Film programme 2023

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.

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.

Dounia & The Princess of Aleppo (2022)

Section: World Children´s Film Panorama

Directed by: Marya Zarif, André Kadi

Canada, 2022, 72 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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Dounia, a cheerful little Syrian girl full of dreams, loses her mother prematurely. Then the regime arrests her father. With her grandparents, she has to leave her beloved country to find a new home. Despite the obstacles that stand in her way, she knows that she can count on the few magic nigella seeds she holds in her hand and on the help of the princess of Aleppo…

Brainz VR Cinema (2023)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

International, 2023, 234 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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Desert Critter (2023)

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

Directed by: Lina Walde

Germany, 2023, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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The desert critter casts the shadow of a palm tree. No other animal has such an annoying shadow. Can the critter exchange it for the right one?

Kind of Fishy (2022)

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

Directed by: Aleksander Leines Nordaas

Norway, 2022, 5 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Danny Driftwood creates his own underwater world in a bucket: with rocks, sand, leaves, and driftwood. And down here, magic dwells!

Swing to the Moon (2022)

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

Directed by: Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero, Sol

France, 2022, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Temi, the spider is dreaming of landing on the Moon. She is attracted to the Moon light. She tries so many different ways to achieve her goal.

Peter the Beetle (2022)

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

Directed by: Meelis Arulepp

Estonia, 2022, 9 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Peter the Beetle dreams of performing in front of the big crowd at the Zoo. He leaves home to make his dream come true. Unfortunately, he is too small to be seen.

Dandelions (2022)

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

Directed by: Alexandra Chovanová

Czech Republic, 2022, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A tale of two lions, young and old, in a flower world not so different from ours – with the same crisis coming with old age and worries about what we leave behind.

A Tiny Voyage (2022)

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

Directed by: Emily Worms

France, Switzerland, 2022, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Parakeet Titi opens the door to his own cage by himself but doesn´t fly away. John decides to help Titi overcome his fears, as the pair set out on a tiny voyage.

The Chameleon and Other Animations

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

International, 0, 40 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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The Chameleon (2022)

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

Directed by: Pim ter Braak

Netherlands, 2022, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A chameleon tries to protect himself against approaching danger with his camouflage, but is forced to flee. This only gets him into more dangerous situations.

Dome 16 (2022)

Section: European Web Series for Teenagers

Directed by: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen

Norway, 2022, 90 min

Projection place: Zámek

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Earth in 2138 - the climate crisis has brought unbearable levels of radiation and pollution, forcing humanity to live under domes that represent separate worlds. Fourteen-year-old Anton would like to escape from the closed dome to a normal life at least by finding a girlfriend. And because love is no respecter of climate crises, he meets Emma despite their divided worlds. An original dystopian sci-fi from the creators of ZombieLars about the beginning of one love against the backdrop of the planet's demise. Just Wanted to See a Boob, duration: 20 min The Shame, duration: 24 min I Hate You, duration: 23 min

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.