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28th International Film Festival

for Children and Young Audience

23 – 30 SEP 2023
 
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115 min
German Focus

Status Yo!

2005
2004
Switzerland, Germany
from 12 years
Director: Till Hastreiter

The hip hop fan and singer Janek talks really too big: To hush an affair with his best friend’s sister, he admits getting persuaded to organize the biggest party of the town within 24 hours. Together with Jamie he has not only to hire together the whole equipment, but also to overcome larceny and profiteering. In the last seconds of the showdown appears the 5 Amoks – likely the best break-dancer of the world.

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92 min
Youth Film

Bombay Calling

2005
2004
Sweden
from 12 years
Director: Lena Koppel

The 16 years old Ebba lives together with her adoptive mother Anita in Sweden. Her physical mother lives in India. With Camilla, her best friend, she spends most of their time with. With immense fantasy Camilla tries to help Ebba get in contact with Erik, Ebba’s love. This always ends up in disaster. Ebba is also a passionate swimmer and dreams very often about India.

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90 min
Children´s Film

Pluk and His Tow Truck

2005
2004
Netherlands
from 5 years
Director: Ben Sombogaart, Pieter van Rijn

One lovely day, a small red tow truck drives into town with an 8-year old boy ath the wheel. His name is Pluk and he is looking for somewhere to live. Dolly, the dove, helps him. Now Pluk lives in the turret room of the penthouse. Little by little he makes friend with the inhabitants of the house - with Mr. Feder, the little stompers and with Zaza, the extremely intelligent cockroach.

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88 min
German Focus

The Smile of the Monsterfish

2005
2004
Germany
from 12 years
Director: Till Endemann

Malte lives with his alcoholic father in his hometown of Ahlbeck, a vacation resort near the Polish border on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom and works in a fish bar and earns a little extra on the side smuggling cigarettes over the Polish border. He wants to leave this place. The sooner the better. But two things are holding him back: his father, an alcoholic, and the return of his sister with his nephew.

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89 min
Youth Film

Guarded Secrets

2005
2004
Austria, Finland, Hungary
from 14 years
Director: Zsuzsa Böszörmenyi

Irma is 18 years old when she leaves the orphanage. All she knows about her past is that she was abandoned at birth. She has only one little information: A little picture in the cover of her pocket watch. Now she is pregnant. She has just got the first opportunity in her life: a job as a cleaning woman. And she has made the ‘best deal’ of her life: she will sell her unborn baby abroad with the help of a child-dealer.

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24 min
Short Film

Keys to Time

2005
2004
Russia
from 6 years
Director: Sergej Seregin

The king of the dwarfs Lok falls in love with a girl Bee and offers her eternal life in the underground kingdom. But she loves another.

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105 min
German Focus

About a Girl

2005
2005
Germany
from 12 years
Director: Catharina Deus

Somewhere in front of the gates of Berlin. The hopelessness has lay down on the inhabitants of the small town like a second skin. The girl Johanna, alias Joe, denies having any dreams, too. Not even the lousiest job they let her, she, who is regarded as unattractive and not flexible. Joe is forced to search something, that she really is able to do and what she believed in.

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92 min
Children´s Film

The Treasure of the White Falcons

2005
2005
Germany
from 8 years
Director: Christian Zübert

It's the summer of 1981 at the countryside, and the long school holiday is soon to begin. For the 11 year-old Jan, that leaves precious little time for last minute adventures with his best buddies Stevie and Basti. He must move with his parents to the big city. There's still time, though, to explore that mysterious old Kattler villa.

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13 min
Short Film

The Flax

2005
2005
Poland
from 6 years
Director: Joanna Jasińska

The flax was in full bloom. It had the loveliest blue flowers ... In this way starts a fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen, which was not so far ever filmed.

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90 min
Children´s Film

The Story of Xiaoyan

2005
2004
China
from 9 years
Director: Fang Gangliang

Little Yan from a remote village in northwest China likes going to school. But it has to be paid more tuition fee for the next school year. That isn‘t possible for her mother. So the girl bargains to earn the money. Anyway, education isn‘t very important for a girl and in addition she should marry early. Mother has already chosen a candidate for her.

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102 min
Youth Film

Love at 16

2005
2004
Greece
from 14 years
Director: Costas Haralambous

Rural Greece in the ‘80s. The 16 years old Alexis and his friend like observing girls best. Even dangerous climbing tours aren‘t a barrier for them. But everything changes, when the self-confident Antigone with her brother moves in the little village. Her father, a police officer, is transferred there. Her arrival turns the orderly world of Alexis and his buddies upside down.

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78 min
Children´s Film

My Sisters Kids In Egypt

2005
2004
Denmark
from 7 years
Director: Kasper Barfoed

Thank God it‘s holiday! The siblings Amalie, Jan, Michael, Pusle and Blop look foreward to their vacation. This year they go to Egypt. But on their arriving at the airport of Cairo, their parents are absent. They missed the plane. The children go begging on their hated neighbour Mrs Flinth, that they haven‘t to go back.

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90 min
Panorama

Lepel

2005
2004
Netherlands, Germany, UK
from 7 years
Director: Willem Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen

The parents of the 7-years old Lepel start with a hot-air balloon some years ago. Until their return he lives at his greedy grandmother. One day Lebel gets enclosed by mistake in a big store and meets the 12-years old Pleun. They experience great adventures. Finally Pleun begins to search for a mother for the boy.

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10 min
Short Film

Eskimo

2005
2004
Russia
from 4 years
Director: Julia Aronowa

A circus penguin feels suddenly a deep longing to his mone country.

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90 min
German Focus

Combat Sixteen

2005
2004
Germany
from 16 years
Director: Mirko Borscht

Moving from Frankfurt/Main in Western German to Frankfurt/Oder in the Eastern part is a heavy blow for sixteen year old Georg. He was close to becoming state champion in Taek- wondo and very much in love with Jasmin. By moving, Georg loses everything that‘s important to him. In his new class he is immediately challenged by Thomas, leader of the extremist right-wing gang.

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105 min
Children´s Film

Daniel and the Superdogs

2005
2004
Canada, UK
from 7 years
Director: Andre Melancon

Eleven-year-old Daniel is feeling abandoned. His Mother died a few months ago and his father Mark, still reeling from the shock, has buried himself in his work. A rift of mutual incomprehension grows between son and father. Happily, Daniel can count in his best friends Colin and William, with whom he hangs around regularly.

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99 min
Youth Film

Snowboarders

2005
2004
Czech Republic
from 14 years
Director: Karel Janák

Two friends, Jáchym, called Lap, and Rendy are champions in snowboarding; but only on computer simulators. Anyway, they want to spend a week in the mountains in order to learn to use the snowboard and have a lot of fun, especially during the New Year's Eve celebration. Besides, they both hope to finally score with a chick.

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95 min
German Focus

The Day Bobby Ewing Died

2005
2005
Germany
from 12 years
Director: Lars Jessen

In 1986, Niels moves after his parents’ divorce with his mum Hanne to a municipality not far from the nuclear power station-building site. For Hanne it is a step to a new world. But Niels feels unwell in this unusual surrounding area. When Hanna has a liaison with Peter, the guru of the municipality, Niels rebels.

 

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83 min
Panorama

The Butterfly

2004
2002
France
from 6 years
Director: Philippe Muyl

Butterfly collector Julien sets out to look for Isabella - a wonderful, very rare twilight butterfly. He is already looking forward to a quiet mountain hike through beautiful forests. Suddenly Elsa stands in front of him, the little bright girl from the neighbourhood. By chance she found out about Julien's plans and climbed into his car unnoticed.

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92 min
Children´s Film, Panorama

Little Big Girl

2002, 2004
2002
Denmark
from 8 years
Director: Morten Køhlert

The shepherd boy Laurus finds the nearly starved girl Tinke in the forest. The boy is fascinated by the foundling and takes it into care by the farmer's house. Tinke is accommodated by the farmer's wife friendly, but for the landlord himself she becomes more and more a provocation. He is glad to hear that the child has a wealthy origin.

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75 min
German Focus

Far Out

2004
2004
Germany
from 16 years
Director: Oanh Pham

Tomek and Del are youths in the second generation of Polish and Moroccan immigrants. They make friends with Minh, who is Vietnamese. His naive and unconventional nature gets them going. Huge conflicts are on the way, however, when Minh starts to accompany his new friends on their night-time graffiti and drug forays.

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77 min
German Focus

Laura´s Star

2004
2004
Germany
from 5 years
Director: Piet De Rycker, Thilo Graf Rothkirch

After moving into another city seven-year-old Laura has difficulties finding new friends. One day she discovers a little star that has fallen down from the sky. She fixes a plaster with loving care - the beginning of a fantastic friendship. But Laura must learn to let the star go for love and to give it back to the universe because on earth it is threatened to become extinct.

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89 min
German Focus

Love in Thoughts

2004
2004
Germany
from 16 years
Director: Achim von Borries

Günther and Paul want to enjoy life to the full and without any compromises - they have the same attitude towards love. They spend the weekend in the country with Günther's sister Hilde. Paul is fascinated by the girl and falls in love with her. But Hilde loves many others. High on alcohol, music, ardent desire and their craving for life they are all caught up in the whirlpool of deadly events.

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98 min
German Focus

Summer Storm

2004
2004
Germany
from 14 years
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner

Tobi and Achim are 17 and inseparable. They train in Starnberg rowing club preparing for a summer camp und regatta. While Tobi wants to spend his time with Achim, the latter dreams of finally having sex with Sandra. In the camp they meet the "Queerschlag" rowing club from Berlin who confidently appear as a gay team. Complicated relationships are in the offing.

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90 min
German Focus

Am I sexy?

2004
2004
Germany
from 12 years
Director: Katinka Feistl

15year-old Mareike lives with her mother, her sister Franca and her brother Tim in a Mannheim suburb. She dreams of being a model. But she hasn't got the money for the expensive training. Moreover, Mareike is a bit too chubby for this job. Nevertheless, she is absolutely determined to make her dream come true.

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86 min
German Focus

The Hollies

2004
2003
Germany
from 7 years
Director: Matthias Steurer

One shooting star night something falls through Sven's window, rolls under his bed an cheeps. Suddenly it changes into an excitingly lively hologram - the exact image of Sven's soft toy rabbit. The holly requires healthy food and assigns a difficult task. In just five days Sven has to find two other hollies. They can only leave the earth together, or they will die.

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7 min
Short Film

Nightshift

2004
2004
Finland
from 3 years
Director: Samppa Kukkonen, Sara Wahl, Simo Koivunen

A bat and a woodpecker's Family live in a tree as neighbours. But which strange things happen after change of shift?

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97 min
Children´s Film

Bear Hug

2004
2004
Taiwan (Republik China)
from 8 years
Director: Shaudi Wang

As a 9-years old boy you are having a rough time, especially if your parents are divorced. Da-Jun still lives with his father, who dates and plans to marry a ditsy starlet. The boy's mother is a flight stewardess, hence often away. So Da-Jun's chubby cousin Yi-Fen is often hird in as a child-minder. The relationship between Da-Jun and Yi-Fen is, to say the least, abrasive.

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102 min
Youth Film

Beautiful City

2004
2004
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
from 16 years
Director: Asghar Farhadi

Akbar has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder a young woman when he was sixteen. He was sentenced to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the sentence could be carried out. Now, the day after his 18th birthday Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution.

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70 min
Animated Film

The Secret of the Fern Flower

2004
2004
Poland
from 4 years
Director: Tadeusz Wilkosz

Revolt in the kindergarten: Two gangsters steal the new TV-set with the video recorder, although the kids were so glad about them. Without further ado the dolls of the house decide to look for the thieves. On their ride they meet the fern flower. With magic power it helps the company of toys to unmask the scoundrels and to return to the kindergarten.

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80 min
Youth Film

Count to 100

2004
2004
Denmark
from 14 years
Director: Linda Krogsøe Holmberg

When we meet Thomas and his mother, Anne, for the first time, they are about to run away as so often before. Thomas has borrowed a book from a classmate, which he wants to return, but he doesn't have enough time: Count to 100! Arriving one day in a new town Thomas meets Helene and Jonas. He immediately falls in love with the girl, and Jonas becomes his best friend.

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119 min
German Focus

Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls

2004
2004
Germany
from 9 years
Director: Franziska Buch

Sorcery is better than school, but Bibi has not taken into account her parents' opinion. They send their daughter to a boarding school in Altenberg castle during her holidays, where seh is supposed to spend the whole summer swotting for her mathematics repeat exam. In the boarding school Bibi makes friends with Elea who has been sitting in a wheelchair since she had an accident.

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4 min
Short Film

The Small Raven Sock / It's All Mine

2004
2002
Germany
from 3 years
Director: Sabine Fischer

The small raven Sock absolutely have to have the toys of the other animals.

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5 min
Short Film

Tom in the Forest

2004
2004
Germany
from 3 years
Director: Andreas Hykade

Looking for wild strawberries for his strawberry jam sandwich seems a phantastic idea to Tom.

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82 min
Panorama

Little Longnose

2004
2003
Russia
from 5 years
Director: Ilja Maximow

The evil witch wants to take over the whole kingdom. To realize her insidious plan she needs the good-natured Jacob. The boy refuses and the revenge follows on his heels. Jacob becomes an ugly little dwarf with a huge nose and runs away. After seven years the boy returns home. But nothing is as it was. Jacob's father is dead and his mother does not recognize the deformed boy.

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96 min
German Focus

My Brother is a Dog

2004
2004
Germany
from 8 years
Director: Peter Timm

All ten-year-old Marietta really wants is a dog. But her parents just don't want to buy her one because her little brother suffers from an animal hair allergy. With the help of a magic stone she fulfils her most fervent wish. Yet it's her little brother Tobias of all people who turns into the pet. A turbulent adventure story and mix-up comedy is developing from this constellation.

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90 min
Panorama

Raining Cats and Frogs

2004
2003
France
from 7 years
Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd

Big mess among the frogs: a new deluge is imminent! According to the prophecy of the frog princess, it is supposed to rain for forty days and forty nights. In the belief that they can avert the disaster, they speak to the humans. But it does not help. The sky darkens, the wind becomes stronger and lightning and thunder alternate.

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58 min
Children´s Film

Malvína

2004
2003
Czech Republic
from 7 years
Director: Miroslav Balajka

The assembly of fairies judges handsome Malvína to leave her magic world. As an illmannered fairy she has fooled around on the earth, and now she has to assert in the human world, aimless forever. But lonely and alone Malvína cannot be happy there. Only the third kiss of a human who invites her into his home and thus into his heart can break the spell.

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90 min
German Focus

Yugotrip

2004
2003
Germany
from 16 years
Director: Nadya Derado

Dejan is a 26-year-old refugee from Bosnia living in Germany now. As a youth he experienced the first years of the war and has problems finding his way back to normal life. The images from the war torment him. His delusions are becoming more and more dominant. When he falls in love with Anna, he wants to escape from his "yugotrip".

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