Euregion Film Festival 2020 | Program booklet

19-22 March | Royal Theater | Heerlen

EUREGION FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL PROGRAM BOOKLET

Dare & Endure Euregion Film Festival offers quality films by regional and international filmmakers, special networking events, film labs, masterclasses and much more!

Dare something new and endure!

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WELCOME Euregion Film Festival 2020

DARE & ENDURE

The film business is a daring one. Just as in a real life, sometimes we are asked to summon up all our courage to take a step, maybe a first one, which is always the hardest. Once we dared to take this step, we have to keep going, no matter which obstacles might get in our way. We have to stay focussed, strong, we have to endure.

For the fifth-year anniversary of the Euregion Film Festival, we took this motto to our heart and created a program for all new and professional filmmakers, but also the regular audience. During the four-day festival, filmmakers are stimulated to dare creating new projects, meeting like-minded creators, who are on a similar path to making their dream come true and endure the ups & downs of the filmmaking process by attending activities such as the Script and Producers Lab, the Writers Rooms Fiction and Documentary or the Pitching Forum including a Pitch Training.

Moreover, film lovers who have not (yet) created their own film are invited to watch Short Film Competition & feature films, listen to CineTalks and Q&A sessions with invited filmmakers and have a chat at the networking events. Believe in yourself, don’t give up, stay individual - Dare and Endure!

Guido Franken

Saskia Lößer

Anna Demianenko

Mirthe Simoen

Director CineSud

Festival Manager

Festival Coordinator

Marketing & Communication

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PROGRAM The program sections suitable for English speaking audiences are marked with (ENG)

BLOCK SCHEME PASSE-PARTOUT LIST

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FILMS SHORT FILM COMPETITION Short Film Competition 1

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Short Film Competition 2

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Jury

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS Ghost Tropic incl. Zo Gezegd & CineTalk

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DMFFFiets Special Screening

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- …pour un maillot jaune incl. Q&A - 14 - The Flying Scotsman incl. Q&A Special: Workshop Camerawork for Active Sports

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Made in Limburg & Award Show

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Violet

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Hellhole

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INDUSTRY EVENTS Pitching Forum

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Feature Lab: ScriptLab 2019,

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ScriptLab 2020 & Producers Lab ShortsLab: Writers Room Fiction & Documentary,

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Pitch Training Networking Lunch & Networking Drinks

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Guests & Coaches

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Attending Filmmakers

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Location & Tickets

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19 March Royal Theater

ScriptLab 2020 Residence

Special

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10:00 - 13:00 ScriptLab 2020 Feedback session: Synopsis

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Pitching Forum

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13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

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14:00 - 18:00 ScriptLab 2020 Workshop: Synopsis, Structure, Treatment with Jolein Laarman

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Feature Lab

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Shorts Lab

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22:00 - 22:00 Opening Night Ghost Tropic incl.

Zo Gezegd & CineTalk with Mark Stevens

Networking Events

Films

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Royal Theater

Royal Theater - Office

Special

10.00 10.30 10:00 - 13:00 Producers Lab Workshop: Post-Production with Neeltje van der Heijden & Niko Remus

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Pitching Forum

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Shorts Lab

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14:00 - 17:00 Producers Lab Workshop: Sales and Distribution with Hein van Joolen

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Feature Lab

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17:15 - 18:45 Short Film Competiton 1 incl. Q&As

Films

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Networking Events

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19:15 - 22:30 DMFF Special Screening ...pour un maillot jaune (1965) incl. CineTalk with Ronald van der Kolk 14 (2015) The Flying Scotsman (2006) incl. CineTalk with Jaap van Hoof

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20 March ScriptLab 2020 Residence

10:00 - 13:00 ScriptLab 2019 Writer Room: Script Draft 3 with Moniek Kramer

10:00 - 13:00 ScriptLab 2020 Writers Room: Synopsis with Jolein Laarman

Royal Bar

Pitching Forum

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Royal Theater - Maxim

Films

Feature Lab

14:00 - 18:00 ScriptLab 2020 Writers Room: Synopsis with Jolein Laarman

Networking Events

14:00 - 17:00 ScriptLab 2019 Writer Room: Script Draft 3 with Moniek Kramer

13:00 - 14:00 Networking Lunch

Shorts Lab

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

22:30 - 00:00 Networking Drinks

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21 March Royal Theater

Royal Theater Office

Royal Theater - Maxim

10:00 - 13:00 Producers Lab Workhop: Company Development with Harro van Staverden

9:00 - 13:00 ScriptLab 2019 Writers Room: Scenes & Dialogue with Actors with Jolein Laarman

Special

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Pitching Forum

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10:00 - 11:20 Workshop Camerawork for Active Sports with Ronald van der Kolk 11:20 - 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 - 13:00 Workshop Camerawork for Active Sports with Ronald van der Kolk

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Shorts Lab

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14:00 - 16:00 Producers Lab & ShortsLab Pitch Training with Reinier Selen

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Feature Lab

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16:15 - 17:35 Pitching Forum

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Films

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Networking Events

18:00 - 19:30 Short Film Competition 2 incl. Q&As

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20:00 - 22:00 Made in Limburg, Special Screenings & Award Show incl. Q&As

14:00 - 16:00 ScriptLab 2019 Writers Room: Scenes & Dialogue with Actors with Jolein Laarman

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10:00 - 13:00 ScriptLab 2020 Writers Room: Synopsis with Marietta van Hausswolff

10:00 - 13:00 Writers Room Fiction with Ibo Karatay

10:00 - 13:00 Writers Room Documentary with Nathalie Crum

Royal Bar

Pitching Forum

Special

ScriptLab 2020 Residence

Shorts Lab

14:00 - 17:00 Writers Room Documentary with Nathalie Crum

Feature Lab

14:00 - 17:00 Writers Room Fiction with Ibo Karatay

Films

14:00 - 17:30 ScriptLab 2020 Writers Room: Synopsis with Marietta van Hausswolff

13:00 - 14:00 Networking Lunch

22:00 - 23:00 Networking Drinks

Networking Events

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

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22 March Royal Theater

Villa in Limburg

Special

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10:00 - 13:00 ScriptLab 2020 Writers Room: Character Development with Actors with Marietta van Hausswolff

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Pitching Forum

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Shorts Lab

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14:00 - 15:30 Violet 14:00 - 17:30 ScriptLab 2020 Writers Room: Character Development with Actors with Marietta van Hausswolff

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Feature Lab

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Films

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Networking Events

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16:30 - 18:00 Hellhole

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FILMS

SHORT FILM COMPETITION(ENG) Euregion Film Festival is proud to present nine short films that were selected to this year’s Short Film Competition! Come and watch daring and enduring short films that will compete for the Best Short, the Youth Jury Award, the Special Mention prize, the Special Jury Award and the Audience Award.

The pre-selection for the Official Competition has been done by Alexander Gusev (Euregion Film Festival programmer). GĂźnter H. Jekubzik (German film critic), Kato De Boeck (Belgian scriptwriter and director) and Pascal Essers (projection coordinator, Filmhuis de Spiegel) have been decision makers on selecting the final program.

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SHORT FILM COMPETITION 1 DARE INCL. Q&A (ENG) 20 March | 17:15 - 18:45 Royal Theater Heerlen | â‚Ź4,00 Downward Facing Dogs, Karsten de Vreugd, Fiction, Netherlands, 2019, 11 min.

When Mara hastily enters her yoga class, she desperately tries to find her zen, only to find out her zen is at the end of letting out all her frustrations first.

Weightlifter, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Fiction, Poland, Ukraine, 2018, 20 min.

At first sight, this is a story of a true price of a victory.

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Something About Alex, Reinout Hellenthal, Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 18 min.

A young teenager develops a close friendship with his older sister’s boyfriend and must confront the depth of his feelings when the couple announces that they will be moving away.

Dafa Metti/Difficult, Tal Amiran, Documentary, United Kingdom, 2019, 15 min.

Under Paris’ glittering Eiffel Tower illegal Senegalese migrants sell miniature souvenirs of the monument to support their families back home. Far from their loved ones and hounded by the police, each day is a struggle through darkness in the City of Lights.

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SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2 ENDURE INCL. Q&A (ENG) 21 March | 18:00 - 19:30 Royal Theater Heerlen | â‚Ź4,00 Waiting Room, Laura Huygen, Documentary, Netherlands, 2019, 11 min.

With limited access to a job or entertainment, how would you spend your time? This film is a portrait of eight people who await their asylum procedure, showing what they do during the day and what all that waiting does to them.

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Unlike Today, Astrid Menzel, Fiction, Germany, 2018, 20 min.

An elderly couple fights for dignity as they balance on the edge of their earlier lives. Both resist accepting their new life, now dominated by illness and nursing.

A visit from their daughter could be the turning point.

Zwart, Tommie Geraedts, Fiction, Netherlands, 2019, 7 min.

When Ronnie gives up a tad too much personal information on his computer he receives a fully customised invitation from his OS in return. After accepting the offer his OS takes over his computer, forcing Ronnie to do everything in his power to keep his dark desires a secret for his approaching girlfriend.

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By the River, Dan Braga Ulvestad, Documentary, Australia, 2019, 25 min.

Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth.

Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years.

Fifteen-Two, John Summerson, Animation, United Kingdom, 2019, 5 min.

A mother recalls her parents’ uniquely long relationship — one made strong, in part, by their daily habit of making time to play Cribbage together.

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PROFESSIONAL JURY The following professionals will decide on the Best Short and Special Jury Award.

Karel Deburchgrave (Belgian Film Critic) xxx is a film critic and the chairman of the Belgian film monthly Filmmagie. Most of his reviews are published in Dutch in this monthly magazine, which was founded in 1956. Karel Deburchgrave has been a member of, among others, Karlovy Vary (2008), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2011), Prix Italia Torino (2011), Hong Kong (2012), Montreal (2012), Berlin (2014), Film Fest Washington DC (2015) and Singapore (2019). Karel Deburchgrave also gives lectures on film at film museums and universities.

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Joyce Spijker (Dutch Author, Scriptwriter) was born in Heerlen and is the author of a couple of successful books such as her debut novel Spotlight (2013), the thriller In de Familie (2016) or her newly published thriller Volg Me (2019). At the moment she is working on screenplays for, among others, Dutch Film Works, Maya Media, Flikken Maastricht, Netflix as well as a television series based on her book Volg Me.

Wisam Zureik (German Filmmaker) is a filmmaker born in Nazareth, now living in in the Euregion, in Aachen. After having started computer science studies he changed to a Media Design degree in Cologne. His graduation film Woher kommst du? was nominated for the Kรถlner Designpreis. He specified in the field of documentary filmmaking and his documentary Bunte Blumen was nominated for the Deutscher Menschenrechtspreis. In 2018 he received the honor Future Impact Maker.

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YOUTH JURY The Youth Jury will decide on the Youth Jury Award.

Martine Pinckaers (14) is a student at the Bernard Lievegoed School Maastricht. She loves to perform in front of an audience and is now taking classes at Kumulus Maastricht.

Martine has already played in the CineSud Talent Production All There Is as well as in Voor Galg en Rad. Nhi Nguygen (15) is a high school student from Aachen, Germany, who has artistic hobbies such as dancing and drawing. Ever since she was little she liked movies as the different characters and scenarios always had the power to create different emotions in her. Her favorite genres are action and thriller because they make her feel excited.

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Emilia PĂźtz (17) attends the municipal high school in Herzogenrath. She is very interested in every kind of art and she has always loved video art. In her free time she likes to play tennis and paint.

Valentin Birkelbach (20) is in his first semester of his bachelor, studying civil engineering at RWTH Aachen University. He was born in Santiago de Chile and spent 6 years of his life living in Chile before moving to Germany with his parents. His everyday activities include going to university, swimming and meeting friends. Ever since he can think of, he has been fascinated by cinema and movies.

If his time scale allows it, he loves going to film festivals or open-air cinemas.

Muriel Bujotzek (16) attends the Städtische Gymnasium in Herzogenrath. Muriel is also currently participating in a literature course in which films are being evaluated and analysed and the participants are also actively creating visual content themselves.

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS 19 MARCH Ghost Tropic incl. Zo Gezegd & CineTalk (NL) 19 March | 20:00 - 22:00 Royal Theater Heerlen | ₏8,00 The festival will be opened by Bas Devos’ Ghost Tropic and the pre-film Zo Gezegd by Mark Stevens who will be present for a CineTalk.

Zo Gezegd, Mark Stevens, Fiction, Netherlands, 2020, 7 min.

Wim had a lovely date with the beautiful Manuela. He brags about the date to his friends but it turns out that this is a fantasy and he is bragging against the police.

They confront him with a burning question: what really happened that night? What is Wim going to tell them?

Ghost Tropic, Bas Devos, Fiction, Belgium, 2019, 85 min.

A cleaning lady from Brussels, Khadija, falls asleep on the last subway after working late. On her nocturnal journey she finds herself compelled to ask for and give help to the other inhabitants of the night.

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DMFFFIETS SPECIAL SCREENING 20 MARCH(ENG) 20 March | 19:15 - 22:30 Royal Theater Heerlen | â‚Ź15,00 ... pour un maillot jaune, Claude Lelouch, Documentary, France, 1965, 20 min.

A cinematic tribute about the 1965 Tour de France.

Not as a documentary, but as an atmospheric film, the events surrounding the tour are being portrayed.

So are the racing riders and the hardships and dangers they are facing.

14, Juliette Coutellier, Animation, France, 2015, 7 min.

In 1914, during a stage of the Tour de France, the national champion is alone in the lead when he falls down the Col du Tourmalet...

The Flying Scotsman, Douglas Mackinnon, Fiction, United Kingdom, 2006, 96 min.

A true story about the amateur cyclist Graeme Obree who breaks the world one-hour distance record on a bike he made from old bits of washing machines.

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SPECIAL

WORKSHOP CAMERAWORK FOR ACTIVE SPORTS 21 March | 10:00 - 13:00 | Royal Theater Heerlen Do you know what it takes to film extreme sports?

Ronald van der Kolk captures extreme sports like marathons and cycling races while sitting at the back of a motorbike. In this workshop he will talk about his work, the equipment he uses, what you need to capture active sports and much more. Be there and find out more about the challenges of filming extreme sports.

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MADE IN LIMBURG

& AWARD SHOW (ENG) 21 March | 20:00 - 22:00 | Royal Theater Heerlen Book a free ticket via bit.ly/madeinlimburg2020 Limburg has so much to offer. In this special, non-competitive screening, films made in Limburg or by Limburgian filmmakers are given a platform before the highlight of the evening: the Award Show!

Asnacht, Jeroen Mourmans, Fiction, Netherlands/Limburg, 2020, 19 min.

When Marcel finds himself in a state of loneliness and melancholy right after the three-day festivities of Carnival in Maastricht have ended, he decides to get on a random bus that is completely packed with partygoers to procrastinate the return to his empty everyday existence.

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Wine, Anna Demianenko, Fiction, Netherlands/Limburg, 2020, 26 min.

After 10 years of not seeing her family, Sanne is forced to spend a night at their hostile house, while waiting for her father to wake up after a risky surgery. Having no desire for reconciliation, Sanne fears her thoughts that with the death of her father, she can never be a part of this family again.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a special cast and crew screening.

Convoi Exceptionnel, Genio de Groot, Fiction, Netherlands/Limburg, 2019, 15 min.

A tragicomic and sometimes absurdist portrait of Ronnie in his 40s who still lives with his mother. By profession he is a transport assistant for convoi exceptionnel. As a hobby, Ronnie takes pictures of exceptional transport and collects miniatures of extraordinary trucks. A long-cherished dream of his mother is to become a grandmother. Now that she is dying, the son will have to look for a wife. But how will he actually find one?

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22 MARCH 22 March | 14:00 - 15:30 Royal Theater Heerlen | €8,00 Violet, Bas Devos, Fiction, Belgium, 2014, 85 min.

Jesse is 15 years old and the only one in his BMX biking group to have witnessed the death of one of their teammates, Jonas. Incapable of explaining what happened and the reasons behind this tragedy, Jesse becomes more and more isolated from the group…

22 March | 16:30 - 18:00 Royal Theater Heerlen | €8,00 Hellhole, Bas Devos, Fiction, Belgium, 2018, 90 min.

A portrait of a wounded city in enigmatic images: at its center stand Brussels and the haunting stories of the city’s lost souls.

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INDUSTRY EVENTS PITCHING FORUM (ENG)

21 March | 16:15 - 17:35 | Royal Theater Heerlen During this Pitching Forum 13 filmmakers dare to tell the world about their film idea and compete for different prices. Five filmmakers will pitch an idea for a short film for which they can win the main prize of €2.000. Next to that, the three Producers Lab participants will introduce their production company or pitch a film project they are working on at the moment.

The five ScriptLab 2019 participants will pitch the feature film projects they have been working on during the last year’s ScriptLab sessions. The main price for the winning Producers and ScriptLab participant is to be a participant of Talents to Cannes program, organised by CineSud.

JURY: Reinier Selen (Rafaël, Rafiki), Moniek Kramer (Lucia de B.), Toon Hezemans (CineSud Board, Dutch Mountain Film Festival) and Guido Franken (Managing Director, CineSud).

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PITCHING FORUM PARTICIPANTS: SHORT FILMS Pitching Forum prize: â‚Ź2.000.

Paalspoort, Lisa de Bye A documentary about Demi Brama, aerialist and multiple pole sport winner. Follow Demi Brama on her way to the Dutch Championship Pole Sport 2020.

What does it mean being involved with this unique strength sport?

Diesel, Chris Dings & Rowan Sonneville Ayoub, gangster-to-be, gets the chance to get involved with the big boys, but he soon finds out that he, and his overenthusiastic friend Bilal are way in over their heads.

The Change, Bas Geelen & Vincent Konings A young woman returns to her remote family home with good news. Shortly after her arrival, she notices that her elderly mother is behaving strangely. Is she age demented or is something else wrong with her?

Februarium, John Summerson A documentarian’s research materials come to life as he attempts to tell the story of the made-up holiday about biscuits, beer, and tree-bludgeoning that defined his early twenties.

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Kunstenaars Keuken, Lea Volke TV format in which art and the art of cooking are central. Well established and newcomer artists are inviting us into their houses and workplace and are cooking their favourite meal while sharing ideas and thoughts from their life and presenting their art and sources of inspiration.

SCRIPTLAB 2019 Pitching Forum prize: Participation in Talents to Cannes program.

Across the Channel, Mark van Seggelen At the beginning of the seventies, near the marshlands, two unmarried sons of farmers yearn for a better life. Fearing the unknown, they cling to their familiar surroundings however suffocating they may be. The mysterious disappearance of sister Bernadette, the arrival of a foreigner and the rejection of the most beautiful woman in the village, set them in motion: they go ‘Across the Channel’.

Echo, Roy van Kessel After being diagnosed with acute retinitis pigmentosa (accelerated vision loss), a widowed airport border patrol officer decides to go find his long lost son, given up for adoption at age 3 which is now more than 30 years ago.

Emma, Nicole Jachmann While Tessel (14) is looking forward to the summer, discovering her first love and going on a big trip, she finds out that her mom has been holding a secret from everyone: she works as a prostitute. Having lost her faith in her mother, Tessel needs to find a way to restore the bond with her, while learning to deal with a secret.

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TCOL, Karsten de Vreugd TCOL is the true story of a musician who, when confronted with his imminent death, chooses not to have medical treatment, but to dedicate his life to music, only to discover that this is the reason to stay alive.

The Final Girl, Tim Sagl Victor, an old man in a retirement home dealing with dementia, thinks he might be a killer from a popular slasher series of the 80s. When a new nurse hits the home, Victor thinks she might be the final girl that ended his film career. Obstructed through his age and illness, Victor tries to kill the last girl, just as back in the days of which he thinks that he was a masked killer. Or maybe he really was...

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PRODUCERS LAB Pitching Forum prize: Participation in Talents to Cannes program.

C Amazing Films, Charlotte Driessen Charlotte Driessen has studied International Media & Entertainment Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Breda. She has worked in several positions in the film industry already.

Everstory, Michael van den Eynde Michael van den Eynde has worked for several successful production companies and cultural institutions.

In 2013 he founded the Belgian production and service company Everstory, seated in Genk, Brussels and Antwerp which develops mainly film, documentary and television productions.

Locations With Groove, Ruggero di Virgiliis In the last years Ruggero de Virgiliis has worked on several Italian as well as German television and film productions both as a director and as a producer. In 2015 he founded the company Locations with Groove.

The winners of the Pitching Forum will be announced during the program Made in Limburg & Award Show on March 21 at 20:00.

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FEATURE LAB The Feature Lab is an annual program for filmmakers who work on their first or second feature film. During one year, national as well as international professional coaches give intensive training sessions to the selected participants.

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SCRIPTLAB 2019

WRITERS ROOM: SCRIPT DRAFT (NL) 20 March | 10:00 - 17:00 Royal Theater - Maxim During the Writers Room group session, together with mentor Moniek Kramer the participants of the ScriptLab 2019 will discuss the next draft of their scripts that they have been working in February-March 2020.

For ScriptLab 2019 participants only.

WRITERS ROOM: SCENES & DIALOGUE WITH ACTORS (NL) 21 March | 9:00 - 16:00 Royal Theater - Maxim During this group workshop the ScriptLab participants together with Jolein Laarman will work on the scenes and dialogues (max. one hour per project) with actors and get feedback on their scripts.

For ScriptLab 2019 participants only.

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SCRIPTLAB 2020 Following the success of the ScriptLab 2019, CineSud is launching the second edition of the very first development program of the Netherlands for first feature scripts.

Starting in March, the 8-months feature film development program enables script writers to finish their stories from the stage of the initial idea. The course features two multiday residence-sessions with writers rooms, lectures, discussions, online sessions with script consultants, networking and pitching sessions during film festivals such as the Euregion Film Festival.

FEEDBACK SESSION: SYNOPSIS (NL) 19 March | 10:00 - 13:00 | ScriptLab 2020 Residence At the first session of the ScriptLab 2020 the participants will start with getting feedback from three professionals (a producer, film director and scriptwriter) who will be giving 20-min of feedback per project, while the writers will be listening and taking notes in order to prepare for the revision that will take place later the same day.

For ScriptLab 2020 participants only.

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WORKSHOP: SYNOPSIS, STRUCTURE, TREATMENT (NL) 19 March | 14:00 - 18:00 ScriptLab 2020 Residence | €25,00 Together with Jolein Laarman the participants are going to learn about story ideas, story elements, synopsis and treatment development, while reading case studies of synopses of the participants of the ScriptLab 2020.

WRITERS ROOM: SYNOPSIS (NL) 20 March | 10:00 - 18:00 | ScriptLab 2020 Residence Get ready for the intensive work with your story!

From this session onwards all the writers will immerse into the groundwork of making their stories stronger together with their coach Jolein Laarman and get ready for the next rewriting session in the evening.

For ScriptLab 2020 participants only.

WRITERS ROOM: SYNOPSIS (ENG) 21 March | 10:00 - 17:30 | ScriptLab 2020 Residence The second Writers Room will be devoted to the synopsis again, however, with a different coach Marietta von Hausswolff. Together with her, the participants will read the new version of the synopses and proceed with the in-depth work while preparing for the next stage - the treatment.

For ScriptLab 2020 participants only.

WRITERS ROOM: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WITH ACTORS (ENG) 22 March | 10:00 - 17:30 | ScriptLab 2020 Residence During this session the writers, together with Marietta von Hausswolff, will have a chance to work with actors on analysing a stories’ protagonists and building up the layers of their own characters.

For ScriptLab 2020 participants only.

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PRODUCERS LAB WORKSHOP: POST-PRODUCTION (ENG) 20 March | 10:00 - 13:00 Royal Theater - Office | €25,00 The guest coaches Neeltje van der Heijden and Niko Remus will talk about the most important aspects of post-production and will give examples from their own work.

WORKSHOP: SALES AND DISTRIBUTION (ENG) 20 March | 13:00 - 17:00 Royal Theater - Office | €25,00 Coach Hein van Joolen will teach the producers about sales and distribution for feature films: finding sales agent & distributor, getting the film to the cinemas, festivals.

WORKSHOP: COMPANY DEVELOPMENT (ENG) 21 March | 10:00 - 13:00 Royal Theater - Office | €25,00 During the group session, the guest coach Harro van Staverden will talk about production company development: how to make a business plan and strategy, what are the startup and ongoing costs, who is your target market, how long will it take you to break even? Those and many more questions will be addressed during this session.

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SHORTS LAB The Shorts Lab is especially for filmmakers who work on their first or second short film production.

The program does not only offer coachings and advisory support but also production budgets for selected film projects.

WRITERS ROOM FICTION 21 March | 10:00 - 17:00 | Carbon 6 - M314 Every year CineSud organizes the Writers Room - Fiction.

Up to six participants are given the opportunity to bring their script and project plan to a higher level in intensive group coachings led by an industry professional.

Together, difficulties and challenges are discussed and solutions are sought. By doing this in groups, the participants learn from each other and each others’ challenges and they also learn to work analytically and purposefully.

In this last session, together with coach Ibo Karatay, the participants discuss the progress of their work and add the last finishing touches to their developed film ideas.

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WRITERS ROOM DOCUMENTARY 21 March | 10:00 - 17:00 | Carbon 6 - R319 Just as in the Writers Room Fiction, in the Writers Room Documentary up to six participants are given the opportunity to bring their script and project plan to a higher level in intensive group coachings led by an industry professional. The coach Nathalie Crum will lead this third and last session by discussing the progress of the participants’ work and by adding the last finishing touches to their developed film ideas.

PITCH TRAINING (ENG) 21 March | 14:00 - 16:00 | Royal Theater Heerlen Participants of the Producers Lab and Pitching Forum will follow an extra Pitch Training by the producer Reinier Selen in which they will learn how to pitch a project on stage of the Royal Theater, what to pay special attention to, as well as discuss possible mistakes and respective solutions to make the pitch even better.

For Producers Lab & Pitching Forum participants only (obligatory). PLEASE NOTE: For the selected Pitchers lunch is for free.

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NETWORKING LUNCH 20 March | 13:00-14:00 | Royal Theater Bar | €15,00 21 March | 13:00-14:00 | Royal Theater Bar | €15,00 Take your chance and dare to speak with the festival’s interesting guests and visitors while having refreshing drinks and snacks.

NETWORKING DRINKS 19 March | 22:00-23:00 | Royal Theater Bar 20 March | 22:30-00:00 | Royal Theater Bar 21 March | 19:30-20:00 | Royal Theater Bar 21 March | 22:00-23:00 | Royal Theater Bar Stay a bit longer after the film screening, take a drink, share your impressions of the watched films or just have a chat with the guests of the festival.

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GUESTS & COACHES PITCH JURY Reinier Selen (Producer) has produced national and international (co-)productions, including the acclaimed films Rafaël, Van God Los, Cool Kids Don’t Cry, Nothing Personal, Lucia de B. and Süskind. His co-production Rafiki has been in the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes Film Festival 2018.

Toon Hezemans (Chairman CineSud) is the chairman of CineSud since April 2017. Toon is also the director of the Dutch Mountain Film Festival and works as an artist himself. Next to that, Toon holds other executive positions at (h)ear, Images at the Vrijthof and Greylight Projects.

Moniek Kramer (Scriptwriter) wrote and directed around twenty stage performances and a dozen scripts among which the cinema film Accused is one.

She also worked on telefilms, short films and television series such as Rembrandt en Ik. She is a coach for the ScriptLab 2019 program.

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Guido Franken (Limburg Film Commissioner) is the Managing Director of CineSud since January 2013. In addition to this work, which he executes part-time, Guido holds a part-time position as Limburg Film Commissioner within the Limburg Film Office foundation.

COACHES Harro van Staverden (Producer) started his career as a producer in 1995 with a strong focus on youth and family content.

By now he is known for, among other things, the television series Circus NoÍl and Tien Torens Diep as well as the feature films Secrets of War, Cool Kids Don’t Cry and Code M. Hein van Joolen (Distributor) is the co-founder of the film distribution company Gusto Entertainment. With the start of his own company, he clearly set himself one goal: getting more people to watch (Dutch) films in the cinema.

Ibo Karatay (Producer) is a member of Rinkel Film since 2015 where he works as a development executive and producer.

He is also the co-owner of Alchemic Film.

The company develops and produces short as well as feature films.

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Jolein Laarman (Scriptwriter) worked as a production designer on a variety of different feature films and television productions before she realised that writing is her real passion. Since then she has written many different television films, series, shorts and feature films such as the feature films Broos, Tussenstand, Het Zusje van Katia, Among Us, Little Bird, Disappearance, which won many national as well as international prizes.

Marietta von Hausswolff (Screenwriter) is a Swedish screenwriter for TV and film, and an international script consultant whose work over the last 11 years includes, among others, Sundance Labs, TorinoFilmLab, Binger Amsterdam, Biennale College Venice, Tiff Studio Toronto FF and Talent Campus Berlinale.

Nathalie Crum (Director) attended the Dutch Film Academy of Amsterdam where she graduated in the department of Directing Documentary in 2014. Her third-year film De Goede Vrede was screened at DOK.fest 2014 in MĂźnchen and was nominated for the Megaherz Filmschool Award. In the last years documentaries such as Ten and De Belofte van Slek followed.

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Neeltje van der Heijden (Post-Production Supervisor) started working in film post-production in 2006. She became a freelance post production supervisor in 2015. She has worked mainly on international co-produced features projects like: Heartbound by Janus Metz (documentary), Gold by Rogier Hesp and Je teraz Klamie by Pawel Borowski. She is currently working on the Norwegian/ Czech/Dutch feature Dragon Girl.

Niko Remus (Post-Production Supervisor) works as a freelance post-production supervisor and a workflow consultant.

He mostly works on international projects – fiction and documentary films for cinema release. His projects in the recent years include: Bal – Honey by Semih Kaplanoglu, Hannah Arendt by Margarethe von Trotta, Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson and 55 Steps by Bille August.

Ronald van der Kolk (Cameraman) started working as a freelance cameraman at DutchView in 2006. In 2008 Ronald was asked to join Team Facilities, which in 2011 continued as DutchView and in 2016 as NEP. After 10 years of working, he started his freelance career under the name Ronald VAN DER KOLK IMAGES. Over the years he has done many productions in sports, shows, concerts and news programs, for example The Voice of Holland, Jinek, Champions League etc.

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FILMMAKERS FROM THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION AND THE SPECIAL SCREENINGS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL Astrid Menzel (Unlike Today), Dan Braga Ulvestad (By the River), Genio de Groot (Convoi Exceptionnel), Jeroen Mourmans (Asnacht), John Summerson (Fifteen-Two), Karsten de Vreugd (Downward Facing Dogs), Laura Huygen (Waiting Room), Mark Stevens (Zo Gezegd), Reinout Hellenthal (Something About Alex), Tal Amiran (Dafa Metti/Difficult), Tommie Geraedts (Zwart)

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LOCATION After its long-desired reopening, the Royal Theater Heerlen will open its doors for the Euregion Film Festival.

The location can be easily reached by car, foot or public transport. Our team will greet you at a special guest desk on the ground floor of the building.

SCREENINGS, FILMLABS & WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING EVENTS ROYAL THEATER HEERLEN Stationsplein 5 6411 NE Heerlen

PARKING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT Parking: - Q-Park Corio Center (daily ticket: €15,00) Public transport: - By train to Heerlen Station (directly opposite the Royal Theater) - By bus to Heerlen Station (3 min. walk)

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WRITERS ROOMS: CARBON 6

Kloosterweg 1 6412 CN Heerlen

PARKING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT Parking: - Carbon 6 parking lot (When riding in you might be asked to enter your credit card. CineSud will provide you with special parking tickets which allow you to exit the parking lot for free.)

Public transport: - By train to Heerlen Station (9 min. walk) - By bus to Heerlen Station (5 min. walk)

TICKETS Tickets for the program sections can be purchased online via bit.ly/eff20_ until 18 March.

We also have special passe-partouts for audience and professionals!

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THANK YOU! We want to thank you for being part of the fifth edition of the Euregion Film Festival. Your attendance and interest makes this festival possible. We want to express our gratitude to all our volunteers, partners, sponsors, filmmakers and audience for an unforgettable festival.

Guido Franken | Director CineSud Anna Demianenko | Festival Manager Saskia Loesser | Festival Coordinator Mirthe Simoen | Marketing and Communication Roy Lurken | Graphic Design Lena Belo | Videographer & Promo Editor Vincent Janssen | Video and Graphic Support JoĂŤlle van Engelshoven, Loes Wenemoser, Martijn Winter, Roger Schoenmaekers | Video Interviews Philip Driessen | Photographer Remy Kooi, Roger Schoenmaekers | Technical Support Toon Hezemans, Geertje Caris, Geert Pizlo, Sjoerd van Heugten | Board CineSud Special thanks to Royal Theater Heerlen, Filmhuis de Spiegel and all the volunteers!

Check www.CineSud.nl for more upcoming events and activities for filmmakers.

The Euregion Film Festival and/or program-sections of the festival are made possible by Royal Theater and: