Film programme 2023

Darkening (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Ondřej Moravec

Czech Republic, Germany, 2022, 25 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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How does a person with depression perceive the world? This film provides a deep insight into the "dark night of the soul", as well as hope.

Brainz VR Cinema (2023)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

International, 2023, 234 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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Blueback (2022)

Section: World Children´s Film Panorama

Directed by: Robert Connolly

Australia, 2022, 102 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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The extraordinary beauty of the world's oceans and their inhabitants in a coming-of-age film. The story focuses on little Abby, who befriends a beautiful wild blue groper while scuba diving. When Abby realizes the fish is in danger, she remembers her mother, an activist and conservationist, and stands up to poachers to save her friend. And here begins her lifelong journey to save the world's coral reefs.

The Properties of Metals (2023)

Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon

Directed by: Antonio Bigini

Italy, 2023, 93 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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1970’s Italy in a small village in the mountains. Pietro, is being raised by his widower father, a surly man with money problems. He begins to manifest mysterious gifts; he can bend metal simply by touching it. An American scientist starts studying him and this leads the child towards an invisible world where the unquestionable laws of physics collide with the deepest human desires.

My Country Ukraine

Section: Special Mention

Ukraine, 0, 50 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Zlín Film Festival, міжнародний дитячий кінофестиваль щиро запрошує Вас на показ українського анімаційного серіалу Моя країна Україна. Ця серія була створена в київській студії анімаційного фільму "Новаторфільм" і розповідає про пригоди Кіта Воркіта та його друга Сашка Лірника. Друзі подорожують по історично цікавих місцях України та пропонують цікавий екскурс в історію України. Злінський кінофестиваль покаже вибір з 12 серій серіалу лише українською мовою. Показ відбудеться у суботу, 28 травня, о 11.30 годині в залі номер 3 кінотеатру Golden Apple Cinema у Зліні. Для українських сімей вхід безкоштовний. Безкоштовні квитки просимо забрати перед показом в касі кінотеатру. Фільми, які будуть показані: В подорож за казками Луганський степ Шешори Львів Таки Одеса Чарівна грязюка Хто живе на дні Пісочного Петриківка Казочка про місто Bорщів Легенда про Святогора Чорнозем Лицарський турнір It is our pleasure to show an animated series My Country Ukraine at 62nd Zlín Film festival. We invite to see it not only Ukrainian families and children living in the Czech Republic. The series "My Country – Ukraine" made by the Kyiv animation studio "Novatorfilm" tells about the adventures of the cat Vorkot, who, together with his friend Sashko Lirnyk, travels to different cities of Ukraine in search of interesting historical places and thus teaches the viewers the history of our state. Every episode is full of warmth and patriotism. In total, 26 episodes about different cities of Ukraine have been shot, in particular: Berdyansk, Odesa, Melitopol, Luhansk, villages of Shushery, Lehedzine and others. Zlín Film Festival presents selected 12 episodes in Ukrainian only.

Lights (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Jitka Nemikinsová

Czech Republic, 2023, 9 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A birthday party is held in a small town filled with light bulbs. Here, flames can grow up and be assigned to bulbs – they get a glass globe so they can shine forever.

Pig (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Jorn Leeuwerink

Netherlands, 2021, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A big group of animals makes itself dependent on a power grid, hooked into the socket-shaped snout of a single sleeping pig. How long will that last?

Middle Watch (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden

United Kingdom, Czech Republic, 2022, 12 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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During a war a sailor must do his duty. Watch must be kept, the horizon scanned for enemy craft and the bubble trails of deadly torpedoes launched by submarines.

My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Filip Diviak

Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2023, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Edgar’s life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a trip to a slaughterhouse. He takes it home after finding out that the calf is to become a schnitzel.

Where Rabbits Come From (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Colin Ludvic Racicot

Canada, 2023, 15 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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In a cold dystopian world, a widowed father defies the authorities trying to instill a sense of wonder into his daughter’s life.

Edgar and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

International, 0, 56 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Blèh (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Tim Alards

Netherlands, 2022, 4 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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While picking up his birthday cake, a boy notices zombies all around. They are too busy with their phones to pay attention to their surroundings or traffic.

Missing 10 Hours (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Fanni Fazakas

Hungary, 2022, 16 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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Rape cases often involve more than just the perpetrator and the victim. Your decisions as a bystander will influence the course of an evening.

Thank You for Sharing Your World (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Yu Sakudo

Japan, 2022, 33 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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Takashi lost his eyesight in grade school. He begins to lose interest in a world he can’t see, until he’s invited to an event which changes how he sees the world.

Sorella's Story (2021)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Peter Hegedüs

Australia, Hungary, Sweden, 2021, 15 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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We follow 10-year-old Sorella in 1941 on her final journey to a Baltic Sea beach where close to 4,000 Jewish people, mostly women and children, were murdered.

Rock Paper Scissors (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Alex Ruhl

United Kingdom, 2022, 7 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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Single mum Lina and her daughter Priya have found a fair way to settle any debate, using the game Rock Paper Scissors. But life isn’t always like on the playground.

Reimagimed vol. 1: Nyssa (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Julie Cavaliere

United States of America, 2022, 15 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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After losing her best friend/broom, a young witch must learn about fear and how to harness it in order to protect her village from the wrath of the evil Teemencaag.

Lou (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Martine Asselin, Annick Daigneault

Canada, 2022, 26 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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Based on stories and experiences shared by autistic people and inspired by the children of both directors. Witness firsthand a few days of his life.

Luna: Left Behind (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Charuvit Wannissorn

Thailand, 2022, 30 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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An interactive VR story about an android and a little girl trying to survive an AI apocalypse. Can you, a droid with no combat capabilities, protect Luna?

Kristine Is Not Well (2021)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Seeyam Quine

Netherlands, United States of America, 2021, 18 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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A VR social media simulation that highlights the resistance of online activists against algorithmic surveillance and censorship.