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.

Billie Blue (2023)

Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon

Directed by: Mariloup Wolfe

Canada, 2023, 115 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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At 16, Billie is just now catching up with her peers: in love, in height (a growth spurt has propelled her to 1m80), in having her first period. In a hurry to catch up, she begins her summer as a lifeguard at the water park with her best friends and her oh-so-perfect older sister Annette. Everything goes wrong when Billie and Annette both fall for Pierre, a talented local racing cyclist. Thus begins a heartbreaking love triangle where Billie must once and for all take her place, shine bright and fight to live the love story she deserves.

Brainz VR Cinema (2023)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

International, 2023, 234 min

Projection place: Brainz VR Cinema

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Pond (2023)

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

Directed by: Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust

Switzerland, 2023, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A shoal of herrings, adopting fantastic formations, roams the vast ocean. When seagulls suddenly attack, one small herring finds itself stranded in a tidal pool.

Papirola (2022)

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

Directed by: Fabián Molinaro

Spain, 2022, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A young boy, Nico, has the ability to fold all objects as if they were made of paper. He happily collects all the things he loves about his house.

Our Piggy: Blocks (2022)

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

Directed by: Jaromír Plachý

Czech Republic, 2022, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Stuffed animals are fun. And Our Piggy's bear is not just any stuffed animal. He's great for playing kitchen or doctor.

Lazy Bloom and Other Animations

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

International, 0, 39 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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The Goose (2023)

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

Directed by: Jan Míka

Czech Republic, France, 2023, 12 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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A young boy living with his grandmother dreams of becoming a famous footballer. Their calm is unexpectedly disturbed by a sneaky goose, who wrestles him for his ball.

Lazy Bloom (2022)

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

Directed by: Robin Artero, Aurore Devichi, Juliette Gueydan, Manon Jumel, Elsa Mandelsaft, Benjamin Mourgues, Sop

France, 2022, 5 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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The blobs are lazy creatures living peacefully in the forest. During a rite of passage, they are given a seed that blooms on contact.

Daily Tales - Part One The Magnificent Beauty Of A Train Ride (2023)

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

Directed by: Alexander Dietrich, Johannes Flick

Germany, 2023, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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Mini wants to travel by public transport. This seemingly simple task gets complicated once she is confronted by her fellow travelers.

Animanimals - T-Rex (2022)

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

Directed by: Julia Ocker

Germany, 2022, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

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The T-Rex dreams of playing basketball. His problems with short hands start to show in the changing rooms and later on the court and he is laughed at by the monkeys.

Eagles (2018)

Section: European Web Series for Teenagers

Directed by: Amanda Adolfsson

Sweden, 2018, 80 min

Projection place: Zámek

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Elias is the son of a former NHL star and is a junior hockey talent. When he moves back to Oskarshamn, Sweden, with his parents and sister, he joins the local high school and, of course, the hockey team. But fitting in with his classmates will be more difficult than beating a shorthanded Canadian team. Especially when his sister falls for Elias' biggest rival on the ice. A Swedish hit series about sports, friendship, love and unsportsmanlike fouls on and off the ice. Homecoming, duration: 22 min First Kiss, duration: 18 min Sunday, duration: 20 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.

Thank You for Sharing Your World (2022)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Yu Sakudo

Japan, 2022, 33 min

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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.