FAB Pitch Programme

Nikolas and the Mythfits

Direction: Avishai Simchovich

Nikólas is just trying to survive school. Avoid bullies. Stay invisible. Maybe get Veronika to notice him. Then he helps the school janitor. Big mistake. The janitor is the god Hermes in disguise. He declares Nikólas a hero and sprints back to Olympus shouting, “I found one!”. Zeus had long forgotten about this ancient quest, but Hermes reminds him of his search for a new hero. Nikólas and his friends are thrown into the world of Greek myth and are about to deal with Zeus's dirty work.

Beyond the Pond

Direction: Allan Bailey

In the gentle glow of a small pond lives a frog who knows every corner of his tiny world. But one day, a big cloud passes overhead. The cloud stirs something within him: a sense of wonder and longing. Among the reeds, Frog discovers a rock whose peak towers above everything he knows, as the cloud drifts beyond the edge of his familiar sky. Nervous but determined, he leaves his pond. On the way, he is confronted by the imposing presence of nature: Everything is overwhelming, but also beautiful.

Ita turns 30

Direction: Živa Divjak

The day before her thirtieth birthday, Ita prepares for her birthday party while increasingly panicking about adulthood and the future. As reality begins to distort, different versions of her possible life appear around her apartment – exhausted mothers, career-driven women, couples with mortgages, and younger versions of herself dreaming of freedom. Overwhelmed by these competing futures, she runs away and meets a giant whale, who helps her realise that no life choice is ever perfect.

Garbage Memories

Direction: Patrícia Rodrigues

Zinha writes love letters to Manuel, building an imagined relationship through words, photographs and memories. As his silence grows, she drifts deeper into family albums, projected slides and fantasies of a shared life. Gradually dissolving into the archive itself, Zinha becomes trapped inside the images she once used to dream of. Until a pair of hands begins to rearrange the fragments around her, opening the possibility of another path.

Perpetuum Mobile

Direction: Cecile Durel / Pigeon & Goose Tales

An adult animated series set in a futuristic Europe where repressed emotions manifest as extreme physical syndromes. After curing her own symptoms through an unconventional treatment, a wellness entrepreneur builds a thriving wellness empire selling increasingly dangerous cures. As the business grows, she buries her own unresolved trauma in her clients’ escalating conditions, in a dark satirical comedy about doctors, denial and the cost of selling false hope.

Electric Water

Direction: Gali Blay

In a Greek coastal village, 18-year-old Thala struggles to reconnect with her father and a home worn down by industry. Deep underwater, a horrible, man-made noise tears two beaked whales apart. When Thala finds one stranded on the beach, she joins a research boat to find answers. As she discovers the brutal impact of this sound on the sea, her journey mirrors the surviving whale’s struggle. Both are lost in a world that’s become too loud, fighting to find where they belong.

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Unlucky – Ich möchte kein Eisbär sein

Unlucky – No, I don't want to be a polar bear

Direction: Juliette Schminke

Unlucky’s white fur has made him the victim of a misunderstanding, capturing the attention of the entire media landscape. Concerned for his well-being, humans keep transporting him to the Arctic, convinced they are returning him to his true home. But through the chaos of opinions, formats, and constant channel-switching, one thing gets lost: Not every white bear belongs in the North Pole.