. After an initial defeat, the Sabres are taken over by the peculiar coach Karel, a former major league hockey player, and they gradually head for a rematch. This story of friendship, sport, pride, euphoria, and underdogs sends a message that children's dreams have many forms and that children need to be supported.
Wed 07.06.2023 | 08:30Big Dreams (2023)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category (up to 10 years of age)
Directed by: Dan Pánek
Czech Republic, 2023, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
The year is 1998, in Nagano, Japan. The Czechs win the gold in Olympic ice hockey and the crowds go wild. All the kids want to be like Jagr or Hašek. Among them is Dom, an 11-year-old dreamer who looks up to his new idol. He would love to play hockey, but his parents don't have the money and doubt his abilities. On his grandfather’s advice, Dom and his friend Honza build a hockey team, calling themselves the Sabres after Hašek's home team in Buffalo. This team of disparate, underestimated kids focus on their great challenge – to defeat the Red Wings team from the next village and earn respect. After an initial defeat, the Sabres are taken over by the peculiar coach Karel, a former major league hockey player, and they gradually head for a rematch. This story of friendship, sport, pride, euphoria, and underdogs sends a message that children's dreams have many forms and that children need to be supported.
Wed 07.06.2023 | 10:50Dojo (2022)
Section: World Children´s Film Panorama
Directed by: Boris Paval Conen
Netherlands, 2022, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 1
Score:
Brandon (13) and his best friend Stefano live in a multicultural working-class neighborhood. They find comfort and brotherhood with a local gang and rise quickly in the street hierarchy by carrying out dangerous tasks. But when Brandon gets caught breaking into a dojo by Kai, a former judo champion and owner of the dojo, he demands that Brandon join his judo school to avoid arrest. In the dojo, Brandon discovers the peaceful philosophy behind judo, which gives him the peace and discipline that his life lacks. Can Brandon break free from the ruthless street life?