Since 2010, Pack & Pitch has supported emerging directors and producers in preparing their projects for the marketplace. Participants learn how to analyse and prepare their projects for effective written and oral presentation. Talents are mentored in groups and one-on-one sessions by pitching trainers, who instruct them in the creation of one-pagers and the analysis of their projects, and provide insight into the all-important subjects of how to pitch, and to whom. Over the course of several days of intensive sessions, Talents prepare written and recorded oral presentations of their projects, which they pitch at the end of the programme to a jury and an audience made up of their peers and industry professionals. The Talent who makes the most successful pitch is invited to participate at next year’s edition of CineLink Industry Days as an observer.
Jovan Dimoski and Danilo Mladenović, SERBIA
In Heat
Coming-of-age
ANDREA is a girl who runs away from her village to the city, where she meets PRLE, a boy from a correctional facility. Together, they try to get money to escape and build their own house.
DIRECTOR
Jovan Dimoski
SCREENWRITERS
Aleksandra Jovanović
Jovan Dimoski
PRODUCER
Danilo Mladenović
Lesia Kordonets, UKRAINE
9 Lives Of A Car
Coming-of-age
A pick-up truck's odyssey from civilian life in Western Europe to military duty in Ukraine, traversing diverse worlds and finally being reborn as an art piece after meeting its fate at the front lines.
DIRECTOR
Lesia Kordonets
SCREENWRITER
Lesia Kordonets
PRODUCER
Adam Felszeghy
Alexandros Kostopoulos, GREECE
Zebra’s Island
Animation
In a distant country where elderly people are exiled to Zebra's island, a little girl defies society’s rules to reach her grandpa who has been sent away.
DIRECTOR
Alexandros Kostopoulos
SCREENWRITERS
Alexandros Kostopoulos
PRODUCER
Ioanna Soultani
Inna Lastochkina, UKRAINE
Inheritance
Horror/Supernatural
KATIA and ANTON are a young couple who have just moved into their own flat. They are in love with each other, but their happiness is suddenly threatened: behind the walls of the flat, there seems to be an evil lurking, about to burst out.
DIRECTOR
Stanislav Bytiutskyi
SCREENWRITERS
Stanislav Bytiutskyi
PRODUCERS
Inna Lastochkina
Valeria Sochyvets
Hasan Ali Kılıçgün, TURKEY
Echoes Of Avey
Documentary (creative)
After years of separation, a feeling of longing calls me back to Mount Avey, where I spent my carefree years. Yet, upon my return, I confront a reality that differs from my childhood memories.
DIRECTOR
Atanur Nabiyeva
SCREENWRITER
Atanur Nabiyeva
PRODUCER
Durna Safarova
Jozo Schmuch, CROATIA
II. Law Of Thermodynamics
Drama
EGON and MARKO are two architects hiding their relationship from everyone in their office due to Marko's position as the son of the owner, who’s expected to inherit the firm from his father. When Marko's father unexpectedly steps down a bit earlier than expected, Egon is forced to finally stand up for himself.
DIRECTOR
Jozo Schmuch
SCREENWRITER
Jozo Schmuch
PRODUCERS
Ana Vidović