SHIFT Film Festival 2021 | Program booklet

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Slowly but surely, the world is coming back to as it was! Filmmakers all over the world can make films, cinemas are opening and more and more festivals are hosting their events onsite. It is time to show your film to the world and prepare for a new one!

SHIFT Film Festival offers both showing your film at the Short Film Competition and taking part in Bootcamp Shorts Lab. Boost your creativity, get inspired by masterclasses by renowned filmmakers, meet new people during online networking at get-together sessions and get ready - it is time to get out there and make a movie!

Shift your filmmaking skills!

Shift distances!

Find more information on www.CineSud.nl

Time

Language Location

Script Development

17-sep

10:00 - 12:45

English

Online

Producing

17-sep

15:30 - 17:00

English

Online

Directing

18-sep

10:00 - 12:45

English

Online

Camera & Composition

18-sep

14:30 - 16:00

English

Online

Editing

19-sep

09:00 - 10:15

English

Online

Sound Design

19-sep

10:30 - 12:00

English

Online

Distribution

19-sep

12:15 - 13:30

English Online

SHORTS LAB Pitching Training | Part 1

14-sep

10:00 - 11:30

English

Online

Pitching Training | Part 2

16-sep

10:00 - 11:30

English

Online

Euregion Film Pitch

18-sep

14:00 - 16:45

English

Online

STE Writers Room #1 (Group 1)

19-sep

14:00 - 18:00

English

Online

STE Writers Room #1 (Group 2)

19-sep

14:00 - 18:00

English

Online

SPECIALS

This year’s edition of SHIFT Film Festival will run online (for international filmmakers) and onsite.

Workshop | Crowdfunding for Film

16-sep

11:00 - 15:00

Dutch

Online

Speeddates | Crowdfunding | One-on-one Sessions

16-sep

15:00 - 16:30

Dutch

Online

CineTalk with Ammen S. Ogedengbe

17-sep

20:00 - 20:45

English

Online

CineTalk with Jelle Nesna

18-sep

20:00 - 20:45

English

Online

NETWORKING

For tickets and more information: bit.ly/shiftff21

Script: Get-together Working Sessions

17-sep

14:00 - 15:15

English

Online

Directing: Get-together Working Sessions

18-sep

16:15 - 17:45

English

Online

FILMS

May the World Not Carry You

SHIFT FILM 2021 FESTIVAL

Date

BOOTCAMP SHORTS LAB MASTERCLASSES

We celebrate the seventh edition of the SHIFT Film Festival from september 17-19, 2021 and we do so in spite, and maybe especially because of the crazy times that 2020 & 2021 have brought us so far.

September 17-19 | Online & ECI Roermond

Short Film Competition 1 (online cinema)

17-sep

18:00 - 19:30

English sb Online

Short Film Competition 2 (online cinema)

18-sep

18:00 - 19:30

English sb Online

Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg DOCU

18-sep

14:00 - 15:30

English sb

(ECI)

Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg DRAMA

18-sep

16:00 - 17:30

English

(ECI)

Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg GENRE

18-sep

18:00 - 19:30

English sb

(ECI)

Titane (Julia Ducournau, 2021)

17-sep

20:00 - 22:00

Dutch sb

(ECI)

I never cry (Piotr Domalewski, 2020)

17-sep

20:15 - 22:00

Dutch

(ECI)

Titane (Julia Ducournau, 2021)

18-sep

20:00 - 22:00

Dutch sb

(ECI)

I never cry (Piotr Domalewski, 2020)

18-sep

20:15 - 22:00

Dutch sb

(ECI)

Award Ceremony

18-sep

20:45 - 21:00

English

Online

sb

sb

TICKETS All-access Bootcamp Shorts Lab 2021 | 30,00€

Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg | 5,00€

All-access Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg (ECI) | 10,00€

All-access Short Film Competition (online cinema) | Free

Birgitte Stærmose (Denmark) is a

SHIFT | The Coaches

Masterclasses

director, whose early award-winning shorts screened at prestigious festivals (Sundance,

Script Development | 17 September, 10:00-12:45

Guro Ekornholmen and Anniken Fjesme work as coaches and script

Shape Up Your Idea into a Killer Script with

consultants at Mediefabrikken in Norway.

Guro Ekornholmen & Anniken Fjesme

Guro Ekornholmen is a director educated

New Directors/New Films, Berlin, Rotterdam) and earned her awards at Berlin, Rotterdam,

Melbourne IFF and others.

Manuel Claro (Chili/Denmark) is a Director

at the Norwegian Film School where her

Script: Get-together Working Session

graduation film Oskar was shown at festivals around

of Photography whose notable works are

17 September, 14:00-15:15

the world and received several awards. Anniken Fjesme

Melancholia, Nymphomaniac, and The House

Work on your script with fellow writers

is a scriptwriter educated at NYU, New York, where she

that Jack Built (directed by Lars von Trier).

directed several award-winning short films. Guro and

Producing | 17 September, 15:30-17:00

Tessel Flora de Vries (Netherlands) opened

Anniken also collaborate creatively as writer and director.

Find Ways to Finance Your Film with Eliza Jones

her own editing studio Beneden Peil with

Directing | 18 September, 10:00-12:45 Bring Your Vision to the Screen with Birgitte Stærmose

Eliza Jones (Sweden) a producer at

colleague editor Ellemieke Middelhoff in

Grand Slam Film. Grand Slam have produced

Amsterdam West in September of 2017. Her

a number of short and mid-length feature films that have been selected to some of

Camera & Composition

latest short films are Funkele , Nova, Radio

Peter Albrechtsen (Denmark) is a sound

Berlinale, Tribeca, Toronto).

Make Your Story Visual with Manuel Claro

Work on your directors vision with fellow directors

Editing | 19 September, 09:00-10:15 Enhance Your Story in the Post with Tessel Flora de Vries

designer and music supervisor. Among his recent fiction credits are thriller Darkland, And Then, The Silence

18 September, 16:15-17:45

Finnish Cannes winner The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, and sound effects

recording for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.

Hidde de Vries (Netherlands) is a film festival strategist at Kapitein Kort. His films got more than 300 festival selections world-

Sound | 19 September, 10:30-12:00

wide at leading festivals such as Berlinale

Refine Your Story With Sound with Peter Albrechtsen

Panel: Distribution | 19 September, 12:15-13:15

Voorwaarts, Beti, A Holiday from Mourning.

the world’s finest film festivals (Cannes,

18 September, 14:30-16:00

Directing: Get-together Working Session

Terms and Conditions

SHIFT | Bootcamp Shorts Lab

Generation, Semaine de la Critique, Clermont

Ferrand ISFF, Palm Springs SFF, IFFR.

SHORT FILM COMPETITION | ONLINE

SHORT FILM COMPETITION I

17 September | 18:00 - 19:30 | Online

Register at bit.ly/shift2021filmscreening1

Submit to be Selected with Arne Sommer, Hidde de Vries

Kristian Håskjold (Denmark/Norway)

and Kristian Håskjold

short films have been screened at 100+

Terms and Conditions, Amelie Befeldt,

festivals and won 20 awards. Among others A

Documentary, Germany, 2020, 20 min.

Worthy Man won Best European Short Film

A farmer’s daughter tries to improve the financial situation

(Leuven ISFF, 2018) and was shortlisted for

of the farm by selling stock footage video clips of

European Film Awards 2019.

everyday farming life.

Animation, Poland, 2019, 3 min.

Sad love story inspired by a Polish folk song.

The betrayed girl decides to commit suicide during the wedding of his love.

SPELL, Philippe Safire, Animation, United States, 2021, 7 min.

In a socially and technologically advanced society people enjoy access to vast freedoms and rapid economic growth, until a woman reports a mysterious incident.

ECI CULTUURFABRIEK ROERMOND

Moon, Cleo Julia Mullis,

SHORT FILM COMPETITION & MADE IN LIMBURG

Fiction, Netherlands, 2020, 13 min.

On a one-year anniversary with her girlfriend Moon, Noa has to make a choice about what is best - for Moon and for herself.

And Then, The Silence, Lucas Trochet, Fiction, France, 2020, 18 min.

Matthias, in his twenties, works hard in the small family farm, waiting for the recognition of his father.

SHORT FILM COMPETITION | ONLINE

SHORT FILM COMPETITION II

Wichita, Sergine Dumais, Fiction, United States, 2020, 5 min.

All-access pass - €10 (incl. a drink)

Sara is in bed with her lover when her husband calls to ask for something in his sock drawer.

Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg DOCU September 18 | 14:00 - 15:30

Portrait, Keir Siewert,

18 September | 18:00 - 19:30 | Online

ECI Cultuurfabriek | €5 | (incl. a drink)

Fiction, United Kingdom, 2020, 13 min.

Register at bit.ly/shift21filmscreening2

Terms and Conditions, The Ballet of Service,

A model takes matters into her own hands to expose a serial predator in the photography world.

Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion, Portrait Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion, Arturo Dueñas, Documentary, Spain, 2020, 15 min.

Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg DRAMA

Among Humans, Caren Wuhrer,

In Dakhla, one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in

September 18 | 16:00 - 17:30

Fiction, Germany, 2019, 7 min.

southern Algeria, the celebration of a film festival,

ECI Cultuurfabriek | €5 | (incl. a drink)

Edda and Egon pictured their new son-in-law very

the Fisahara, breaks the monotony.

And Then, The Silence, Sjeemte, Moon, Crossroads,

differently. Especially less striped and furry.

Wichita MAYA, Martina Pavlíková, Fiction, Czech Republic, 2020, 15 min.

Short Film Competition & Made in Limburg GENRE

Animation, Ireland, 2021, 2 min.

Desert, sun, snakes - train passing through the landscape

September 18 | 18:00 - 19:30

The Time Machine is a short, animated piece which looks

- sex, prostitution, immorality… and in the center of

ECI Cultuurfabriek | €5 | (incl. a drink)

at the potency of nostalgia using a children’s class creation.

everything - Maya.

SPELL, Among Humans, The Time Machine, MAYA, Moon

The Time Machine, Max F.D’Eramo,

May the World Not Carry You, Night Call

Wichita

Dajla

Among Humans

SHIFT | Films & Specials

May the World Not Carry You, Rozalia Las,

SHIFT | Jury

ECI CULTUURFABRIEK ROERMOND

SHIFT | Films & Specials

Reinier Selen (Producer) has produced

MADE IN LIMBURG

national and international (co-)productions, including the acclaimed films Rafiki, Rafaël, Van God Los, Lucia de B., Cool Kids Don’t Cry.

September 18, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00

Loes Komen (Producer) has produced Crossroads, Ella Esposito,

films that have been selected for multiple

Fiction, Belgium, 2021, 16 min.

international film festivals and won several

An unwanted pregnant student hopes to keep her carefree

awards. Recent film Marlon Brando is selected

life through abortion, but when a pregnant Muslim woman

for Cannes Semaine de la Critique 2020.

needs her help, she realizes that this choice is not just

EUREGION FILM PITCH

about her.

Sjeemte, Floris Ramaekers, Fiction, Netherlands, 2021, 13 min.

A benefits claim appointment spins out of control when Candide, 23, borrows her sister’s baby and strangely pretends like it’s her own child.

SCREEN TALENT EUROPE WRITERS ROOM 2021

Thomas Mataheru (Producer) has produced short films Days of May, Kimya, Seahorse and most recently the 17th century short costume drama Flood

18 September | 14:00 - 16:45

(2020, Nils Verkooijen).

SELECTED PROJECTS

The Euregion Film Pitch is made possible

19 September | 14:00 - 18:00 | Online

by Grensverleggers - De Buren, an initiative

SELECTED FILMMAKERS

Fiction, Netherlands, 12 min.

to stimulate cultural cooperation between

Tara Mahmoudi | BACKA

Documentary, Netherlands, 2020, 15 min.

What if we ourselves are refugees?

organizations in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant,

(partner: VGR Filmcloud)

Limburg and Vlaanderen.

Hanna Hannerz Simå | Choir Practice / The Feminist Choir

At the International Butler Academy in Limburg, people from all over the world are trained to become a butler for the elite. Under a lot of pressure, they learn the old

Lost Emotions, Raimond van Soest,

(partner: Film Stockholm)

Fiction, Netherlands, 25 min.

Nicole Jachmann | Emma

Sometimes you find your dream love back in a nightmare.

(partner: CineSud)

SPELL

ways of butlering.

Titane

2051, Marcelle Arriëns, The Ballet of Service, Marlies Smeenge,

Nicolas Kouroumtzis | Adoption is an Option

Night Call, Tim Sagl,

Message in a Bottle, Sam van Zoest,

Fiction, Netherlands, 2021, 19 min.

Fiction, Netherlands, 8 min.

Lorraine Higgins | Wilde Ones

Late at night, ‘Jennifer’ earns a little extra as a sex operator.

Their love was written by the sea.

(partner: Galway Film Centre)

One night she gets a phone call from a man who claims

(partner: Odense Film Workshop)

Jonathan Hughes | Yes Chef

to be her ex-lover. To overcome this evil spirit, she must

Le Trajet, Marie Lormeau,

(partner: Galway Film Centre)

confront her deepest fears.

Fiction, Netherlands, 8 min.

Augustin Sjöberg | Brainless

Mother and daughter settle their differences and

(partner: Film i Skane)

open up to one another during a hectic car trip.

Lena Stefanie Meier | The whisper of the searoses (partner: Filmwerkstatt Kiel)

A Stranger from the Past

SHIFT | Films & Specials

Titane

SHIFT | Special events WORKSHOP

CROWDFUNDING FOR FILM

16 September, 13:00 - 14:30

Learn about do’s and don’ts of crowdfunding,

17 September, 20:00-20:45, via CineSud Facebook page, bit.ly/fbcinesud or register at bit.ly/cinetalkammensogedengbe CineTalk with Ammen S. Ogedengbe

already crowdfunded.

SPEEDDATES

ECI CULTUURFABRIEK ROERMOND

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH CINECROWD

16 September, 15:00 - 16:30

We want to thank you for being part of the seventh edition

via CineSud Facebook page, bit.ly/fbcinesud

of the SHIFT Film Festival. Your enthusiasm and support

or register at bit.ly/cinetalkjellenesna

makes this festival possible even despite the crazy times

CineTalk with Jelle Nesna & Award Show

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.

SHIFT | Professionals Jury

Kaj Cuijpers | Event Management on Location Marie Lormeau | Event Host

her own editing studio Beneden Peil with

Arianne Hinz | Event Host

colleague editor Ellemieke Middelhoff in

Roy Lurken | Graphic Design

Amsterdam West in September of 2017. Her

Damien Joosten | Promo Editor

latest short films are Funkele , Nova, Radio

Guido Franken | Director of CineSud

Voorwaarts, Beti, A Holiday from Mourning.

Toon Hezemans, Geertje Caris, Sjoerd van Heugten, Selin Șen, Pieter Kuijpers, Mark Pütz | Supervisory Board CineSud

Jeanine Cronie (Screenwriter) writes short children’s films and the children’s series

Special thanks to ECI Cultuurfabriek for the hosting of the live screenings!

Take part in one-on-one sessions with CineCrowd

e.g. Jesses Wereld, Woezel & Pip, Evi & Co.

and present your film idea for crowdfunding.

In addition to writing for children, Jeanine

20:00 | ECI CULTUURFABRIEK ROERMOND

thriller, drama, France, 2021, 108 min.

Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years.

ONLINE

CINETALK

develops and gives various (media) work-

Check www.CineSud.nl for more upcoming events

shops. She is currently writing her feature

and activities for filmmakers.

film debut.

Bastiaan Van Dalen is Head of Veronica Television, Net5 & SBS9 at Talpa Network.

Senior executive with editorial, creative and

20:15 | ECI CULTUURFABRIEK ROERMOND

Lean back and listen to the special guest while he

commercial experience in international

I never cry, Piotr Domalewski,

talks about how to set foot in the filmmaking business,

content and marketing. With over 20 years

drama, Poland/Ireland, 2020, 98 min.

previous and current work, throwbacks and successes

of experience in acquisition, commission and

Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in her own

as well as the festival’s motto

sales in the entertainment industry, Bastiaan

street-smart way, Olka learns that her biggest

SHIFTING DISTANCE.

has worked at companies like 20th Century

dream wasn’t a car, but getting to know her dad.

Anna Demianenko | Festival Manager

Tessel Flora de Vries (Film Editor) opened

September 17 and 18

Titane, Julia Ducournau,

THANK YOU!

18 September, 20:00-20:45,

funds that can contribute to your crowdfunding and a success story together with a filmmaker who has

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