30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Open Air Cinema

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) 12

U.K., U.S.A. | 2016 | 133 min.

Holding a mysterious leather suitcase in his hand, Newt Scamander, a young activist wizard from England, visits New York while he is on his way to Arizona. Inside his expanding suitcase hides a wide array of diverse, magical creatures that exist among us, ranging from tiny, twig-like ones, to majestic and humongous ones. It’s the 1920s and times are troubled; the fragile equilibrium of secrecy between the unseen world of wizards and the ordinary or "No-Maj" people is at risk of being unsettled. Voices against wizardry grow daily led by Mary Lou Barebone and fuelled by the increasing disasters ascribed to a dark wizard named Gellert Grindelwald.

CountryU.K., U.S.A.
Year2016
Duration133 min
Rating12
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by David Yates
Screenplay J. K. Rowling
Director of Photography Philippe Rousselot
Music James Newton Howard
Edited by Mark Day
Contact Freeman Entertainment s.r.o.

Biography

A British screenwriter and director. He's had a broad education; he studied at the University of Essex and the Beaconsfield Film School among others. He has made several short films and has a rich list of TV productions, especially series. He established himself primarily with four successful parts in the Harry Potter series (2007, 2009-2011).