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28th International Film Festival

for Children and Young Audience

23 – 30 SEP 2023
 
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89 min
German Focus

My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaka

2022
2022
Germany
from 10 years
Director: Martina Plura

Lotta is looking forward to her first school trip to Amrum! But her joyful anticipation is already dampened when she leaves, because her dad Rainer joins the trip as accompanying person. Oh, how embarrassing! But it's even more awkward when the French exchange student Rémi doesn't leave her side.

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98 min
German Focus

The School of Magical Animals

2022
2022
Germany
from 8 years
Director: Sven Unterwaldt

Excitement at the Winterstein School! Mortimer Morrison presents two new magical animals and the rehearsals for a musical begin. Ida is to direct and her secret crush Jo should play the lead role. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for the conceited Helene always interfering.

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DER RÄUBER HOTZENPLOTZ
106 min
German Focus

The Räuber Hotzenplotz

2022
2022
Germany, Switzerland
from 8 years
Director: Michael Krummenacher

The Robber Hotzenplotz has actually stolen Grandma’s coffee grinder! Sure, Kasperl and Seppel have to help her. So they set a trap for the robber. But Hotzenplotz is not stupid and lures the two into his cave. An adventurous confusion takes its course.

 

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92 min
Panorama

Murina

2022
2021
Croatia, Brazil, USA, Slovenia
from 16 years
Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović

Julija's family spends every summer on the picturesque Adriatic Sea. But appearances are deceptive: father Ante is bossy and has to control everything. The visit of the wealthy Javier not only offers the 17-year-old a way out, but also confronts her parents with their past.

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103 min
Panorama

Heartbeast

2022
2021
Finland, France, Germany
from 16 years
Director: Aino Suni

Because of her mothers new husband, Elina, a 15-year-old rapper, has to move to South France. Immediately, she feels drawn to her new charismatic stepsister Sofia. The initial affection degenerates more and more and develops into a toxic power play.

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80 min
Children´s Film

Charlie Cooper - The Egg Mystery

2022
2021
Netherlands
from 6 years
Director: Mans van de Berg

Nearly all men in Berends family were captains. Later, she also wants to go to the sea. And then the unbelievable happens! A mysterious egg has to be taken to a hidden island to hatch. So Berend and her friend Teus sail all alone across the sea in Grandpa's cutter.

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99 min
Animated Film

I Am What I Am

2022
2021
China
from 11 years
Director: Sun Haipeng

A-juan and his two friends no longer want to be outsiders. So the teenagers decide to become famous artists of the traditional Lion Dance. The former professional master Quiang is to train them. But taking part in the Guangzhou championship will be a tough challenge.

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81 min
Children´s Film

Mini-Zlatan and Uncle Darling

2022
2022
Sweden, Norway, Netherlands
from 6 years
Director: Christian Lo

Ella is a great fan of the footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović and from her uncle Tommy. That's why she is happy that she can stay with Tommy for a week. But then he supposedly has a lot to do.But in reality he receive a visit – from his new boyfriend Steve. Sure, he has to be scared away!

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87 min
Panorama

More Than I Deserve

2022
2021
Israel, Germany
from 14 years
Director: Pini Tavger

Tamara and her twelve-year-old son Pinchas emigrated from Ukraine to Israel. Encouraged by a religious neighbour, the shy boy would like to participate in the traditional Bar Mitzvah ceremony. But the mother rigorously refuses this. The conflicts take their course.

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104 min
Youth Film

Bittersweet Sixteen

2022
2021
Belgium
from 15 years
Director: Jan Verheyen, Anna Verheyen, Lien Willaert

Lotte is bullied by Astrid, the leader of the popular A-Girls at her school. And there are problems at home too. Her parents are separating because her mother has fallen in love with Astrid's mother. And yet Lotte's sixteenth birthday is coming up.

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89 min
Panorama

How I Learned to Fly

2022
2022
Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia
from 11 years
Director: Radivoje Andrić

Reluctantly, Sofia spends the summer with her grandmother and aunt on the Croatian island Hvar. She would rather hang out with her clique. But here too, adventures await her, her first kiss and at the same time she uncovers a long-kept family secret.

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101 min
Junior Film

The Sleeping Beast

2022
2022
Estonia, Latvia
from 13 years
Director: Jaak Kilmi

Kristjan and his gang prefer to play in the ruins of an industrial plant. Of course, this is strictly forbidden. That's why they are at a complete loss when the old guard Elmar falls into a deep pit. They swear not to tell anyone about it for the time being.

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74 min
Animated Film

Dragon Princess

2022
2021
France
from 9 years
Director: Jean-Jacques Denis, Anthony Roux

A lonely dragon who hates humans wishes for children. So a sorceress gives him three eggs. Two little dragons hatch from them – and a wild girl with green hair. But when one day she brings home a princess, she has to leave the cave forever.

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100 min
Panorama

Miss Viborg

2022
2022
Denmark
from 16 years
Director: Marianne Blicher

Solvej was a beauty queen once ago. Now the bitter 61-year-old lives isolated, follows a strict daily routine and mourns for missed opportunities. Until she gets to know the 17-year-old Kate. The two women soon share an unusual friendship.

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100 min
Youth Film

Balaban

2022
2021
Kazakhstan, UK, Russia, USA, Belarus (Weißrussland)
from 15 years
Director: Aysulu Onaran

Ardak lives a good and sheltered life. But the young girl has HIV. Living with this disease is anything but easy. Then she meets the adventurous Zhanna at a charity event. The two develop feelings for each other and dream of travelling to Paris.

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Ella ( Lina Larissa Strahl ),Anais ( Safira Robens ),Cahide ( Tijan Marei ),Malene Becker ( Romy ),Tim ( Lorenzo Germeno ),Lavinia Wilson ( Heike )
100 min
German Focus

Featuring Ella

2022
2022
Germany
from 14 years
Director: Teresa Fritzi Hoerl

A-levels, a job on the side and preparing for the song contest – all a bit much for Ella. But this contest offers the chance for her girl band to make it big. But there is real competition, namely the arrogant rapper alfaMK, who comes from a rich family.

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80 min
Panorama

Moja Vesna

2022
2022
Slovenia, Australia
from 11 years
Director: Sara Kern

The mother of 10-year-old Moja dies unexpectedly. The family, living in a Melbourne suburb, has been torn apart ever since. So Moja must involuntarily become an adult to bring her distant father and his moody sister back together.

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97 min
Junior Film

Gaja's World: This Is My Planet

2022
2022
Slovenia
from 12 years
Director: Peter Bratuša

Life of the 14-year-old Gaja is colourful and exciting, especially now during the summer holidays. Not only does she reconcile with school friend Matic, she also brings her father and his partner Ema back together. In the end, she even helps to convict a mean blackmailer.

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76 min
Animated Film

Icarus and the Minotaur

2022
2021
Luxembourg, Belgium, France
from 10 years
Director: Carlo Vogele

Icarus, son of the famous inventor Daidalos, lived on the island Crete a long time ago. One day, while roaming around, he discovers a boy with a bull's head, the minotaur Asterios. The two become best friends until by order of the king Asterios is locked in a labyrinth.

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82 min
Junior Film

The Strangest Girl in the World

2022
2021
Argentina
from 11 years
Director: Mariano Cattaneo

Melién has no friends, trouble in school and is avoided by the other pupils. But for her that is not important because she has a blooming imagination, loves to draw monsters and writes bizarre stories. But when her drawings come to life, the adventure begins.

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85 min
Junior Film

Captain Nova

2022
2021
Netherlands
from 12 years
Director: Maurice Trouwborst

The 37-year-old pilot Nova travels through a wormhole into the past to prevent a devastating environmental disaster. But the time travel has unexpected side effects and so she awakens as a twelve-year-old in the year 2025. Now, she has to rely on the help of the teenager Nas to save the planet Earth.

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90 min
Panorama

The Tesla Case

2022
2022
Bulgaria
from 9 years
Director: Andrey Hadjivasilev

Inspired by the genius Nikola Tesla, the young “inventor” Tony is working on a wireless electricity device. His discovery should solve the global energy crisis. During a stay at a vacation camp together with his girlfriend Raja, he continues his experiments.

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92 min
Children´s Film

Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation

2022
2022
France
from 9 years
Director: Pierre Coré

Reluctantly, the 10-year-old Sebastian spends his holiday with his grandmother in the mountains. The city boy has little ambition to help. Eventually he meets the dog Belle, who is being mistreated by her owner. Sebastian is ready to do anything to protect the new friend.

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87 min
Youth Film

My Night

2022
2021
France, Belgium
from 15 years
Director: Antoinette Boulat

Marions sister Alice died five years ago. The 18-year-old has by no means come to terms with the loss. Today would have been Alice’ 23rd birthday. So Marion goes on a night tour through Paris. There she meets Alex, who is also going through a life crisis.

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90 min
Panorama

Sisterhood

2022
2021
Nordmazedonien, Kosovo, Montenegro
from 15 years
Director: Dina Duma

Maya and Jana are best friends. They stick together no matter what. At least, that's how it's been so far. When they are the only witnesses to a fatal accident, Jana's influence on Maya becomes more dominant. She demands that she keeps quiet about the experienced. But Maya is at the end of her energy.

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77 min
Youth Film, Special Programme

Vacarme

2021, 2022
2020
Canada
from 13 years
Director: Neegan Trudel

The 13-year-old Émilie has to move into a residential group for young people after her overstrained mother kicked her out of the house. The friendship she builds with her foster sister Ariel and the desire to become a guitarist give the girl a firm hold.

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94 min
Panorama

Juniper

2022
2021
New Zealand
from 15 years
Director: Matthew J. Saville

Sam suffers from the death of his mother. Therefore, the 17-year-old is not very excited when his sick grandmother Ruth announces her visit from Great Britain. When he is suspended from school, the confrontation with the alcoholic Ruth is finally no longer avoidable.

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88 min
Children´s Film

The Seekers - Thrill Night

2022
2021
Denmark
from 10 years
Director: PhilipTh. Pedersen

Year after year, Asgers and Esthers families celebrated Halloween together. But now, Esther wants to go without „loser“ Asger to a party, while he has to babysitt his little sister Petra. Then Petra disappears from the flat. An thrilling search begins!

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85 min
Youth Film, Special Programme

The Horizon

2021, 2022
2020
France
from 15 years
Director: Emilie Carpentier

Adja and her best friend mock Arthur and other young people who take a stand for climate and environment. Adja wants to live and have fun without thinking about tomorrow. As she gets closer to Arthur, she suddenly understands his motives more and more and becomes his companion in the fight against concrete.

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95 min
Panorama

The Tiger's Nest

2022
2022
Italy
from 7 years
Director: Brando Quilici

In the valleys of the Himalayas, orphan boy Balmani saves a Bengal baby tiger from death. Together they flee from ruthless poachers to Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan. The monks living there protect the orphaned tigers. Balmani, too, would do anything to protect his new friend Mukti.

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122 min
Panorama

Stop-Zemlia

2022
2021
Ukraine
from 14 years
Director: Kateryna Gornostai

It’s Masha, Yana and Senia’s last but one year of high school. Among the thriving pot plants in the classroom and to the sound effects of a Biology lesson about physical signs of stress, the young protagonists grapple with themselves and with one another.

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100 min
Panorama

Once upon a time in Euskadi

2022
2021
Spain
from 14 years
Director: Manu Gómez

In 1985, the Basque Country is scarred by the ETA conflict. In a small, industrial town, Marcos, a cycling enthusiast, and his friends José Antonio, Paquito and Toni experience the long-awaited summer holidays and become acquainted with their first love, drugs and radical political activism.

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111 min
Panorama

Two Friends

2022
2021
India
from 9 years
Director: Prasun Chatterjee

Palash and Safi are spending every free minute together. They catch fireflies, fly kites or skip school to watch a film with their favourite star Amitabh Bachchan. But then Palash drowns in the river. And Safi has to cope with the loss of his best friend.

 

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104 min
German Focus

The Path

2022
2021
Germany, Spain
from 12 years
Director: Tobias Wiemann

France, 1940: Rolf and his father Ludwig went into hiding while fleeing from the Nazis and would like to go on to New York. To do this, they have to cross the Pyrenees. The parentless Núria should guide them. But then, Ludwig gets arrested and the two children have to fend for themselves.

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76 min
German Focus

Rabbit Academy - Mission: Eggpossible

2022
2022
Germany, Austria
from 5 years
Director: Ute von Münchow-Pohl

Big city rabbit Max returns to the Rabbit Academy. Because there he gets trained to become a master rabbit. The lessons are tough and then Easter is in danger! Leo, the leader of a gang of city rabbits, is behind it. Together with the foxes he wants to steal all the Easter eggs.

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112 min
German Focus

A Cloud in Our House

2022
2021
Germany
from 15 years
Director: Alain Gsponer

Paul and Julia live happily together with their daughter Lilly in an idyllically situated family home. But when Julia dies unexpectedly, Paul has to shoulder the responsibility for his daughter and the costs of the house on his own. A challenge that almost breaks him.

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111 min
Youth Film

Butter

2022
2020
USA
from 14 years
Director: Paul A. Kaufman

Butter is full of humour, a gifted saxophonist, but also very overweight. The mockery at school increases daily. Butter has had enough. He announces that he is going to eat himself to death in front of the whole world. This makes him the star of the school and he suddenly enjoys unusual popularity.

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84 min
German Focus

The Crossing

2022
2020
France, Germany, Czech Republic
from 13 years
Director: Florence Miailhe

Kyona and Adriel are forced to leave, together with their family, the idyll of their homeland. When the siblings are seperated from their parents during a train inspection, the two children have to continue their journey alone. An odyssey across the continent and beyond its borders begins.

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86 min
Panorama

Three Wishes for Cinderella

2022
2021
Norway
from 9 years
Director: Cecilie Mosli

Cinderella is suppressed by her coldhearted stepmother. During a secret horseback riding she runs into the prince. Both find pleasure in each other. But the stepmum trys everything to marry her natural daughter Dora to the king’s son. Can three magic nuts help Cinderella?

 

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