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EUREGION FILM FESTIVAL 2021
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
No matter how uncertain and unpredictable the
March 1 (10:00) - March 7 (22:00) Short Film Competition | We’ll See It Through (ENG) Special film section | Made in Heerlen (ENG) CineTalks | Filmmakers in Competition (ENG)
world is nowadays, we’ll see everything through! With its six-year edition, Euregion Film Festival 2021 continues showcasing short films with a strong message, urgent stories made by talented directors. This years’ festival is all about filmmakers in competition: tune in and listen to CineTalks, watch and vote for your favourite short film and support the filmmakers in the running to win Limburg Film Pitch! This year we have selected 11 international and 8 Euregion films in the Short Film Competition that will compete for Best International Film (€250), Best Euregion Film (€250), Special Jury Mention & Audience Award. Moreover, you can watch short films in a special Made in Heerlen selection and Limburg Film Pitch where five Limburgian filmmakers will have a chance to win €2000 for the production of their short film!
MARCH 1
10:30 - 12:30 FilmDesk | Meet-Up (EN, NL) 14:30 - 16:30 Limburg Film Meeting (NL)
MARCH 2
11:00 - 12:30 Pitching Training | Part 1 | Online (NL)
MARCH 4
13:00 - 14:00 14:30 - 16:30
Workshop | Crowdfunding for Film (NL) Speeddates | One-on-one sessions with Cinecrowd (NL)
MARCH 5
18:00 - 19:00 CineTalks | Short Lab Filmmakers (NL)
MARCH 6
FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION: bit.ly/eff21
10:00 - 11:30 15:00 - 16:00 17:00 - 17:30 18:00 - 19:00
Pitching Training | Part 2 | Online (NL) Limburg Film Pitch (NL) Awards (EN) CineTalks | Shoot Noord! Filmmakers (NL)
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SHORT FILM COMPETITION March 1 (10:00) - March 7 (22:00) | Online Watch all the films of the festival for only €5! Tickets: bit.ly/eff21
Mama’s Ashes, Caspar Commijs, 19’05”, Fiction, Netherlands, 2020
INTERNATIONAL
Under pressure of his stepfather, Jurriën travels to Spain to disperse his recently deceased mother.
A Swimming Lesson From Dad, Biró Melinda Ildikó, 14’, Fiction, Hungary, 2020
Outline, Alejandro Renedo, 18’00”, Fiction, Spain, 2020
The 6-year-old Vivi after her father’s swimming
An actress’s journey through the mandatory tolls of
lesson realizes there are more horrifying things
industry and customs of shame in search of a job.
in life than the children’s pool.. Snow Shelter, Robertas Nevecka, Among Us, Stephan Eigenmann,
16’09”, Animation, Lithuania, 2020
11’26’’, Fiction, United States, 2020
A thirty-year-old guy struggles to survive living with
A young pianist needs to fight for her passion and
a group of strangers in a war-devastated city.
future as a musician when she begins to go deaf. Something is Happening, Roman Ďuriš, Dalía, Brúsi Ólason, 16’09”, Fiction, Iceland, 2020
18’54”, Fiction, Slovakia, 2018
A distant father and his six year old son connect as
A journalist investigates violent acts in his city and
they put a horse out of its misery.
is faced with a difficult moral decision of his life.
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Song Sparrow, Farzaneh Omidvarnia, 11’43”, Animation, Denmark, 2019 People of different color, race, culture embark on a journey, eager to find a place they can call home. The Speech, Haohao Yan, 25’, Fiction, China, 2020 During a lockdown in a boarding school, three girls have to find a way to make sense of the world.
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Wound Riders, Angel Barroeta,
EUREGION
13’28”, Fiction, United States, 2020
Blood Group, Daan Bunnik,
When a young woman ventures into the unknown
12’45”, Fiction, Netherlands, 2020
night, unexpected obstacles transform her mission
When Danny finds out that his father is dying,
into a journey of self-discovery.
the ghost of his abusive father starts to haunt him.
You are always 20, Christer Wahlberg,
Charlie Z, Karel Konings, Yanu Schepens, Philippe
14:30, Documentary, Sweden, 2020
Jackmaert, 15’35”, Fiction, Belgium, 2020
The director is reminiscing about his youth and
Boxing rising star and his manager try to impress a
his relationship with his 20-year-old friend.
documentary crew following them to their next big fight.
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In Pieces, Nils Hanssen,
Split-Up, Katja Jansen,
23’18”, Fiction, Netherlands, 2020
11’51”, Fiction, Belgium, 2020
Adam comes face to face with his biggest fear when
After a painful breakup, a young couple’s life splits in two.
his love for Eva pushes him to his limits. The Ballet of Service, Marlies Smeenge, Lieve, Vincent Groos,
14’55”, Documentary, Netherlands, 2020
17’11”, Fiction, Belgium, 2019
At the International Butler Academy people are
Starting out as a home nurse, Lieve braves the windy
trained to become a butler for the elite.
weather on her moped to assist her elderly patients. The Unseen Evolution, Hussein Al Khayat, Oxygen, Rocky Grispen, Violette Belzer,
09’36”, Documentary, Netherlands, 2020
10’32”, Animation, Belgium, 2020
A painter and a dancer share how Heerlen is becoming
On a far away planet an astronaut-doctor suffers
more than an empty city with a bad reputation.
from a lack of oxygen.
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SPECIAL PROGRAM
MADE IN HEERLEN
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Waiting Room, Laura Huygen, 10’54’’, Fiction, Netherlands, 2020 Eight people are waiting for their asylum procedure: what does all that waiting do to them? Barbara, Mark Handels, 21’30”, Fiction, Netherlands, 2017
March 1 (10:00) - March 7 (22:00) | Online | Watch all
A newly married couple is struggling with the hard
the films of the festival for €5 | Tickets: bit.ly/eff21
miners’ life in the Netherlands in the 1950s.
Straight To The Gallows, Paul Haans, Jeroen
Convoi Exceptionnel, Genio de Groot,
Wielheesen, 15’33’’, Fiction, Netherlands, 2019
15’00”, Fiction, Netherlands, 2019
Starving and suppressed by the ruling power,
A tragicomic and sometimes absurdist portrait of
working people unite to revolt against their rulers.
Ronnie in his 40s, who still lives with his mother.
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Marijke Prevoo (Media consultant, Netherlands) Works at Media INN as media consultant. Everyone has their own story, their own goals. In her work at Media INN Marijke helps people and their business to show themselves to the
PROFESSIONAL JURY
world. The power of visual media is huge and the tooling very flexible.
Nadine Bemelmans Nadine Bemelmans studied Arts and Culture at the University of Maastricht. Within the company Elbe Stevens Film she produced the documentary IT’S DUTCH DESIGN (2019). Nadine worked on the experimental film
Bert Hana (actor & theater
SOUVENIR (2019, premiere at
director, Netherlands)
IFFR) of the filmmakers Lina
has directed and created plays
Sieckmann and Miriam Gossing.
including De Rommel Hemel
The hybrid documentary SIRENS
(2009) and Straatfantast II
CALL, another film of Lina and
(2012). As an actor, Bert Hana
Miriam, in co-production with
appeared in various roles,
Filmfaust, Elbe Stevens Films
such as short film Suiker
and ZDF, is currently in pro-
(2010) (Netherlands Film
duction in the USA. Currently
Festival, Clermont-Ferrand),
Nadine is producing the short
TV-series Ramses, theater
black comedyfilm METEN =
performance Scrooge, etc.
WETEN.
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SELECTED PROJECTS Liefde in Procedure, Laura Huygen & Moos Pozzo, Short documentary A long distance relationship against the background of an asylum procedure. Does love have limits? De mens in Niemandsland, Leonard Karel Peters & Zorba Huisman,
LIMBURG FILMPITCH
& TRAINING
Film concert (live-performance) Wandering through the deserted landscapes, a man tries to lift his loneliness, but he realizes that precisely that was the purpose of his existence: to travel in order not to find. Als een schaduw bleef je mij bewaard, Luka Kluskens, Short film “Tell me how to use my wings if I don’t even love my roots.”
More info bit.ly/limburgfilmpitch2021 Zondebokken, Pitching Training | Part 1 | Online | March 2 | 11:00
Rocky Grispen, Proof of concept for a feature film
Pitching Training | Part 2 | Online | March 6 | 10:00
1789. Two bailiffs are tasked with taking down the notorious Buckriders Gang, but the investigation is
During the first & second part of the Pitching Training
completely derailed by their violent approach ...
the participants will present their pitches to the coach Pieter Kuijper and will get feedback and
The Movement Pace,
homework on making the presentations better.
Hussein Al Khayat, Short dance film Claire wakes up in a strange world. The world seems
Limburg Film Pitch | Online | March 6 | 15:00 |
to stand still. She moves and dances to find the pace
Watch at bit.ly/fbcinesud
of the old world.
Five selected pitch participants will dare to tell the world about their film idea and compete for the main price of €2000.
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PITCH JURY
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Selin Șen works at the Netherlands Film Festival as a film marketing professional and focuses on AV professionals, talent development and education. As a film marketer, Selin works closely with various industry organizations, film festivals and film theaters. Since 2020, Selin has been a member of the Cannes Lions Brand Marketer Academy.
Pieter Kuijpers
Jeroen Mourmans
is founder and owner of
(director, Maastricht) graduated
Pupkin Film. He is the director
in 2013 with a Master in Film
of various projects, among
Studies from the University of
others Hemel op aarde, Van
Amsterdam and has since
God Los and Riphagen and
worked as a freelancer on
producer of the Netflix series
commercials and award-
Ares. Currently his focus
winning short films. His most
lies on project development,
recent film, Asnacht (2020),
guiding writers and directors,
had its premiere with a selection
both for feature films and
in the Golden Calf competition
television.
at the Dutch Film Festival.
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WORKSHOP|CROWDFUNDINGFORFILM March 4 | 13:00 | Buy ticket at bit.ly/eff21 Interested in setting up a crowdfund-campaign? Or just curious what the possibilities are? Learn how to make the best crowdfunding campaign for your short film!
SPEEDDATES | ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH CINECROWD March 4 | 14:30 | Register at bit.ly/eff21 After the workshop Crowdfunding for Film Cinecrowd
SPECIALS
offers you the possibility to have a one-on-one session
Online | Watch at
Online | March 5 | 18:00
CINETALKS | FILMMAKERS IN COMPETITION bit.ly/fbcinesud & bit.ly/cinetalkseff21
with one of their team-members.
CINETALKS Watch at bit.ly/cinetalksshortslab21
SHORT LAB FILMMAKERS
Every day, starting from March 1, you will watch
SHOOT NOORD! FILMMAKERS
short interviews with directors, who will talk about
Online | March 6 | 18:00
their film, experiences and funny stories from shooting days with our host Saskia Loesser!
FILMDESK | MEET-UP
Get to know filmmakers Catherina Iosifidis, Jet Kragt & Wibout Warnaar whose projects have been selected to the Cinesud Shorts Lab 2021 and Kendra Jacobs
Online | March 1 | 10:30 |
and Kim de Bis whose projects have been selected to
Register at bit.ly/filmdesk21
the Shoot Noord! They will be talking with EFF host
Looking for help with financing your project or do you
Fabian Melchers about the future production of the
have a brilliant film idea for the film? Make a cup of
shorts films, their experiences on set & challenges
coffee and come along to our regular online meet-ups!
they had to cope with so far.
LIMBURG FILM MEETING
AWARDS
Royal Theater Heerlen | March 1 | 14:30 |
Online | March 6 | 17:00 | Online |
Register at bit.ly/limburgfilmmeeting21
Watch at bit.ly/fbcinesud
Come to an annual meet-up with the Limburg film
Tune in to CineSud social media and find out who will
sector about developments, trends and challenges of
be the winner of International & Euregion Short Film
film in Limburg!
Competition & Limburg Film Pitch!
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THANK YOU! We want to thank you for being part of the sixth edition of the Euregion Film Festival. Your enthusiasm and support makes this festival possible even despite the crazy times we live in at the moment. We want to express our gratitude to all our partners, sponsors, filmmakers and audience for another unforgettable and truly special festival. Anna Demianenko | Festival Manager Saskia Lößer | Festival Reporter & Moderator Fabian Melchers | CineTalk Host Roy Lurken | Graphic Design Guido Franken | Managing director CineSud Toon Hezemans, Geertje Caris, Sjoerd van Heugten, Selin Șen, Pieter Kuijpers, Mark Pütz Supervisory Board CineSud Check www.CineSud.nl for more upcoming events and activities for filmmakers.
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