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​ Gabriele Brunnenmeyer and Nicholas Davies​, 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 ​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. 

Sara Alavanić, CROATIA

BOILING FROG

Drama

Kiki struggles to piece together memories of a summer spent in the desolation of the badlands with childhood friends he never saw again.


DIRECTOR
Sara Alavanić

SCREENWRITER
Sara Alavanić

PRODUCER
Lucija Perić

Can Deniz Atici,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIZIM

Fiction

A Turkish delivery driver in Toronto faces a cascade of challenges when her dog goes missing. As she searches the city, her journey reveals the quiet weight of loss, resilience, and the longing to belong in a world that wasn’t built for her.

DIRECTOR
Can Deniz Atici

SCREENWRITER
Can Deniz Atici

PRODUCER
Dila Dokuzoglu

Alemdar Faig Dadashov, Azerbaijan

THE HOPE WILL CARRY US

Documentary

In Qazbabalı, the adults search for water from the springs, while the children look for safe routes to the school in the neighbouring village. Meanwhile, Coshgun, a journalist who has come here to teach, tries to find a new path for himself.

DIRECTOR
Alemdar Faig Dadashov

SCREENWRITER
Alemdar Faig Dadashov

PRODUCER
Zeynab Iskandar

Kyriaki Kontaratou, GREECE

MERIDIAN

Drama

Marina, a Lignite miner, lives with her sister Elina in the desolate village of Meridian, where Lignite is worshipped as a deity. When a mysterious explosion seals the mine, her identity, her relationship with her sister and her faith are tested.

DIRECTOR
Markela Kontaratou

SCREENWRITER
Markela Kontaratou

PRODUCERS
Manos Tzivakis, Kyriaki Kontaratou

Lun Sevnik, SLOVENIA

THE HEALERS

Drama

Thirty-year-old Max (30), a charming hustler, who’s always one step away from making it all work, discovers that his ten10-year-old son Val has a miracle healing gift that might bring him a fortune.

DIRECTOR
Lun Sevnik

SCREENWRITERS
Lun Sevnik, Atila Urbančič

PRODUCER
Rok Biček

Petar Lakić,SERBIA

HEART IN YOUR THROAT

Crime

Marina is thirteen and alone. After her grandfather's suicide, she starts fantasising about getting kidnapped.

DIRECTOR
Petar Lakić

SCREENWRITERS
Petar Lakić, Đorđije Petrović

PRODUCERS
Danilo Mladenović, Savina Smederevac

Konstantinos Mavrias, GREECE

MY COSMONAUT

Experimental

Through a journey to the lighthouses her father once guarded, a filmmaker reconstructs a map of absence, longing, and memory to reconnect with the man who shaped her life from afar.

DIRECTOR
Eleni Zentefi

SCREENWRITER
Eleni Zentefi

PRODUCER
Konstantinos Mavrias

Nargiz Mammadli, AZERBAIJAN

UNTITLED, MEMORY

Creative documentary

Following the loss of her father, Nargiz embarks on a journey to preserve his memory. Through fragmented recollections, rituals, and an exploration of cultural traditions, she searches for meaning in mourning, family, and the nature of remembrance.

DIRECTOR
Nargiz Mammadli

SCREENWRITER
Nargiz Mammadli

PRODUCER
Alemdar Faig Dadashov