Competition Program: OFF Generation Slot

Snijeg za vodu (UK)
Synopsis: During the siege of Sarajevo in the winter of 1994, two children are asked by their father to collect the freshly fallen snow. They need to fill the bath, so that when the snow melts it will become water. Ema and Adi are surrounded by the sounds and dangers of the siege, of mortar shell and sniper fire, as they attempt to fulfil their father’s wishes.

Pink Elephant (BiH)
Synopsis: An unexpected discovery makes the coming-back of a Bosnian studying-abroad girl turn out as a catastrophe.

Johann (GER)
Synopsis: Everyday life for 9 year-old Johann consists of school and friends. Yet, what really counts for him, he won’t tell anyone.

Just someone I Know (UK)
Synopsis: Tam, 14, has been bought bright new trainers by a much older man who works at the garage. When her best friend Sash follows her and discovers Tam is being groomed, their friendship is tested to the max.

U plavetnilo (HR)
Synopsis: Thirteen-year- old Julia and her mother run from their agressive house residents and finds sanctuary on an idyllic island in Croatia where Julia grew up. Emotionally crippled, Julia desperately tries to rebuild her relationship with a long-lost friend, Ana. However, Ana is in love, and Julia is no longer a priority. Ana’s rejection puts salt on Julia’s wounds. She becomes a monster, similar to the ones she ran away from.

Private Access (FR)
Synopsis: Paris, 2022. Most streets are now privatized. Daria and Michelangelo are among the last to protest this wave of mass privatization and are committed political dissidents fighting the corporate takeover. Yet Daria is pregnant and Michelangelo soon realizes the price of his political ideals.