The FilmFestival Cottbus is showing five films for children and the young at heart in its 33rd edition this year. All films are shown in the original language and will be translated live into German for you, headphones are available at the box office. The fairytale film is in German. The flyer is available for download here.
Here are our films put together for you for the first time:
BIG DREAMS
Dan Pánek CZ 2023, 102 min
It's 1998 and the Czech hockey team wins the Olympic gold medal. All the children want to be like Jagr or Hašek, including 11-year-old Dom. But his mother does not believe in his abilities, and his stepfather even less so. Despite all doubts, Dom forms a hockey team with his best friend and trains hard to take on the experienced hockey team from the neighbouring village. Recommended from 8 years
DO 9.11. 10 am | Stadthalle This screening is for school classes. You want to come with your whole class? Great! Sign up and write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - you'll get a group discount. SO 12.11. 3 pm | Stadthalle
TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT
Filip Pošivač CZ/SL/HU 2023, 82 min
A magical tenement with equally magical inhabitants. Eleven-year-old Tony lights up. His neighbour Shelly has a torch that makes fantastic worlds visible. And then there is this strange dark creature that seems to feed on unkindness and bad temper. Can the children uncover its secret? Recommended from 5 years
FR 10.11. 3 pm | Stadthalle
THE DIARY OF PAULINA P.
Neven Hitrec HR 2023, 93 min
Paulina P. is a self-confident and bright girl who always speaks her mind and finds a solution to every problem with humour and imagination. And there are plenty of these in the life of a third-grader, be it at school, with friends or in the family. Adventures can be found everywhere. Recommended from 6 years
SA 11.11. 10 am | Stadthalle
PRINCESS CURSED IN TIME: THE ALCHEMIST QUEST
Petr Kubik CZ 2023, 134 min
A dark magician wants to acquire all of Oberon's magical powers. The young alchemist Amélie and her friends want to prevent this. What no one knows: one of the magical powers is in Amélie herself. She acquired them when she freed her friend Ellen from a curse. Soon she has to fight not only against a powerful opponent, but also against her own desire to keep the forbidden power. Recommended from 8 years
SA 11.11. 3 pm | Stadthalle
DAS MÄRCHEN VON DER ZAUBERFLÖTE
Marvin Litwak DE 2023, 60 min
Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night, is kidnapped by Sarastro, the guardian of the circle of the sun. To free her, the queen sends the trickster Tamino and the bird catcher Papageno. Tamino possesses a magic flute that makes everyone dance when he plays it. But soon it turns out that everything is quite different from what it seems at first. Recommended from 6 years
SO 12.11. 10 am | Stadthalle