SHIFT Film Festival 2018 | Program booklet

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SHIFT FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM Shift in perspectivesÂ

SHIFT Film Festival is for new filmmakers and new developments! Watch short films, come to networking events, run away from a virtual reality escape room, take part in 1 on 1 coaching sessions and workshops by i.a.

Harro van Staverden, Edward Stelder and Joost van Ginkel.

For tickets and more information:

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WELCOME For the fourth year in a row SHIFT Film Festival has been the home for new filmmakers and industry professionals from all over the world. With curated film selections, intensive coaching, workshops, networking events and unique program sections the festival has grown into a great temporary home for those who make films and those who love to know more about the art of filmmaking.

The 2018 edition is held under the motto ‘Shift in Perspectives’. Not only the filming industry is changing rapidly, but also our society and culture.

Our Film Selection focuses on themes surrounding

PROGRAM All program sections are suitable for English speaking audiences.

shifts in affection and tolerance, during a panel-

FILMS

discussion we will talk about the position of women

Short Film Competition 1 8

in film in this post #MeToo era and we challenge our

CineSud Talent Avant-première 10

visiting filmmakers to make shifts in their filmmaking

Short Film Competition 2 13

skills in our FilmCampus, coachings-sessions and

Made in Limburg & Award Show 16

workshops.

Virtual Reality Competition 18 Jury 20

We are also happy to host several exclusive avantpremieres of impressive new short films once again and

SPECIAL EVENTS

we invite you to join us for these unique experiences.

Women in Film Post #MeToo 22

Make shifts to the world!

VR Escape Room 25 Video-installation 25

INDUSTRY EVENTS Pitch Contest

26

FilmCampus 26 Coaching 28

Guido Franken

Director SHIFT Film Festival

Anna Demianenko Festival Manager

Saskia Loesser

Workshops 30

Festival Coordinator

Guests & Coaches 32

Alexander Gusev

Attending Filmmakers 36

Head Programmer

Location & Tickets 37

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16 November Cinema Room 1/2

Annex

Foyer

Cinema Room 6

Bar

Restaurant

Foyer VR

Foyer VR

Foyer VR

10.00

11.30

11:30-12:30 | FilmCampus Financing and Budgetting Harro van Staverden

12.00 12.30

12:30-13:00 | FilmCampus: Crowdfunding | Floris Parlevliet

10:30 16:30 13:30 -- 15:30 1 onCut 1 Final Script Session Annelies van Joost Woerden van Ginkel 20 min (50-min per sessions project, 6 projects)

13.00

13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch 13:30 - 15:30 Final Cut Annelies van Woerden 20 min sessions

13.30 Networking Events

11:00-12:30 Distribution 13:30 - 15:30 workshop Final Cut Annelies van Woerden 12:30-13:00 20 min (CineSud sessions Talents) Sydney Neter

13:30 - 15:30 Final Cut Annelies van Woerden 20 min sessions

10:30-11:30 FilmCampus Pitch coaching | Paul Ruven

11.00

13:30 - 15:30 Final Cut Annelies van Woerden 20 min sessions

13:30 - 15:3013:30 - 15:30 Final Cut Final Cut Annelies vanAnnelies van Woerden Woerden 20 min 20 min sessions sessions

Workshops

10.30

14.00

14:00-14:30 | FilmCampus Script Development, The Basics → Edward Stelder, Anna Pauwels

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14:30-16:30 Group Short Film Project Coaching (4 projects) → Edward Stelder & Anna Pauwels

15.30 16.00 16.30

10:30 16:30 13:30 - 15:30 1 onCut 1 Final Script Session Annelies van Joost Woerden van 20Ginkel min sessions

14:00-15:20 Sh*t or Shift (four 20-minute ses. with the coach about the film) Harro van Staverden, Paul Ruven 14:00-18:00 Interviews with guests and selected filmmakers

17.00

Films

17.30 18.00 18.30 19.00 19.30

18:00 - 19:30 Films Official Competition 1 Shift in Affection incl.

Q&A (ENG)

Specials

21.00 21.30 22.00 22.30 23.00

15:40-17:00 Sh*t or Shift 13:30 - 15:30 Final Cut Annelies van Woerden 20 min sessions

14:00-21:00 VR Escape Room

17:30-19:30 Proffessionals Dinner By invitation only 18:00-21:00 VR Competition

20.00 20.30

10:00-22:00 Videoinstallatie Celine Daemen

20:15 - 22:15 Film CineSud Talent 2018 AvantPremiere including Pitch Contest 22:15-00:00 Networking Party

10:00-22:00 Videoinstallatie Celine Daemen

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17 November Cinema Room 1/2

Cinema Room 5

Cinema Room 4

Cinema Room 6

Meeting Room

Annex

Bar

Restaurant

Foyer VR

Foyer VR

Foyer VR

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Workshops

10.30 11.00 11.30

11:30-12:30 Meet the Programmer Alexander Gusev

12.00 12.30 13.00

10:30 - 16:40 Masterclass: Directing Actors Joost van Ginkel

Networking Events

13.30 14.00

13:45 - 15:45 Film Paradogma incl. discussion & Q&A.

14.30 15.00

14:00-15:30 Women in Film post #MeToo

12:30-14:00 Networking Lunch 13:30 - 15:30 Final Cut Annelies van Woerden 20 min sessions

15.30 16.00 16.30 17.00

Films

17.30

16:00 - 17:30 Films: Official Competition 2 Shift in Tolerance incl.

Q&A (ENG)

13:30-19:00 Interviews with guests and selected filmmakers

14:00-19:00 VR + Loungebar doorlopend 14:00-21:00 VR Escape Room

18.00 18:00-20:00 Proffessionals Dinner By invitation only

18.30 19.00 19.30 20.00 20.30

Specials

21.00 21.30 22.00 22.30 23.00

10:00-22:00 Videoinstallatie Celine Daemen

19:30 - 22:30 Films: Made in Limburg Award Show

21:30 -23:00 Networking Drinks

10:00-22:00 Videoinstallatie Celine Daemen

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OFFICIAL COMPETITION 1 SHIFT IN AFFECTION INCL. Q&A (ENG)

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Genekt, Larry Erens, Fiction, Belgium, 2018, 14 min.

When two drug couriers have to pick up a teddy bear filled with drugs, everything goes wrong when a little

November 16 | 18:00 - 19:30

girl accidentally picks up the stuffed animal first and

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brings it away with her.

Aloneness, Michael Schmidl,

Il Silenzio Delle Cicale, Veronika Schoberer,

Documentary, Austria, 2018, 20 min.

Experimental, Germany, 2018, 10 min.

Aloneness portrays 4 people with a different view

A short, metaphorical drama about the complexities

on loneliness and gives a sweeping insight into this

of guilt, solitude, lust and self-reflection. A young man

personal and publicly untouched world. Is being

meets a woman at an abandoned swimming pool.

alone positive or negative?

Does his imagination play a trick on him?

Jane Dog, Koen Blauwblomme,

Pale Blue Me, Theresa Haas & Maurice Miller,

Experimental, Belgium, 2017, 19 min.

Experimental, Austria, 2017, 10 min.

JANE DOG is a psychological thriller with a metaphysical

One day a young aspiring artist finds a piece of artistic

edge in which a dysfunctional couple receives strange

photography called the “Pale Blue Dot” where the Earth

tapes that drag them into a sinister and violent plot

is taken from a distance of 6 billion kilometers and

by a strange man. Tapes that give them visions of

appears as a tiny blue dot surrounded by the infinite

Joan of Arc and their unresolved traumas.

universe, making the artist realize her insignificance.

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CINESUD TALENT 2018 AVANT-PREMIERE, PITCH CONTEST INCL. NETWORKING PARTY

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The Salmon and You, Raynor Arkenbout, Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 12 min.

During the difficult birth of his son, an anxious soonto-be father reflects on all the moments that led to this and how it relates to the salmon run.

Sovereign, Remy Kooi, Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 10 min.

A boring, grey tollkeeper frantically tries to protect his culture but after a long time, when he is confronted with loneliness through a migrant who is not to be driven away, he seems to have found a new friend.

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Wild, Jan Verdijk, Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 10 min.

Twan, Iris and their 9 year old son Jacco seek the hilly

Every year CineSud Talent selects three promising

and picturesque south of the Netherlands for a week-

short film projects and filmmakers get a year-long

end of quality time and relaxation. Twan, clearly the

coaching and a budget to make their project. This

self-proclaimed head of the family, starts to behave

evening there is an exclusive (closed) premiere of

erratically and turns his family, the locals, and even

three short films.

the flora and fauna against him.

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FILM PARADOGMA INCL. DISCUSSION & Q&A.

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OFFICIAL COMPETITION 2 SHIFT IN TOLERANCE INCL. Q&A (ENG) November 17 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Lumière Cinema Maastricht | 7,50€

November 17 | 13:45 - 15:45 Lumière Cinema Maastricht | 7,50€

Digital Trauma, Maria Molina, Experimental Documentary, Netherlands, 2017, 8 min.

Paradogma, Marijn Poels,

If we can access our past at any given moment,

Documentary, Netherlands, 2018, 90 min.

to what extent can we get rid of it and look ahead?

What is strangling debate? How liberal is the West?

What consequences do the access to a digital

Should we ignore or embrace other perspectives? A

memory have for post-conflict societies?

critical, thought-provoking journey through ancient tribal conflicts, in a new era wherein world views clash and

ExO, Hiroki Yokoyama, Experimental,

free speech crumbles under pressure to conform.

United Kingdom, 2017, 9 min.

Paradogma is the second part in the planned trilogy

London of the future. New criminal laws for ex-offenders

by Award-winning documentary filmmaker Marijn Poels.

are enacted. Under these new laws, open surveillance, public announcements and live information detail their

After the screening Marijn Poels will discuss this topic

identity and previous convictions by using existing and

with Leo Hauben (L1 Chief Editor) and the audience.

emerging technologies through various mediums.

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Unspoken, Samia Badih, Documentary, United Arab

Fucking Cola, Sophie van de Pol, Fiction,

Emirates, 2017, 10 min.

Netherlands, 2018, 10 min.

When a spoken word poet Farah Chamma was 17 she

The seriously stammering Stef drives to his grand-

became an online sensation after her poems went viral.

mother’s birthday party in Limburg with his mother

A well-known poet today, Farah finds her poetry at

and elder brother. Safely ensconced in his family, he

odds with the world she lives in.

can express himself almost effortlessly. He announces that he intends to tell grandma the good news about

After Dawn, Nicolas Graux, Fiction, Belgium, 2017, 24 min.

his studies himself. But once they have arrived at the

Pawel is absolutely positive that separation has com-

cackling family, Stef is unable get a word in edgeways.

pletely dampened his feelings for the young man he was

He is fed up.

in love with. But when he finds an unexpected visitor at home one rainy afternoon, it turns out it might all

Ready For a Baby, Anastasia Dyakova, Animation,

have been a little different.

Australia, 2017, 5 min.

A young woman in her thirties feels very happy and

Who Am I?, Rose Hanawi, Experimental Documentary,

excited – she has a partner, everything in her life is

Netherlands, 2018, 7 min.

under control, so now is the perfect time to have a baby.

This short film explores the feeling of identity and be-

It should be easy and natural, with love and fun and

longing from the point of view of the young generation

everything else… right?

of Dutch people whose parents come from a different culture. It is the internal identity conflict that affects a significant part of the new generations of the Western world and is of a growing nature due to the reality of emigration happening actually.

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MADE IN LIMBURG PREMIÈRES Bronsttijd, Thomas Paschenegger, Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 21 min.

A coming-of-age film about a married couple in their fifties. During a weekend in the Veluwe region with their son and his new love they are forced to reflect on themselves and their relationship.

Tot Inkeer, Vincent Konings, Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 12 min.

After the loss of his loved ones the medieval knight Gerlachus decides to exchange his sword for a penitent and solitary life. * This film will be shown in a special cast-crew premiere.

Promise, Guido Coppis,

MADE IN LIMBURG

Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 18 min.

November 17 | 19:30 - 22:30

South Limburg, 18th century. People starve and are

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exploited by the ruling powers. Poverty and oppres-

AWARD SHOW A jury consisting of Edward Stelder, Anna Pauwels and

This one-taker shows you a grasping and disturbing family-drama in 18 minutes. * This film will be shown in a special cast-crew premiere.

Voor Galg en Rad, Paul Haans & Jeroen Wielheesen, Fiction, Netherlands, 2018, 15 min.

sion prevail. The Buckrider’s captain Mathias Ponts tries to provide for his family as best he can. When he is arrested his son is left to himself.

Annelies van Woerden and a youth jury will announce the Best Short Film and Best Euregion filmmaker!

*This film will be shown in a special cast-crew premiere.

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This is Progress, Peter Collis, Jessica Driscoll,

VIRTUAL REALITY COMPETITION NOVEMBER 16 | 18:00 - 21:00 Lumière Cinema Maastricht | Free entrance

NOVEMBER 17 | 14:00 - 19:00 Lumière Cinema Maastricht | Free entrance

Documentary, United Kingdom, 2017, 24 min.

British independent wrestling is resurgent. New & young promoters are staging sell-out shows across the country. Progress are the UK’s number one promoter.

The wrestling is playful, physical, brutal, foul-mouthed and beautiful.

Perkons: A VR Rockumentary, Cory McLeod, Documentary, Latvia and United States, 2018, 11 min.

Perkons: A VR Rockumentary tells the story of SovietLatvian rock band Perkons and how their unique blend of hard rock and subversive lyrics shattered Soviet society’s façade of power and stability in the 1980s. Combining found footage, photography and

The Train Hamasen, Kuan Yuan Lai,

custom animations, this is a story laden with pre-

Experimental, Taiwan, 2017, 8 min.

internet virality, underground information sharing,

People from different cultures and ages wait for

and cobbled electronics from found parts—a tale

a train to start a journey through time and space.

that must be told.

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FESTIVAL JURY

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YOUTH JURY

Edward Stelder (Screenwriter

Elian Schure is studying phi-

and Actor) has written Love is

losophy, cultural studies, & art

the Word, The Heart Of Hadiah

at the university of Maastricht.

Tromp and I Embrace You with

She enjoys going to museums,

1000 Arms. He produced his

reading, and watching films.

first feature film Love is the

She is a regular Youth Jury

Word together with Pieter

member at Euregion and

Kuijpers. He also wrote

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series such as Bellicher, Bitches and Van God Los. Leigh Oudman is a young and promising actress, who played Anna Pauwels (Scriptwriter)

roles in commercials, short

has written a number of

films and feature films such as

television series such as Soof:

Hemel op Aarde (2013), Code

A New Beginning, Bluf and

M. (2016) and The Hangman

Zwarte Tulp and the feature

(2017).

film Zwaar Verliefd!.

Maya de Weert is studying Annelies van Woerden (NCE,

at Bernard Lievegoed high

Film Editor) has been an editor

school. Theatre and film is her

for television films Cas, Een

passion, that is why she likes

goed leven, television series

judging various films from her

A’dam - E.V.A., Ninja Nanny,

perspective. She makes vlogs

Papadag, Zenith, Voetbal-

for CineSud about different

meisjes, e.t. and short films

events and film festivals.

Buut Vrij, Rijk!, Mimoun.

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GUESTS AT THE PANNEL Jennifer O’Connell studied film theory, documentary theory and cultural policy at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. She has been a jury member and selector at Groninger Forum and is currently

SPECIAL EVENTS DISCUSSION: WOMEN IN FILM: POST #METOO

organising International Film Festival for Women and Film in Assen.

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.

November 17 | 14:00 - 15:30

and Süskind. His recent co-production

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Rafiki has been in the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes Film Festival

One of the most striking discussions in the film world

2018.

in recent years has been the one about #MeToo. In a panel discussion with Jennifer O’Connell, Reinier Selen,

Kim Hotterbeekx (Film Director and

Kim Hotterbeekx, Yorn Heijnen and Maria Vatista we

Art Director) has graduated Maastricht

will discuss current developments concerning the

Academy of Media Design and Tech-

representation of women in the film world and culture

nology and is an owner of Horizon

and ask whether, thanks to this attention, a shift has

Producties. Kim thinks it’s important

actually taken place in the film climate. Moderated

to create strong female characters in

by Kiki van Aubel.

her films, as well as creating opportunities for more female crew members to work on set.

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POP-UP VIRTUAL REALITY ESCAPE ROOM NOVEMBER 16,17 | 14:00 - 21:00 Lumière Cinema Maastricht | Free entrance Can you escape from the virtually created escape room?

Make the official world premiere with this unique experience!

Made by students at Arcus College under the guidance of MediaINN/Feel2B.

Yorn Heijnen (Executive Producer and Director) has directed short films De Tape, Coquille, Boundless and Nagalm and produced Tot Inkeer. As a Production Assistant he worked for feature films

VIDEO INSTALLATION SILENCE

Hallo Bungalow, Billy and as an Executive

NOVEMBER 16,17 | 10:00 - 21:00

Producer on Sprokkelhut, Hotel Oswald

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and Schaduwjager.

A live and real time experience of 12 minutes, Maria Vatista, originally from Athens,

made by Celine Daemen (graduation production

finished Arts and Heritage: Policy,

of Theatre Academy).

Management, Education MA in Maastricht University. She is currently involved in the cultural foundation Meet Maastricht as well as in Refugees Project Maastricht.

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INDUSTRY EVENTS PITCH CONTEST

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11:30-12:30 Budgeting and Financing (Harro van Staverden) From an idea on beer mats to a bite-sized budget: in his masterclass producer Harro van Staverden (Phanta Basta!) explains how to budget a film.

He also gives an overview of possible financiers who you can approach immediately.

November 16 | 20:15-21:00

12:30-13:00 Crowdfunding (Floris Parlevliet)

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Crowdfunding can no longer be ignored in the film world. Large productions also increasingly demand

Four selected filmmakers will pitch a new film idea for

contributions from the public. What is involved in

which they can win 2500€ from CineSud. Special guests

setting up a campaign and what are success

and the jury are coaches of the CineSud Talent Program

factors and inside secrets?

2018: Sydney Neter, Reinier Selen, Bart Hölscher, Casper Thiel, Floris Parlevliet, Tanya Fallenius.

FILMCAMPUS: PITCH, BUDGET, FINANCE AND COACHING November 16 | 10:30-14:30 (including lunch)

13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch During Networking Lunch you can meet guests, coaches and filmmakers whose films are in competition. The list of the professionals will be provided at the entrance of the lunch location.

35€ (excl. VAT) | Lumière Cinema Maastricht 10:30-16:30 (including coaching) | 69€ (excl. VAT)

14:00-14:30 Script Development: The Basics (Edward Stelder and Anna Pauwels)

This year the FilmCampus consists of a diverse,

In this short lecture, screenwriter Edward Stelder

one-day program in which new filmmakers can receive

(Bluf, Love Is The Word) and Anna Pauwels (Zwaar

lectures and coaching by experienced professionals

Verliefd, Soof: A New Beginning) discuss how you

for the entire process of filmmaking.

can develop an idea into a script. What are the keystones, where do you build your story and what

10:30-11:30 Pitch Coaching (Paul Ruven)

about, for example, the genre, characters, dialogues

Director, screenwriter and producer Paul Ruven

and the setting?

(Talent United) speaks about the basics of a good pitch. How do you sell your idea? How do you

14:30-16:30 Group Short Film Project Coaching

convince financiers?

(Edward Stelder & Anna Pauwels) In a group of maximum 4 participants, coaches Edward Stelder and Anna Pauwels will discuss the submitted film plans of the participants.

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COACHING COACHING: 1-ON-1 SCRIPT SESSION (JOOST VAN GINKEL)

MEET THE PROGRAMMER (ALEXANDER GUSEV)

November 16 | 10:30 - 16:00 |

November 17 | 11:30 - 12:30

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Together with the talented director Joost van Ginkel

Did you send in your film for the SHIFT Film Festival

you can thoroughly work on your short script (up to

2018 or Euregion Film Festival 2018 and are you curious

12 pages) in a 50-minute session. What your script is

about how a programmer works? Or do you just want

lacking, how you can make it better, how to develop

to talk to a festival programmer? Then come and have

the characters and make a film not tell, but show: you

a conversation with the programmer of our festivals

can discuss those and many more questions with Joost.

this year: Alexander Gusev.

DIRECTING ACTORS (JOOST VAN GINKEL)

FINAL CUT! - ANALYSIS OF YOUR MONTAGE (ANNELIES VAN WOERDEN)

November 17 | 10:30 - 16:30 |

November 17 | 13:30 - 15:30

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Together with Joost van Ginkel and professional

Have you always wanted to get an honest and

actors you will work on your own script while two or

straightforward feedback on the edit of your short

three scenes will be worked on performed by actors and

film? The editor Annelies van Woerden is here for you

analized by Joost van Ginkel. Through this approach

to give all the feedback! She tells you good, but also

you will understand your script and vision and you

not good points of your editing, so that you can en-

can adjust key elements in your script.

hance the edit or make your next film even better.

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WORKSHOPS FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION (SYDNEY NETER) November 16 | 11:00 - 13:00 Lumière Cinema Maastricht | 12.50€ (excl. VAT)

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NETWORKING LUNCH

In the Festival Distribution workshop you will learn

NOVEMBER 16 | 13:00 - 14:00

all about how to set up a strategy for the distribution

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of your latest (short) film. What are dos and don’ts?

What should you pay attention to? How do you deter-

NOVEMBER 17 | 12:30 - 14:00

mine your strategy? What does a distribution kit look

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like? These and many more questions are addressed in the one-hour workshop.

SH*T OR SHIFT? (PAUL RUVEN AND HARRO VAN STAVERDEN) November 16 | 14:00 - 17:00 Lumière Cinema Maastricht | 11:00 | 35€ (excl. VAT) In the SH*T or SHIFT workshop, filmmakers who have completed a short film in 2018 are given the

Have a lunch and talk to the filmmakers and special guests of the festival.

NETWORKING DRINKS

opportunity to receive honest and valuable feedback in

NOVEMBER 16 | 22:15 - 00:00

a 20-minute session from experienced, internationally

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successful and frequently prize-winning producers.

What should you pay attention to next time?

NOVEMBER 17 | 21:30 - 23:00

What would be a logical next step?

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GUESTS & COACHES PITCH JURY AND CINESUD TALENT COACHES Sydney Neter (Sales Agent) owns SND

Casper Thiel (First AD) has been a

Films, selling award winning international

First AD at numerous films and television

short films, TV-movies and (feature)

series: e.g. In Kropsdam Is Iedereen

documentaries. Sydney has been on

Gelukkig, Slechts Één Koning, Jane,

the Dutch Film Fund shorts commission

Eigen, Na Sluitingstijd and Het Lot

from 2001-2010 and on the board of

Van Marnix Rep.

directors of the International Short Film Festival Go Short! in Nijmegen

Floris Parlevliet (Artistic Director at

until 2011. He’s been on (shorts) juries,

CineCrowd) graduated from the HKU

like Berlin, Sundance, Palm Springs,

and is filmmaker and artistic leader

Tel Aviv International Student Festival,

of crowdfunding platform Cinecrowd,

Rio Short Film Fest etc.

which is a non-profit organisation that provides an opportunity for filmmakers

Reinier Selen (Producer) has produced

to present and pitch their ideas to

national and international (co-)produc-

the public.

tions, including the acclaimed films Rafaël, Van God Los, Cool Kids Don’t

Bart Hölscher (Documentary Film-

Cry, Nothing Personal, Lucia de B. and

maker) has directed Het Zijn Maar

Süskind. His recent co-production Rafiki

Duitsers and De Laatste Titel. He has

has been in the Un Certain Regard com-

a large network in the Netherlands,

petition at Cannes Film Festival 2018.

Belgium and Germany and worked on his documentaries with broadcasters

Tanya Fallenius (NCE, Film Editor)

and several funds from these countries,

has edited numerous films, television

including the Media Fund and now

series and short films, including Back-

NPO Fund. He is currently a Director

bone, Gips, Liberty, Route Du Soleil

of Limburg Film Festival.

and Noord-Zuid.

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COACHES Paul Ruven (Director, Screenwriter and Producer and owner of Talent United) directed Filmpje!, Ushi Must Marry, Sur Place, etc. As a producer he is responsible for critically acclaimed documentaries, television productions like the series Devil’s Dilemmas and feature films such as Het Bombardement, Do Not Come To My Children.

Harro van Staverden (Producer, Phanta Basta!) produced, among other things, the television series Circus Noël and Tien Torens Diep and the feature films War Secrets, Cool Kids Don’t Cry and Code M. Joost van Ginkel (Director, Writer) Directed the short films Sand (Venice Film Festival 2008), Kiss (Tribeca Film Festival 2010), and the feature films 170 HZ (Public’s Choice Award at Dutch Film Festival 2011) and The Paradise Suite (Toronto Film Festival 2015, Best Film, Best Script and Best Actor at Dutch Film Festival 2016).

INDUSTRY GUESTS SHIFT Film Festival also welcomes other industry

Alexander Gusev (Film Critic and

guests during the festival. Amongst others these are

Festival Programmer) published his

Bas van der Ree (Netherlands Film Commission), Leo

reviews in a number of printed and on-

Hauben (Broadcaster L1), Toon Hezemans (Director

line magazines. He has been a Head

Dutch Mountain Film Festival), Guido de Craene (Belgian

Programmer at Euregion Film Festival

Actor and Director) and representatives of funding

2018 and a member of the jury of IFFS at

bodies in the Limburg area such as the Limburg Film

the International Film Festival in Locarno

Fund, municipalities and private funds, and academies

(2013), a FIPRESCI jury at Odessa Inter-

(Theatre Academy Maastricht and Art Academy

national Film Festival (2015) and others.

Maastricht).

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FILMMAKERS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL FROM THE OFFICIAL SELECTION AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Rose Hanawi (Who Am I), Koen Blauwblomme, Pieter De Ridder (JANE DOG), Nicolas Graux (After Dawn), Bernhard Utz (Aloneness), Hiroki Yokoyama (ExO), Theresa Haas, Maurice Miller (Pale Blue Me), Larry Erens, Maurizio Ciranni (Genekt), Sophie van de Pol (Fucking Cola), Thomas Paschenegger (Bronsttijd), Vincent Konings (Tot Inkeer), Guido Coppis (Promise), Veronika Schoberer (Il Silenzio Delle Cicale), Paul Haans & Jeroen Wielheesen (Voor Galg En Rad), Peter Collis, Jessica Driscoll (This Is Progress), Cory McLeod (Pērkons: A VR Rockumentary), Remy Kooi (Sovereign), Jan Verdijk (Wild), Raynor Arkenbout (The Salmon And You).

FESTIVAL LOCATION Lumière Cinema in Maastricht (Bassin 88) has opened its doors for the fourth time for SHIFT Film Festival 2018. The cinema 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 cinema.

TICKETS Tickets for the program sections can be purchased online via cinesud.nl/events until November 17th. The tickets can be bought online at cinesud.nl, lumiere.nl or at the guest desk (only with card, no cash). During the festival, a limited amount of tickets will be available at our guest desk. Would you like to join everything?

We have special passe-partouts for audience and professionals! Check cinesud.nl/events for all the possibilities.

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CINESUD TALENT

CINECADEMY

SUBMIT YOUR NEXT FILM PROJECT TO CINESUD TALENT!

ONLINE FILM COURSES Learn from industry experts such as Remy van Heugten, Anne Barnhoorn, Pieter Kuijpers and others.

• Budget of at least €10.000 • Guidance and support from development to distribution

COURSES AVAILABLE:

• Intensive coaching from industry experts

• for fiction and documentary • from development, financing to distribution.

Deadline: December 7, 2018.

For more information: bit.ly/CineSudTalent2019

www.cinecademy.nl

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THANK YOU! Our deepest gratitude to all those who made this outstanding fourth edition of SHIFT Film Festival possible.

We thank our volunteers, partners, sponsors, filmmakers and audience for an unforgettable festival edition.

Guido Franken | SHIFT Film Festival Director Anna Demianenko | Festival Manager Saskia Loesser | Festival Coordinator Alexander Gusev | Head Programmer Roy Lurken | Designer Lena Belo | Promo Editor Tom Konings | Video and Graphic Support Philip Driessen | Photographer Anna Pysmenna | Photographer Grégoire Pommé | Videographer Remy Kooi | Technical Support Toon Hezemans, Ton Franken, Geertje Caris, Geert Pizlo board CineSud Special thanks to Lian van Doorn, Maria Vatista, Lumière Cinema, Meet Maastricht and all the volunteers!

Check www.cinesud.nl/events for more upcoming events and activities for filmmakers.

SHIFT Film Festival thanks their project-partners Lumière Cinema, Meet Maastricht, Feel2B, ViaZuid, Stichting FSI, Dutch Mountain Film Festival.