EUROPEAN FIRST FILMS PITCHES SELECTION

In a small, nationally divided town, Nikola, born into a mixed marriage family, is approaching manhood while dealing with a chaotic past and an uncertain future trying to realize his real identity.

GLORIOUS UTOPIA is a documentary essay exploring the citizens and kings of the unofficial micro-state Elgaland-Vargaland, founded in 1992. What begins as a parody of a state turns serious when it confronts the realities of today, revealing that borders and walls are once again gaining significance.

After fleeing Afghanistan sisters Fariba and Yuldoz have gained a place in the world of cycling. But the bigger their success, the harsher the repressions on the part of the family that had to stay.

In Serbia, Miki has been sharing his home with many birds for about 30 years. But this Noah's Ark, on which history, wars and exoduses seem to have slipped, could also be seen as a refuge for humans.

Traveling by train is the only human way to travel.

Ariadna and Salva will never meet. But for a year, they will be connected by a notebook they exchange, pouring out the words left to them after the suicide of a family member.