Film programme 2023

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.

Fresh Memories: the Look (2023)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Volodymyr Kolbasa, Ondřej Moravec

Czech Republic, Ukraine, 2023, 10 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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The war in Ukraine has destroyed thousands of households and lives. Look into the eyes of those who lost their homes or places closely connected with them.

Darkening (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Ondřej Moravec

Czech Republic, Germany, 2022, 25 min

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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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It´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.

Rickshaw Girl (2021)

Section: Top Teen Ten

Directed by: Amitabh Reza Chowdhury

Bangladesh, United States of America, Germany, 2021, 110 min

Projection place: Zámek

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Naima, a brave and determined girl, wants to help her poor Bangladeshi family financially, but her undeniable artistic talent is useless in this matter. With her father gravely ill, it seems that the only thing she can do is to leave her native village and throw herself into the whirlwind of big city Dhaka. But here she faces the same economic, social and gender inequalities as most young girls in Bangladesh.

Neneh 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.

Us (2022)

Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog

Directed by: Nika Zhukova, Eli Hofman

Israel, 2022, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Human greed towards nature depicted by two abstract characters and enriched through expressive dance.

Zlín Dog - Student Animations 2

Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog

International, 0, 54 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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Whatman (2023)

Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog

Directed by: Nika Zinověva

Czech Republic, 2023, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A story about a very important social problem – civic engagement. However, it is not connected to any particular political system or period.

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.

Headprickles (2022)

Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog

Directed by: Katarzyna Miechowicz

Poland, 2022, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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A series of bizarre images and situations from human life that pull the corners of the mouth up.

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.

Mixed (2022)

Section: International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog

Directed by: Veronika Valentová

Slovak Republic, 2022, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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An emotional frenzy of feelings and moods that balances on the border of narrativity and abstraction.

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.