09:00 | Thursday 10. 12. | Metropol cinema

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Chris Williams, Byron Howard | USA | 2008 | 103‘

Bolt, a dog, is another animal character from an animated film by the Walt Disney Company. Since his youth he has lived only for his TV show, thanks to which he thinks he has supernatural powers. When he becomes lost and is confronted with the real world, he finds out that he is no superdog. A cat and a hamster become his companions on an adventurous journey. As with all of its contemporary creative explosion, the renowned American studio even now sticks to 3D animation techniques.

11:30 | Thursday 10.12. | Metropol cinema

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Shane Acker | USA | 2009 | 79‘

After the success of the short film “9”, the director Shane Acker decided to make its full-length version in co-operation with Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov. Nobody should be surprised by the fact that the authors have made this adventurous sci-fi movie with help of the wonderful 3D animation. In the ruins of a destroyed world, where only rag dolls live, “9” is born. It is predestined to lead its fellows in the battle against killing machines and it explains why there are no humans…

09:00 | Friday 11.12. |  Metropol cinema

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Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | USA | 2008 | 89‘r

No wonder we set out for Madagascar once again, where we first met the community of animals lead by the lemur king Julien, four years ago. After all it could not end up differently after the high worldwide sales and huge popularity of the main characters as well as the minor ones (penguins). This time the four heroes try to escape from the island by the shores of continental Africa. It is the penguins who are the inventors of a plan based on the use of a plane. Everything gets complicated though…

11:30 | Friday 11.12. | Metropol cinema

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Adam Elliot | Australia | 2009 | 89‘

Story of two people who never meet but become best friends. A touching as well as witty film about an unusual relationship between an ugly 8-year-old girl, Mary from Australia, and an obese 40-year-old American, Max, a Jew suffering from autism. This couple, looking for true friendship, communicate all their stories and feelings through letters, gifts, and photographs…