No matter how hard they form, how fragile they are: human relations are the only things that make a life meaningful. The feature film How To Make Friends observes these relations, the possibilities, and impossibilities of friendship. Based on seven short stories the film is a poetic ensemble drama in 90 minutes. The stories take […]

Eastern Europe, present day. The unnamed HERO and his friend and sidekick CHRIS, a pair of leather-clad post-punk bikers, are planning to steal an armored bank car from a biker gang led by JANIS. But money isn’t the only issue between Hero and Janis. Janis has stolen Hero’s girl, EVELYN and Hero wants her back. […]

The town is not grey and sad as it used to be, it is now full of colour. The shabby walls are hidden under a layer of polystyrene and the colourful layers will fade away in several years. The story of three children unfolds in this town. Gabo (13) He grows fatter and fatter. He […]

Thirty-year-old ROBERT returns to a picturesque town by the lake in the Beskidy Mountains after an absence of six years. He visits his cousin DAMIAN, who still lives with his parents, ANTONI and TERESA KOSAK, together with his recently married wife JULIA. Well respected by the community, the Kosaks own a thriving sawmill. Julia quickly […]

“White Elephant” is a psychological thriller set against the backdrop of the illegal trade of Coltan – a little known and extremely rare mineral, which is crucial to the manufacture of all cell phones, laptops and other high-end electronics. Henry Kohl steps away from his successful advertising career to reconcile with his son Patrick, an […]

NINA lives for her career. On the verge of success she has been working towards for decades, her busy life is interrupted by the suicide attempt of her twelve-year-old son LARS. Nina decides to leave her job in order to spend time with Lars and get to know him again. Lars is traumatized by an […]

While doing a news coverage on a factory explosion, Alex Mazilu, a 35 year old famous breaking news reporter, arrogant and workaholic, insists on shooting from inside the factory. He and his reluctant cameraman cheat the firemen and open the news with live images from inside the burning factory. But the ceiling collapses. Andrei, the […]

Title VANISHING WAVES Original title AURORA Year of production 2012 Scriptwriter Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper Director Kristina Buozyte ScripTeast Edition IV Creative Advisors Marc Caro, Jason Resnick Head of Studies Tom Abrams Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award / Special Mention – Producers/co-producers/ funding / Tremora, Acajou Films, Les Films 2 Cinema, Lietuvos Respublikos kulturos ministerija (produced with: […]

One man’s stand for freedom becomes a family’s fight against oppression. The Rodopi Mountains, 1971 – Bulgaria. Ali Ali is a noble man. Just out of prison and pained by the loss of his wealth to the communist regime he needs to rebel, to fight for his freedom, but that entails putting his family through […]

Title THE JUGEMENT Original title Sadilishteto Year of production 2014 Country Bulgaria Scriptwriter Marin Damyanov, Stephan Komandarev Director Stephan Komandarev ScripTeast Edition IV Creative Advisors Jason ResnickChris Collins Head of Studies Tom Abrams Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award / Special Mention – Producers/co-producers/ funding / Argo Film, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion [de], Propeler Film [hr],Sektor Film Skopje [mk], […]

Zuzia used to say, “If I weren’t a girl, I would be a cat…” Seven-year-old Dawid, one of the main characters in the film, names a stray cat after his sister. Zuzia, his little sister died about a year ago. Dawid’s dad moves out of the house soon after the tragedy. He keeps in touch […]

Participating Projects >>> All of This Belongs to Me (Czech Republic) ‘Memories of My Heart’ is an exotic tale of wild Mongolia. It tells of the search for love and of how life without it is as barren as the Mongolian steppe and as empty as the blue sky the stretches out above it. It […]