THE PROJECTS
7 NIGHTS ON THE DANUBE - Romania
Tudor Petremarin (creative producer), Stefania Maftei (writer)
An idealistic German woman. An old Afghan guerrilla fighter. One lost a lover. One lost a son. Worlds collide in this unexpected alliance to retrace his final journey along the Danube.
BOY BAND - USA
Mike Kunze (writer, creator)
Fighting age, the world, and each other, three best friends chase their dream of boy band superstardom … in their mid thirties. A musical comedy about failure.
CODE / BLUE - UK/Germany
Craig Young (creator/writer), Franziska Lindner (producer)
When a cyberattack cripples a rural hospital, a nurse and a system admin must survive the chaos, confronting politics and pasts they can’t escape.
FAKE STARS OF PANAMA - Belgium
Aleksandr M. Vinogradov (author, creator, scriptwriter)
A satirical dark comedy series about a group of European friends who stage a fake film festival in Panama chasing easy cash. All might work well, except that the famous stars on their red carpet hide a hilarious and dangerous secret.
GREY MARKET - Belgium
Elena Reynaert (producer), Domien Huyghe (director)
A group of rebellious elderly fight back against financial hardship by renting themselves out as ‘grans-for-hire’, leading to unexpected friendships, and a second chance at life.
KARBO C.F - Spain
Lidia Fraga (writer), Sonia Méndez (author, creative producer)
To start a revolution, all you need is your friends.
KISSING+CRYING - Belgium
Jaap van Veen (writer, director)
A mother dies. A relationship begins. KISSING+CRYING is an unfiltered tragicomedy about grief, lust, and losing yourself in someone else - just when everything else falls apart.
LISTEN TO MY LIPS - Portugal
Sofia Mirpuri (creator), Leonor Batista (producer)
A millennial with progressive hearing loss moves to Lisbon to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker - racing against time before silence takes over. Sharing a flat with foreigners, they navigate friendship, cultural clashes, and self-discovery.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (WT) - Germany
Svenja Heinrichs (creator/writer)
A secret brothel, a network full of dependencies - and a young woman who risks everything to find out the truth.
MELANINA - Brazil
Raul Perez (creator, scriptwriter), Jessica Queiroz (creator, co-writer, director)
At Melanina, a lively beauty salon for curly-haired women, clients find more than hair care — they find healing, gossip, and sisterhood. But when the salon is put up for sale, the community they've built is suddenly at risk.
MOSTLY VIRGIN - Iceland, Serbia, USA
Ana Lazarević (co-writer), Baldvin Kári (co-writer)
In 1300s Eastern Europe, Judita, 16, is sent to the Alcatraz of convents after going half way with Ranko, the medieval fuccboi in town. Desperate to escape her cloistered fate, she embarks on a wild quest to get back to Ranko and finish what they started.
MUMMY, DADDY & OTHER ISSUES - Spain
Núria Frías Corrius (writer), Amparo Hidalgo Gadea (producer)
A delusional Catalan in her 20s moves to Berlin chasing a life plan. Spoiler: she spends a decade managing issues.
OFF SIDE - Belgium
Hilde Van Malderen (screenwriter)
A rational financial journalist enters the emotional world of football reporting, where the return of her estranged father triggers a moral spiral between truth, loyalty, and ambition. How far will she go to be seen, in a world she despises but secretly craves?
REPEAT TO FADE - Ireland
Nick Kelly (writer/producer)
Raymond failed to become a rock star 25 years ago. But, having failed even worse at everything else since, he’s going to try again.
SALAMANDER - Spain
Wagner Cardeña Gómez (writer)
When a Spanish child is abducted by a mysterious cult hiding in the south of France, police teams from both countries must join forces to find him.
SHAFTED - Australia
Isaac Elliott (writer/director), Lucy Knox (writer/director)
When a mining accident leaves 28-year-old Jim paralysed, he’s dumped in a rundown aged care home full of death, mystery smells, and forced introspection - his worst nightmare.
SUF - Kazakhstan
Alina Mustafina (writer, director), Assel Kadyrseit (co-writer)
A family of hereditary female shamans in Almaty, Kazakhstan help others confront deep emotional wounds — but they cannot heal themselves, because their gift vanishes the moment they choose their own path.
THE 5B CARTEL - Sweden
Kalle Fransson (creator, screenwriter)
When their primary school goes sugar-free, three 10-year-olds build a secret sugar cartel, turning the playground into a miniature drug empire.
THE COVER STORY - Brazil
Felipe Lopes (producer), Felipe Novaes (writer, director)
The true story behind one of the most controversial magazine covers in Brazilian history, in which the famous singer Cazuza comes out as HIV+ during the Aids crisis in the 80's.
THE GREAT ENSOR HEIST - Belgium
Ruben Vermeersch (writer, director), Ruben Vandenborre (producer)
Ostend, 1978. A neo-noir tragicomedy about two gendarmes in existential crisis who, through their investigation of three stolen Ensor paintings, find themselves in a surreal cat-and-mouse game with a cunning thief.