CineSud DutchFilm Talentsto Cannes2023
DUTCH FILMTALENT
Filmmakers and short films selected for the Dutch Film Talents to Cannes
2023 networking program
Find more information on www.CineSud.nl
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Dutch Film Talents to Cannes is a special training and networking program organised by CineSud and it takes place during the Marché du Film of Festival de Cannes, where new film professionals work in a pressure cooker on specific skills and abilities, expand their national and international network and kickstart concrete projects and ambitions. The program consists of coaching, networking dinners and events, talent drinks, one-on-one meetings with industry experts, group meetings and special events.
The filmmakers will be present at the Cannes Film Festival May 20-26, 2023.
Would you like to meet the filmmakers in Cannes or online?
You can contact info@cinesud.nl or the filmmakers directly.
CineSud is the film hub in the heart of the crossborder region of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. With a focus on new filmmakers and industry professionals, CineSud offers new and established filmmakers unique opportunities to further develop and realise their skills and projects. CineSud offers filmmakers a tailored package of activities in the field of networking, talent development and financing. Central in this are our ShortsLab, DocLab, REwriteIT: Feature ScriptLab, Directors Village and Film Talents to Cannes program.
If you are interested in cooperating or want to know more, whether you are a filmmaker, a festival or other (film) organisation, please contact us.
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Guido Franken
CineSud Director guido@cinesud.nl
anna@cinesud.nl
Marie Lormeau Project Coordinator marie@cinesud.nl
awesta@cinesud.nl
Coen Leuven
Production Coordinator coen@cinesud.nl
Anna Demianenko
Program & Talent Manager
Awesta Mahani Head of PR & Communications
More information about the films and participants
The CineSud website Trailer of selected films
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BIRDCAGE
Directed by Karel Konings
15’ 2023 | Thriller | The Netherlands
Produced by Karel Konings | CineSud ShortsLab 2022 karel.konings.1993@outlook.be
Synopsis
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Nurse Marielle watches in horror as the doctor injects poison in a ten-year-old boy with supernatural powers; a measure that seemed necessary after the death of one of their staff. After the doctor informs Marielle that Patient 76 will also be put to ‘sleep’, she rushes off to save him.
STRIPPED DOWN
WHYARE THEY STILLHERE?
LATECHECK-OUT
Directed by Sophie van de Pol
13’ | 2022 | Tragicomedy | The Netherlands
Produced by Ijswater Films sophievandepol@hotmail.com
Synopsis
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Ans (63) and Jaap (65) go for a week’s vacation to their regular, all-inclusive hotel in Zeeland together with their son Harry (29). When Ans notices Harry falling in love there, she realises that her son has indeed grown up and that it might be time to let him go.
Directed by Nathalie Roux
10’ | 2023 | Experimental | The Netherlands
Produced by DotInk Cinema | CineSud ShortsLab 2022 nathalie08cr@gmail.com
Synopsis
A woman is done adjusting, shrinking, sacrificing space, laughing the offences off, being called too sensitive or hysterical. In order to become who she wants to be, she will bid her farewell to who and what she was.
Directed by Angelo Raaijmakers
18’ | 2024 pre-production Drama | The Netherlands
Produced by Raaijmakers Films & PepeNR2 Productions info@angeloraaijmakers.nl
Synopsis
Observed by their apartment walls, a police-officer and his girlfriend struggle with their boundaries and self-control, in a relationship far more complex than meets the eye.
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Directed by Sem Dingemans
21’ | 2022 Drama | The Netherlands
Produced by Sem Dingemans & Faculty of Arts, Utrecht.
Synopsis
Due to the poorly running car wash and the arrival of a new girlfriend, Dennis loses himself in an urge to prove to his father.
RELEASE HUSOM
GOUDHAAN JÄGER
Directed by Julian Verkerk
13’ | 2022 | Drama | The Netherlands
Produced by Cinedrama julianverkerk@gmail.com
Synopsis
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When the sexual tension between police detectives Bert and Frank is pointed out by the German man in the trunk of their car, they first need to overcome their own masculinity before they can proceed with the mission.
Directed by Lau Zautsen
20’ | 2023 pre-production Drama | The Netherlands
Produced by Portal Pictures laurens.zautsen@hotmail.nl
Synopsis
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When Bo (19) enters a gay-sauna for the first time, he meets Geo who invites him on a small tour of dark rooms and private spaces. Bo is encouraged to explore this new world alone and ends up having his first sexual experience. However, his escapades become wilder and darker until he reaches a breaking point.
Directed by Job van Aken
en Mandula van den Berg
8’ | 2023 | Drama | The Netherlands
Produced by Job van Aken
Synopsis
A 82-year old Hungarian called Abigél lives in a small house in a Dutch suburb. Her life is completely consumed by habit and the outside world barely reaches her. The highlights of her day are the daily phone calls she gets, where she can explain everything that’s happened to her.
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