EUROPEAN FIRST FILMS PITCHES

An essay film re-discovering the filmmaker’s childhood landscape in Brandenburg, searching for reasons for the political shift to the right.

REBORN dolls look disturbingly real. The women who love them reveal something even more unsettling: what motherhood truly demands.

After the Dana storm that devastated southern Valencia, daily routines shift. Between reconstruction, mutual aid, and grief, a question emerges: “Now what?”

Thirty years after becoming princess overnight, Altinaï has a mission: to bring back the suitcases of her grandfather, the last king of Montenegro, from Paris to the National Museum in Cetinje. What begins as an archival retrieval becomes a surprising road-movie investigation into identity, legacy, and collective memory.

A Syrian filmmaker and a Polish nationalist form an unlikely friendship that is tested by political tensions, personal trauma, and the search for belonging. Set in contemporary Poland, the film explores identity, conflict, and the fragile space where opposites meet.

THE KINGDOM immerses us in Mbëbëss, a sprawling landfill in Dakar. Amidst impending closure, waste pickers showcase their intimate struggles and an existence where reality merges with the mystical.