Thu 01.06.2023 | 20:00You Can Live Forever (2022)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category (over 15 years of age)
Directed by: Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky
Canada, 2022, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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InfoAfter the sudden death of her father, Jaime is sent to live with relatives, members of a devout Jehovah's Witness congregation. The daughter of an apostate from the faith, she's at the mercy of the community if she again integrates herself among the believers. At a meeting, she meets the charming Marike, the daughter of the congregation's leader. At first glance, they make a connection, which they must hide from everyone. Despite all the do's and don'ts of their faith, their relationship focuses only on their mutual love, which becomes a source of tension and inevitable condemnation. This sensitive queer drama from the 1990s premiered at New York's Tribeca Film Festival and is a sought-after title by festival programmers. Audiences will be reminded of Danish director Niels Arden Oplev's magnificent drama Worlds Apart (2008), which also sets a story of forbidden love in a mysterious yet attractive religious setting.
Fri 02.06.2023 | 17:30You Can Live Forever (2022)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category (over 15 years of age)
Directed by: Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky
Canada, 2022, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
Score:
After the sudden death of her father, Jaime is sent to live with relatives, members of a devout Jehovah's Witness congregation. The daughter of an apostate from the faith, she's at the mercy of the community if she again integrates herself among the believers. At a meeting, she meets the charming Marike, the daughter of the congregation's leader. At first glance, they make a connection, which they must hide from everyone. Despite all the do's and don'ts of their faith, their relationship focuses only on their mutual love, which becomes a source of tension and inevitable condemnation. This sensitive queer drama from the 1990s premiered at New York's Tribeca Film Festival and is a sought-after title by festival programmers. Audiences will be reminded of Danish director Niels Arden Oplev's magnificent drama Worlds Apart (2008), which also sets a story of forbidden love in a mysterious yet attractive religious setting.
Fri 02.06.2023 | 18:30Just Charlie (2017)
Section: Top Teen Ten
Directed by: Rebecah Fortune
United Kingdom, 2017, 99 min
Projection place: Zámek
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Charlie lives for football, he's amazing with the ball and now he's getting the chance to play football professionally. He might succeed at what his father couldn't. But he’s got a secret buried deep in his heart, and now that his future is clearly defined, he cannot keep his secret under wraps. His decision to come clean will tear his once united family apart and wreak havoc on his relationships with his friends. The security they each felt for themselves and those around them is shattered, and the road back to harmony is paved with obstacles, prejudice and embarrassment.
Sat 03.06.2023 | 17:00Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2022)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Aitch Alberto
United States of America, 2022, 96 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Set in El Paso, Texas in 1987, the story follows two Mexican-American teenagers, Aristotle "Ari" Mendoza and Dante Quintana, their friendship, and their struggles with racial and ethnic identity, sexuality, and family relationships. Based on the coming-of-age young adult novel by American author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
Sun 04.06.2023 | 15:00It´s Always Been Me (2023)
Section: Competition of European Feature Documentaries for Young Audience
Directed by: Julie Madsen
Denmark, 2023, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Max and Bastian are Danish teenagers. Max was born a girl, but feels like a transgender boy. And Bastian, born a boy, feels more like a girl. Both are faced with the choice of whether or not to begin hormone therapy to stop their puberty. But can you trust yourself when everything is constantly changing in puberty? Are you making the right decision? They are both surrounded by friends and loving family who do everything in their power to understand them and help them make their decision. An empathetic and timely documentary about two young people who don't feel who they were born as, and the importance of an understanding family in making decisions that will change the rest of your life.
Sun 04.06.2023 | 17:30Big Boys (2022)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category (over 15 years of age)
Directed by: Corey Sherman
United States of America, 2022, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Fourteen-year-old Jamie prepares for a trip with his older brother Luke and his favorite cousin Allie. But he’s surprised to learn of the unexpected presence of Allie's boyfriend Dan. Despite his initial fears, Dan's sense of humor, shared interests, and self-confidence make him an object of interest. Moreover, Dan supports Jamie against Luke, who teases his brother for lack of virility and experience in his sex life. That makes his fascination even stronger, and Jamie does all he can to get closer to Dan, while also hiding his true feelings. The director decided to bring his own queer coming-of-age story to the screen, with an emphasis on today's notion of masculinity and positive acceptance of one's physical and mental identity. This small film with a big heart stands out for its excellent script and the performance of the main actor Isaac Krasner. It had its world premiere at the BFI Flare in London.
Mon 05.06.2023 | 08:40Big Boys (2022)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category (over 15 years of age)
Directed by: Corey Sherman
United States of America, 2022, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
Fourteen-year-old Jamie prepares for a trip with his older brother Luke and his favorite cousin Allie. But he’s surprised to learn of the unexpected presence of Allie's boyfriend Dan. Despite his initial fears, Dan's sense of humor, shared interests, and self-confidence make him an object of interest. Moreover, Dan supports Jamie against Luke, who teases his brother for lack of virility and experience in his sex life. That makes his fascination even stronger, and Jamie does all he can to get closer to Dan, while also hiding his true feelings. The director decided to bring his own queer coming-of-age story to the screen, with an emphasis on today's notion of masculinity and positive acceptance of one's physical and mental identity. This small film with a big heart stands out for its excellent script and the performance of the main actor Isaac Krasner. It had its world premiere at the BFI Flare in London.
Mon 05.06.2023 | 20:00Winter Boy (2022)
Section: Festival Laurels from around the World
Directed by: Christophe Honoré
France, 2022, 122 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Lucas is 17 when his teenage world is suddenly shattered. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a brother settled in Paris and a mother with whom he now lives alone, Lucas will have to fight to rediscover hope and love.
Tue 06.06.2023 | 10:30Soy Niño (2022)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Lorena Zilleruelo
France, Chile, 2022, 62 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Bastian, a young trans boy, has to face a very difficult time in life: adolescence. It becomes even harder when he has to put his best efforts into asserting his individuality. From age 12 to 18, Bastian is filmed by his dear cousin Lorena who catches every glimpse of intimacy and difficulties. We witness how social and economic obstacles can put Bastian’s transition at risk. Bastian’s journey introduces us to a newly open-minded Chile, more tolerant thanks to Chile’s new generation.
Tue 06.06.2023 | 17:00Beautiful Beings (2022)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic, 2022, 123 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Fourteen-year-old Balli is an outsider from a broken family. In vain, he seeks support at home and at school, where he is a victim of bullying. Everything changes when he meets a group of three troubled teenagers who unexpectedly take him in. A gang dominated by the violent Konni and intelligent Addi offers Balli a missing home. A story told with poetic feeling and rawness about relationships that can last forever and help shape us in our most important moments. About cruelty and tenderness born on the magical border between childhood and adulthood.
Wed 07.06.2023 | 14:30Close (2022)
Section: Festival Laurels from around the World
Directed by: Lukas Dhont
Belgium, Netherlands, France, 2022, 105 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Léo and Rémi are close. They have boyhood adventures, share the world and almost every moment together. But they're reaching an age when things start to have names. What do they have, friendship or love? School starts after the holidays and thus start the nosy questions and ironic remarks of their classmates. As childhood ends, adulthood intrudes inexorably into the two friends' previously carefree world.
Wed 07.06.2023 | 19:30The Young Arsonists (2022)
Section: Festival Laurels from around the World
Directed by: Sheila Pye
Canada, 2022, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Set in the ‘80s amongst the sparse landscape of an isolated farming community, four restless adolescent girls band together to escape their troubled lives and patriarchal constraints by reclaiming an abandoned farmhouse as their own. When their secret world is threatened, the girls’ relationships are tested to an extreme.