Four short films, one short documentary and one animation are the parts that make up this film that gives a voice to Eastern Europe′s first post-communist generation. Filmmakers from Estonia, Bulgaria Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary and Serbia-Montenegro come together under the guidance of artistic director Nikolaj Nikitin to make known their views on technology, traditional values, ethnic and religious chasms, and much more and to serve notice that Eastern Europe is ready to be included in the EU and the world. A wedding party waits for some missing guests-the bride and groom-in The Ritual, a girl must give up her beloved pet turkey to ensure medical treatment for her mother in Turkey Girt, a suicide prevention worker and his sister meet after a long separation in Shortlasting Silence, a streetcar conductor takes over the car one day in Fabulous Vera; two schoolgirls divided by a river finally meet when a historic bridge is reopened in the documentary The Birthday, and the films are held together by the animated Gene+Ratio, a celebration of life.