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.
Brainz VR Cinema (2023)
Section: Brainz VR Cinema
International, 2023, 234 min
Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema
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When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before (2023)
Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Directed by: Sonja Heiss
Germany, 2023, 116 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Growing up on the grounds of one of Germany's largest psychiatric hospitals is somehow - different. For Joachim, the director's youngest son, the patients are like family. They are also much nicer to him than his two older brothers, who drive him into fits of rage. His mother, painting watercolors, longs for Italian summer nights instead of constant German rain, while his father secretly, but not discreetly enough, goes his own way. But as Joachim slowly grows up, his world, not only through the loss of his first love, gets more and more cracks...
Coast (2022)
Section: Top Teen Ten
Directed by: Jessica Hester, Derek Schweickart
United States of America, 2022, 103 min
Projection place: Zámek
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Abby (16) lives a quiet life in a small coastal American town. She skateboards, hangs out with her friends, and enjoys music. She lives with her mother, recovering from a break-up with Abby's father. The peace is shattered by the arrival of a punk band whose lead singer, Dave, charms the girl. The affection is mutual. Moreover, Dave supports her dream of becoming a singer, convincing her to go on tour with them. It's all she’s ever hoped for.
Bullets (2023)
Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category (over 11 years of age)
Directed by: Peter Pontikis
Sweden, 2023, 94 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Talented and well-behaved 12-year-old Abdel lives with his mother in a tough neighborhood. When his best friend starts selling drugs for a local gang, Abdel gets caught up in criminal activities in an effort to help him out of trouble. He thus risks changing the course of his life and getting dragged down a path that he did not choose himself. After an unsuccessful task, he unintentionally reveals where the gang's base is located, which is immediately attacked by the competition. Abdel is forced by the gang to make amends for his mistake. An impressive drama with brilliant acting shows that even if you have a good home, parents, and dreams, you can still end up in bad company due to peer pressure. A realistic film, one that the teenager should not miss; it won the Young Jury Prize and the Church of Sweden Prize at this year's BUFF International Film Festival in Malmö, Sweden.
The 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.
The Kings of the World (2022)
Section: Festival Laurels from around the World
Directed by: Laura Mora
Colombia, Luxembourg, Mexico, France, Norway, 2022, 104 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny and Nano, five street kids from Medellin, five kings without a kingdom, with no law and no family, looking for The Promised Land. The five embark on a trip to claim a piece of land that Rá inherited after a long process of land restitution. A subversive tale about a savage and lovely clan that transits between reality and delirium. A journey to nowhere where anything can happen.
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Section: Open-Air Cinema
Directed by: James Cameron
United States of America, 2022, 192 min
Projection place: Open Air Cinema
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