Film programme 2021

Sound Self: A Technodelic (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Robin Arnott

United States of America, 2020, 20 min

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Inhale and exhale. It’s an exhilarating journey into altered states of consciousness powered by your own voice.

The Remedy (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Daniel Martín Peixe

United States of America, 2020, 10 min

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Her child is gravely ill and the cure is expensive, thus a mother takes up a bow, arrows and sword to locate a mysterious medicinal plant.

Princezna Čahoun a jiné animáčky

, 0, 54 min

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Goodbye Mr. Octopus (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Amaury Campion

France, United States of America, 2020, 8 min

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Stella lives with her overprotective father. One day, he bans her from playing in an important football match…

Life without Sara Amat (2019)

Section: Part I.

Directed by: Laura Jou

Spain, 2019, 75 min

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Pep, a 13-year-old boy, is completely in love with Sara Amat, a girl from her grandparents' village. One summer night, Sara disappears, but Pep later finds her hidden in his own room. That's when the young woman explains that she has run away from home and asks to stay for a few days. Although Pep knows that the whole town is looking for her, he becomes her protector. Consequently, the boy is forced to live a double life: he must lie to everyone while satisfying Sara's demands, which puts him to the test and makes him mature before the summer's end.

The Crossing (2020)

Section: Part I.

Directed by: Johanne Helgeland

Norway, 2020, 95 min

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The story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto's parents are arrested, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two Jewish children, Sarah and Daniel, hidden in a secret cupboard in their basement at home. It is now up to Gerda and Otto to finish what their parents started: to help Sarah and Daniel flee from the Nazis.

Brainz VR Cinema: 4. pásmo - interaktivní projekty

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 72 min

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The Club of Ugly Children (2019)

Section: Part I.

Directed by: Jonathan Elbers

Netherlands, 2019, 90 min

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The new president is serious about the school’s image, including looks. When Paul, whose large jug ears are quite apparent on class photo day, and some of the other “ugly” kids are taken on a surprise trip, they realize that the president wants to hide them away. On the run, Paul is helped by Sara, one of the “pretty” kids. They start an underground club to fight against the president. The movement soon turns into a revolution showing that you don’t have to be “pretty” to be a hero!

Baba Yaga (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Eric Darnell, Mathias Chelebourg

United States of America, 2020, 22 min

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Magda needs to find a cure for her sick royal mother, face her fear, and escape the evil witch and her bubbling cauldron.

Beat (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Keisuke Itoh

Japan, 2020, 12 min

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What would it mean to give a robot a heart? Can a small robot then awaken human feelings, love, or even sacrifice for another?

The Ape Star (2021)

Section: Literature in Film - European Corner

Directed by: Linda Hambäck

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 2021, 76 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 1

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There is nothing the orphan Jonna wants more than a mother. The feisty young girl dearly wants to be adopted. Jonna will accept anyone, really, so long as her new parent loves Jonna… and only Jonna. But when her potential new mom drives up to the orphanage in an old car, she gets a big shock when the door opens and a gorilla steps out! Now she’s not so sure she wants to leave…

Martin and the Magical Forest (2021)

Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category

Directed by: Petr Oukropec

Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2021, 80 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 2

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Martin (or "Mazel") is addicted to his phone; nature and the forest are anathema to him. He has to go to a camp in the woods where phones are forbidden; he's never experienced anything like it. There’s a big camp game every team wants to win, but Mazel lacks the skills to win. One night, he discovers that the forest is full of mysterious magical creatures and the forest creatures need a few of Mazel's things in order stop the nearby miners and their test drillings. Helping Mazel, they turn him into an experienced woodsman, leading his team to victory. But it is not advisable to play too much with ancient forest creatures; water disappears from the forest, tensions with the miners grows, and people become suspicious of Mazel. An inconspicuous camp adventure leads to a finale where the fighting creatures of the forest stop hiding.

Upstander (2020)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Van Phan

United States of America, 2020, 9 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Using backpacks instead of children, we are immersed in a school environment where we can see a child’s day and the effects of bullying.

Brainz VR Cinema: 1. pásmo 6+ a 8+

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

, 0, 17 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Aripi (2019)

Section: Brainz VR Cinema

Directed by: Dmitri Voloshin

Moldavia, 2019, 8 min

Projection place: Univerzitní centrum U13

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Standing on a roof with cardboard wings on his back, a young boy jumps, going on an adventure among meteorites in an astronaut drama.

Under the Clouds (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Vasilisa Tikunova

Russia, 2021, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Walter the lamb wants more than anything else to become a free and beautiful cloud. But that dream is truly difficult to achieve.

Under the Clouds and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

International, 0, 31 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Flo the Seal: Flo and the Real Chill Out (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Mateusz Jarmulski

Poland, 2020, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Flo is the smallest in the family. She learns self-reliance through a series of everyday little adventures.

I am a Pebble (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Mélanie Berteraut Platon, Yasmine Bresson, Léo Coulombier, Nicolas Grondin, Maxime Le Chapelain, Lou

France, 2020, 6 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Bubble, a young otter, lives with three mossy stones and thinks of them as her family. She imagines them as real otters.

Kiko and the Animals (2020)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Directed by: Yawen Zheng

France, Switzerland, 2020, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

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Kiko is a nightmare for all the animals. He bullies them all the time, even the smallest mouse can't escape from him!