14–18 MARCH 2012 WWW.GOSHORT.NL
GOSHORT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NIJMEGEN 2011
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CATALOGUE
GOSHORT
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NIJMEGEN
16–20 MARCH 2011
WWW.GOSHORT.NL
PARTNERS GO SHORT 2011
HGIS CULTUUR MIDDELEN
CONTENTS INFORMATION
COMPETITIONS
Timetable – 4 Map – 6 Tickets & Locations – 7 Delegate Info – 8 Industry Events – 9 Talks and Specials – 12 Welcome – 13 Acknowledgements – 14 Awards – 15 Juries – 16 Colophon – 105
European Competition: Fiction – 21 European Competition: Documentary – 29 European Competition: Animation – 37 European Competition: The Labo – 45 Student Competition: Breaking Shorts – 53 Dutch Competition: Dutch Shorts – 61 Online Competition – 70
FILM INDEXES Title – 106 Country – 108
OUT OF COMPETITION Dutch Talent – 73 Stop-Motion – 82 A Portuguesa – 85 Go Shorty! – 88 HKU Presents – 91 Cinepoem – 92 Extrapool – 96 Go Expo – 98 Meestermakers – 100 Go Short Student Campus – 102 The 48 Hour Film Project – 104
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THU 17 MARCH
FESTIVAL OPENING WED 16 MARCH
20:00 – LUX – € 10
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:
LUX 2
13:00 BREAKING SHORTS 2
15:00 BREAKING SH
LUX 3
13:00 DUTCH 2
15:00 48 HOUR FILM
LUX 5
13:45 DOCUMENTARY 5
LUX 6
15:45 15:30 STOP
13:30 FICTION 2
VILLA LUX FESTIVAL LOUNGE MERLEYN
FRI 18 MARCH COMPETITION GO SHORTY!
11:00
12:00
LUX 2
13:00
14:15 BREAKING SHORTS 1
LUX 5 LUX 6
PARTY / AWARD CEREMONY
EXTRAPOOL
BEST OF GO SHORT
ONDERBROEK
SAT 19 MARCH
16:
15:00
15:00 ANIMATION 3
LUX 3
SPECIAL
13:00 DUTCH TALENT 1
15:00 DOCUMENTAR
13:45 THE LABO 2
11:00
12:00
INDUSTRY DAY
LUX 2
11:15 ANIMATION 1
Fri 18/3 – Festival Lounge 10:00 NBF Lecture (in Dutch) 13:00 Film Lunch 15:30 Debate: Online for a living on shorts 17:00 CineCrowd presentation & drinks
LUX 3
11:00 BREAKING SHORTS 4
LUX 5
13:00
14:00
13:15 BREAKING SHORTS 3 13:00 DOCUMENTARY 1
11:30 DOCUMENTARY 2
LUX 6
15:45
15:00
13:30 DUTCH 2
11:45 FICTION 3
16:
15:15 THE LABO 15:00 SHORTIES 15+ 15:30 FICT
13:45 DOCUMENTARY 4
15:45
LUX 7 EXTRAPOOL
SUN 20 MARCH
11:00
12:00
13:00
LUX 2 LUX 3 LUX 5 LUX 6
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14:00
13:00 THE LABO 1
14:00
15:00
13:15 DUTCH TALENT 2 12:00 SHORTIES 6+
13:30 BEST OF GO SHORT 2
11:45 BEST OF GO SHORT 1
13:45 BEST OF GO SHORT 1
16:
15:15 A PORTUG 15:30 BEST 15:45
13:00 A PORTUGUESA 1 + SPECIAL GUEST
FESTIVAL LOUNGE
15:30 FILM
FESTIVAL LOUNGE
FROM 13:45 GO SHORTY! WORKSHOPS ANIM
TIMETABLE
FILM PROJECT 1
17:00 DUTCH 4
19:00 DOCUMENTARY 2
21:00 STOP-MOTION 2
23:00 DUTCH 1
17:00 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 2
19:00 DUTCH 3
21:00 THE LABO 2
23:00 FICTION 4
17:45 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 1
5:45 DOCUMENTARY 3 STOP-MOTION 1
23:00
22:00
21:00
20:00
19:00
18:00
17:00
16:00
NG SHORTS 4
21:45 ANIMATION 2
19:45 BREAKING SHORTS 1
18:00 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 2
WITH LECTURE
00:00
20:00 ANIMATION 3
22:00 FICTION 1
20:00 NIGHT OF THE CINEPOEM 22:30 TALKSHOW 20:30 48HFP AWARDS
17:00 DOCUMENTARY 4 17:00 DUTCH 1
5:45 BREAKING SHORTS 2
21:00 DUTCH 3
19:00 DOCUMENTARY 1
18:15 DUTCH TALENT 2
16:15 DUTCH 4 NTARY 5
00:00
23:00 ANIMATION 1 22:30 DOCUMENTARY 3
20:30 ANIMATION 2 21:00 FICTION 3
19:00 BREAKING SHORTS 3
17:45 FICTION 4
23:00
22:00
21:00
20:00
19:00
18:00
17:00
16:00
ON 3
22:00 GO SHORT FEELS LUV
23:00 FICTION 2
21:30 DUTCH TALENT 3
20:00 TALK: DUTCH TALENT
21:00 JEROEN DE LEIJER & YES PINKPINK 22:00 NOMINATION PARTY + FILMQUIZ 16:00
LABO 1 S 15+
18:00
17:00
19:00
17:00 HKU PRESENTS 1
FICTION 1
19:00 HKU PRESENTS 3
17:30 DUTCH TALENT 1
5:45 DOCUMENTARY 5
00:00
22:30 A PORTUGUESA 1
JOHN APPEL & KAREL DOING
21:00 COMEDY SHORTS
19:30 A PORTUGUESA 2
17:45 HKU PRESENTS 2
23:00
22:00
21:00
20:00
20:00 MEESTERMAKERS:
17:15 DOCUMENTARY 3
23:00 GO SHORT FAVORITES
21:30 ANIMATION 2
20:30 STOP-MOTION 2 SPECIAL 22:15 AWARD PARTY
21:00 AWARD SHOW
21:00 PERFORMANCE: BISSY BUNDER 16:00
18:00
17:00
ORTUGUESA 2
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:00
17:15 DUTCH TALENT 3
BEST OF GO SHORT 2
17:30 BEST OF GO SHORT 2
5:45 BEST OF GO SHORT 1
17:45 BEST OF GO SHORT 1 17:15 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 1
19:30 BEST OF GO SHORT 2 19:45 BEST OF GO SHORT 1 19:15 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 2
21:30 BEST OF GO SHORT 2 21:45 BEST OF GO SHORT 1 21:15 STOP-MOTION 1
FILM CONCERT KEVIN TOMA ANIMATION GOSHORT/2011 5
LOCATIONS NIJMEGEN 5
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LOCATIONS
GO SHORT OFFICE / CONTACT
1 > LUX Mariënburg 38–39
3 > Extrapool Tweede Walstraat 5
Screenings, Box Office, Info 2 > Festival Lounge Klein Mariënburg 24 Guest / Press Desk, Video Library, Industry Day, Expo
4 > De Onderbroek Tweede Walstraat 19
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5 > Merleyn Hertogstraat 13 6 > VILLALUX Oranjesingel 42 7 > Bart Kunst in Huis Ziekerstraat 87
Arsenaalpoort 5, 6511 PN Nijmegen PO Box 1449, 6501 BK Nijmegen T +31 (0)24 663 6789 E info@goshort.nl
INFORMATION TICKETS
LUX
Reservations Presale starts Thursday 3 March. All tickets, including delegate tickets, are available at the LUX box office. Tickets for parties at Merleyn / De Onderbroek and performance nights at Extrapool are sold at the door. The delegate pass grants you access to these parties and performances.
Since the start of the festival in 2009, LUX has been the main location. The art house is one of the biggest in the country, with seven theaters in its main building and two in it’s recently opened Villa LUX. Most of the public film screenings take place at LUX. The central box office and information desk is found in LUX, and regular tickets can also be obtained from the box office at Villa LUX.
LUX box office is open Monday to Friday from 10:00, and Saturdays from 11:00. Reservations can be made by phone 0900–5894636 or online at www.belbios.nl Prices Tickets (after 18:00): € 8 / € 6,50* Tickets (before 18:00): € 6,50 / € 5* 5-in-one: € 32 Special events & parties: various * reduced rate for students, CJP and C4J-card holders * discounts are not valid in combination with other discounts
FESTIVAL LOUNGE The Festival Lounge is located on the other side of the street from LUX. Everybody is invited for a drink, to take a look at the expo space or join the talks and the film concert. The Festival Lounge is also the central meeting point for delegates. Here you’ll find the guest / press service, the video library and information desk. There will be plenty of workspace and a wireless Internet connection. Accredited festival guests can enjoy breakfast and dinner here at a modest rate. If you like to join us for meals, sign up at the guest service early, because there is a limited capacity. The Festival Lounge opens every day at 10:00.
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DELEGATE INFORMATION ACCREDITATIONS
VIDEO LIBRARY – DUTCH PLATFORM
Film-related professionals and press can request a delegate or press pass, which provides access to festival screenings, the video library and events, by filling in the accreditation form on our website. A delegate pass is free for filmmakers with a film featured in the festival program; for others various rates apply.
Exclusively for delegates, the library includes all entries for the competitions. Technical data, synopsis and contact information are available in a digital database. Get inspired by the interactive library tool, exclusively designed for Go Short by students from ArtEZ.
GUEST / PRESS DESK The guest service is located at the Festival Lounge. Our staff will greet you on arrival, provide you with your festival accreditation and all necessary information. Our staff will be happy to help you throughout the festival. If you are an international guest, please let us know your arrival and departure times so that we can help you at any time. Opening Hours Wed 16/3 – 14:00-22:00 Thu 17/3-Sat 19/3 – 10:00-20:00 Sun 20/3 – 10:00-15:00 Press Desk Contact Marjolein Kooijman press@goshort.nl +31 (0)24 6636789
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Guest Service Contact Maaike Hidding, Boy Joosten guest@goshort.nl +31 (0)24 6636789
NEW! Dutch Platform The video library will hold an extensive collection of recent shorts from different academies, institutes, distributors and production companies in The Netherlands. Festival Lounge floor –1 Wed 16/3 – 16:00-20:00 Thu 17/3 – Sat 19/3 – 10:00-22:00* Sun 20/3 – 10:00-15:00 * from 20:00 till 22:00 on request only, reservations can be made at the guest desk
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INDUSTRY EVENTS There are several social events, professional activities and parties during the festival. A great opportunity to meet new people and acquire new contacts. Sometimes you’ll need to sign up in advance at the guest service. Detailed information, locations and times are available at the guest service.
FESTIVAL OPENING Wednesday 16 March we kick off the third edition of the festival with some great shorts. Amongst others we will screen The Eagleman Stag, the BAFTA winning animation film by Mickey Please (GB), and the brand new film After You by Dutch Talent director Danyael Sugawara (NL). The evening is hosted by Isolde Hallensleben (Vrw. Zkt. Knst., De Avond van de Korte Film).
INDUSTRY DAY Friday 18 March the festival will be bustling with national and international film professionals. There is a full program, including a film lunch with our partners Eye International and NBF. Some of the activities are based on invites, others on subscription. If you are interested in visiting our Industry Day, please contact our guest service.
CALENDAR Wednesday 16 March 20:00 Festival Opening – LUX – € 10 / invitations Thursday 17 March 22:00 Party: Go Short Feels Luv – Merleyn – € 5 / free for delegates 22:30 Talkshow & Drinks – Festival Lounge Friday 18 March Industry Day – Festival Lounge (pp. 10-11) 10:00 NBF Lecture (in Dutch) 13:00 Film Lunch 15:30 Debate: Online for a living on shorts 17:00 CineCrowd presentation & drinks 20:00 Talkshow Dutch Talent – LUX (in Dutch) 22:00 Nomination Party & Film Quiz – de Onderbroek – € 3 / free for delegates Saturday 19 March 21:00 Award Night – LUX – € 20 / € 15* / invitations Sunday 20 March 15:30 Film Concert by Kevin Toma – Festival Lounge
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INDUSTRY EVENTS LECTURE NBF NBF LECTURE: SHORT FILM ON THE INTERNET: RIGHTS & RISKS FRI 18/3 – 10:00-12:00 – FESTIVAL LOUNGE Nowadays the Internet is booming with film and video. At any moment and in any place you can view film and video on user-generated websites like YouTube and Vimeo. From a full length feature from the 50’s to a home recording from the neighbor family. Most people enjoy watching them without questioning the rights and risks. Filmmakers have to deal with them, but where to start? This lecture, presented by the NBF in cooperation with Go Short, focuses on the question of whether you’re boosting your career by uploading your film to the Internet or rather throwing away a breadwinning artistic creation. What are the rights and the risks a filmmaker has to deal with, and to what extent is it necessary or even crucial to protect those rights? In addition, we will attend to the matter of whether it is necessary to claim your rights in all cases, working with the online platform. More information can be found on the festival’s website or at www.nbf.nl
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INDUSTRY EVENTS DEBATE ONLINE DEBATE: ONLINE FOR A LIVING ON SHORTS… & PRESENTATION CINECROWD FRI 18/3 – 15:30-16:45 – FESTIVAL LOUNGE
Finding new media pathways towards a true short film career Turning a passion for shorts into a full career in short film creation is anything but easy. Do online platforms offer unexpected career chances for short filmmakers? It’s a new question. Covering uncharted ground is what Go Short does best, which is why we tackle this issue in a public debate. How do we turn short film into a long-term means of making a living through online platforms? Are short filmmakers ready for the push? Which platform should we choose for release? Is our content likely to be successful online? And what is online success? Is it about getting a zillion views? Or is it about catching the imagination of this or that precise community? We’ve invited experts from many areas to explore these questions. An investigative journalist will lead the discussion, tickling the speakers into revealing solutions they didn’t even know they had. Emjay Rechsteiner will talk about Filmotech, a new project to make Dutch films directly available through various devices. The legal framework of placing audio-visual material on the Internet will be the focus of Remco Klöters (Van Kaam Advocaten). In addition, CineCrowd will present its crowdfunding business model.
CINECROWD SHORT FILM MARKET Daily, in and around the Festival Lounge New media create new ways of funding your project! Get online, share, make friends and fans. Crowd funding is easier than you think! The short film industry is more than ready to welcome fresh initiatives. That must have been on the minds of a group of young creative filmmakers when they presented CineCrowd: the first online platform that brings together short-filmmakers and the public in the Netherlands. Using the basics in social media: sharing ideas, getting fans and giving back exclusive features, CineCrowd believes crowd funding is a major step in financing film projects by talented filmmakers. During Go Short, CineCrowd is actively crowd funding some brand-new film projects, helping us create the first film market where buyers and investors don’t need a festival badge. For more information and accurate times, go to goshort.nl or www.cinecrowd.nl
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TALKS AND SPECIALS LECTURE + FILM: STOP-MOTION BY NIAF (IN DUTCH)
TALK: INTERVIEW DUTCH TALENT (IN DUTCH)
Thu 17/3 – 15:30 – LUX 6 – € 6,50 Animator and art academy lecturer Robin Noorda (NIAf) takes us on a journey through the history of stop-motion animation. Although this technique is over 100 years old, it has never lost its popularity. Noorda tells more about the historical context of the films in the Stop-Motion program, like Jiri Trnka’s influential political satire The Hand (1965). This film about the plight of the artist under a totalitarian cultural policy was admired by the Chechoslovakian people, but banned by the communist government.
Fri 18/3 – 20:00 – LUX 6 – free You might just run into our special guests Hanro Smitsman, Arne Toonen en Danyael Sugawara, the three Dutch directors will be around for the whole festival. If you want to see and hear more of them, be sure to visit the interview presented by Isolde Hallensleben on Friday night. The talk fits nicely in the slot between two Dutch Talent screenings.
TALK: TALK SHOW Thu 17/3 – 22:30 – Festival Lounge – free The latest news from the festival! Constant Hoogenbosch will invite several guests to talk about their current projects and plans for the future.
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TALK + FILM: STOP-MOTION WITH JOB, JORIS & MARIEKE Sat 19/3 – 20:30 – LUX 6 – € 8 / € 6,50* Dutch animation trio Job, Joris & Marieke is mad about stop-motion. With great enthusiasm they will guide us through the program CLIPS AND BITS, with the best music video’s, commercials and making of’s. An inspiring and foremost enjoyable evening!
WELCOME WELCOME TO THE THIRD EDITION OF GO SHORT – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NIJMEGEN We were blown away by the huge amount of entries submitted this year. More than two thousand films were viewed and judged by our selection teams. In total, Go Short will screen 280 films. One hundred and seven of these are selected for our European and Dutch competitions and ten more for our online competition. The Cinepoem competition, a special program we present with our partners Wintertuin and European Foundation Joris Ivens, contains eleven more shorts. We are honored to present you with three of the finest Dutch upcoming filmmakers. A selection of shorts by acclaimed Dutch directors Hanro Smitsman, Arne Toonen and Danyael Sugawara, make up our Dutch Talent program. They each recently debuted with their first feature film but still have a thing for shorts. We are proud to announce that Sugawara’s brand new short After You will premiere at Go Short. To draw more attention to Dutch short films we initiated the Dutch Platform in our library. Here you will find an extensive collection of recent Dutch shorts. Searching for new Dutch talent? Make sure you visit our student programs presented by HKU and ArtEZ, two Dutch art schools that have collaborated with us from the very start.
After visiting the Vila do Conde film festival in Portugal this summer, our suspicions were confirmed: Portuguese shorts are booming! Together with short film agency Agência, we selected eleven films made by very promising filmmakers. For those of us who, in times of 3D and CGI, still long for craftsmanship and the real stuff, we offer a program dedicated to stop-motion. All credits go to Dutch animation trio Job, Joris & Marieke, whom curated two astonishing programs that will make your mouth water. We are grateful that, even in times of financial hardship, many partners remain committed and new ones are willing to team up. Now in our third year, we are ready to take Go Short to the next level. We are happy to see many creative ideas emerging. This year will see the introduction of our new youth program, our educational school program and our CineCrowd film market. CineCrowd brings us the first public film funding market at a film festival ever! We could go on for hours, but we promised to keep it short. Let’s go, we hope you enjoy! Lisa ter Berg and Kirsten Ruber Festival directors
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THANK YOU! Pien Houthoff, Allard Koers, Waldemar Torenstra, Isolde Hallensleben, Danyael Sugawara, Maartje Verhoeckx, Hasse van Nunen, Arne Toonen, Hanro Smitsman, Olly Smit, Frank Boeijen, all the people at LUX, Martine Eelman, Martijn Stevens, Dirk van der Straaten, Astrid Bussink, Manon Bovenkerk, Egbert de Ruiter, Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw, Salette Ramalho (Agencia), Gitta Kruisbrink & Helen Zwaan (Rutger Hauer Filmfactory), Stefan Grond, Marina Blok, Ger Bouma, Sydney Neter, Chris Mouw (Illuster), Lisa Linde Nieveld (EYE International), Vera Peixoto (Camoes Institute), Jens Kiefer, Mihai Mitrica, Sol Bondy, Simon Ellis, Alessandro Marcionni, Andy Leenen & Mathieu Janssen, Dennis Gaens, Rens van Megen, Ingrid Walschots, Helen Albada, Arthur Schuitemaker, Guus van Kleef, Aldo Paula, Wouter van Balveren, Gema Pérez, Frank Moens, Franse Ambassade in Nederland, Noortje van de Sande & Mirjam Wiekenkamp (Herrie), Eelco Hulshof, NL Unlimited – Boomerang, Gerben van der Meer, Simon van Eik, Gugeli, Richard Schut, Ellen Kocken (Dziga), Marinka Dohmen, Nienke van der Fange (NBF), Martijn van Boven, HKU trailer-team, members of the jury, selectors and pre-selectors, interns, all friends of the festival and all our partners!
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Film institutes, festivals and theaters International Short Film Festival Leuven, Short Film Festival Hamburg, Festival del Film Locarno, Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival, Anim’est International Animation Film Festival, International Short Film Festival Winterthur, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Timishort Film Festival, Regensburger Short Film Week, London International Animation Festival, Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, Cinekid Amsterdam, LUX – Nijmegen, de Balie – Amsterdam, LantarenVenster – Rotterdam, Filmhuis Den Haag, Focus, Filmtheater Arnhem, BROET – Eindhoven, ‘t Hoogt – Utrecht, Forum Images – Groningen, Lumière – Maastricht, Eva Steegmayer (Filmakademie BadenWuerttemberg), Vera Hoffmannová (FAMU), Sylvain Vaucher & Simon Koenig (Swiss Film), Christof Wehmeier (Icelandic Film Centre), Louise Ryan (Irish Film Board), Marketa Santrochova (Czech Film Center), Daniela Stankovska (Macedonian Film Fund), Dorottya Szörényi (Magyar Filmunió), Zanda Dudina (National Film Centre of Latvia), Tristan Priimägi (Estonian Film Foundation), Mariela Artiles (Candella Films), Henning Kamm (DETAiLFILM), Otto Suuronen (Finnish Film Foundation), Ainhoa Jauregui & Seraphina Panaud-Coxe (Unifrance), Andreas Fock & Sara Rüster
(Swedish Film Institute), Toril Simonsen & Arna Marie Bersaas (Norwegian Film Institute), Agencia – Portugese Short Film Agency, il Luster Productions, Marion Slewe (Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie), Lilly de Haan (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht), Marta Jurkiewicz (EYE Film), Liedewij Theisens (Hazazah Pictures), Theus Zwakhals & Joke Ballintijn (NIMk), Ursula van den Heuvel & Mette Peeters (Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm) and Louise Geesink (Geesink Studio). Suppliers & hotels Van Haren Auto’s, Cultuur op de Campus, WeSC, Meubelmakerij Kopshout, van Domburg Partners, The Rent Company, Wibeco for the Festival Lounge (www.wibeco.nl), Ecolicht, Grote Broek, Merleyn, Etalage Derde Wal, Jam, Radboud in’to Language, André Dumont (Vlaams Cultureel Kwartier), Amrâth Hotel Belvoir, City Park Hotel, B&B De Prince, Hotel–Grand Café Atlanta, Extrapool, gastenschip de Orca. Above all, we thank all the volunteers. Without you all, there would be no Go Short!
AWARDS NTR
DIORAPHTE FOUNDATION
BIOSAGENDA.NL
Go Short and Dutch public broadcaster NTR proudly present The NTR / Go Short Awards for Best European Short Film in 4 categories: Fiction, Documentary, Animation and the Labo. All films in the European competition are eligible for the NTR awards. NTR and short film have a long standing history, including programs like NTR Kort!, New Arrivals and One Night Stand. Go Short is proud to have NTR as a partner for the third consecutive year, and is honored to present the awards, each with a € 1.000 prize.
For the second year we present an encouragement award with our partner Dioraphte Foundation, for the best student film in the Breaking Shorts competition. A € 5.000 prize, as an encouragement to a young filmmaker. Dioraphte Foundation promotes national and international quality projects that make culture available to a broad audience.
Together with biosAgenda, Go Short proudly presents the biosAgenda / Go Short Online Award. Ten short films are available online for one month. The rating by our online audience will decide who will win the biosAgenda / Go Short Online Award and receive the prize money of € 1.500.
OMROEP GELDERLAND
Last but not least, there is a Go Short award for the best Dutch short. All films in the Dutch competition are eligible for the Go Short Award for best Dutch Short. The winning filmmaker receives € 1.000.
Regional broadcaster Omroep Gelderland joins the festival for the third year. Go Short proudly presents the Omroep Gelderland / Go Short Audience Award. All short films selected for the European competitions, Dutch competition and the Breaking Shorts Student Competition are eligible for the € 1.000 prize.
DUTCH
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GO SHORT JURY EUROPEAN & DUTCH COMPETITION
ALESSANDRO MARCIONNI (CH)
FELIX MASSIE (GB)
DANA LINSSEN (NL)
After his study in Law, Alessandro Marcionni radically changed direction and began studying cinema, ending up with a degree in film directing. After several years as coordinator at Festival del film Locarno, he became head of “Pardi di domani”, the section that Locarno dedicates to short and mediumlength films. He works as an editor for various broadcasting companies. In 2004, together with other Swiss filmmakers, he founded the Swiss Italian cell Kino, which produced more than 400 short films on a low-budget basis in the last six years.
After completing his short animated film Keith Reynolds Can’t Make it Tonight, Felix Massie graduated from the University of Wales in 2007. He joined Arthur Cox Ltd and worked as an animator on commercials, and directed spots for BBC, IRN-BRU and EMI. He wrote and directed his second short film The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper’s Mother there in 2008. More recently he was taken on as a commercial director at Aardman Animations and has been writing and animating for the TATE Movie Project website.
Dana Linssen is a poet, philosopher and film critic from the Netherlands. She started writing film reviews for the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad in 1997. In 1998 she became editor-in-chief, and later co-publisher, of the Dutch independent film monthly de Filmkrant. Recently she launched the Slow Criticism Project, as a counterbalance against the commodification of film criticism.
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MARIA ÖSTBYE (SE)
SANNE VOGEL (NL)
Maria Östbye has worked for Uppsala International Short Film Festival for many years. Since 2000 she has been part of the selection committee for international short films and in 2010 she became part of the nomination committee for the Swedish film awards in the categories for short and documentary films.
Sanne has been working as a professional actress from the age of sixteen. She starred in the NTR short De Grotten Van Han Van Vlooten and the Dutch hit film Het Schnitzelparadijs. Together with her brother she founded her own production company for plays and films, De Vogelfabriek (The Bird Factory). Sanne made her director’s debut with the NTR One Night Stand film Mama, which received a Golden Calf nomination. Currently Sanne stars in her self-written theater show Document, her most personal monologue to date.
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The Dioraphte Foundation supports cultural projects with a national and international reach. Go Short can count on our support in their mission to bring European short films to a wider audience. Not later, but now, because culture is the wealth you share.
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BREAKING SHORTS JURY STUDENT COMPETITION
DAAN BAKKER (NL)
KRISTIAN CLAAS (NL)
PEDRO SERRAZINA (PO)
At sixteen, Daan Bakker knew he wanted to be a filmmaker, but he decided to gain some life experience first. After playing in a Peruvian TV series, briefly studying film and television, training for theatre and a couple of years loafing around, he decided the time had come to start the directing course at the Netherlands Film and TV Academy. In 2009 he graduated with Jacco’s Film, which was selected for Breaking Shorts and won the Go Short audience award. His new film Bukowski won the City of Utrecht award for best debut film at the Netherlands Film Festival 2010, and is part of this year’s Dutch Competition at Go Short.
Kristian Claas, editor and graduate of the Netherlands Film and TV Academy, is currently working as a freelance editor for national and international productions. His focus is mainly on human interest documentaries that don’t shy away from the abstract. Following his primal instinct and with a critical look at rhythm and structural chaos, he will judge this year’s student shorts.
Pedro Serrazina quit his studies in architecture to start a professional training in animation. His first film, Tale of the Cat and the Moon, which premiered at Cannes in 1996, received 15 international awards and is part of this year’s A Portuguesa program. While developing a teaching career, he has continued to develop his skills in a wide variety of media. He regularly takes part in jury panels at international film festivals. His most recent film, The Eyes of the Lighthouse, was a Dutch-Portuguese co-production, and has been selected for this year’s Animation Competition.
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COMPETITIONS
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FICTION
EUROPEAN COMPETITION SHORT TIP Oppressed Majority turns the world upside down with a small change. ln a playful manner it shows how, even nowadays, emancipation is faltering.
Often enough, short fiction film has been described – even by myself – as the playground of cinema. But this description doesn’t quite do this genre justice. Short film deserves a robust metaphor, one that captures the dilemmas portrayed in these films, as well as their dazzling beauty. There is one thing the short films that came my way these past years have in common: they often use creative ways of storytelling to bring developments in our society to the fore. The subjects may change over time, but short films keep reflecting on these developments in fascinating ways. A mirror maze would be a better metaphor. An infinite reflection of ourselves, and the many ways we relate to our society. Dirk van der Straaten
Dirk van der Straaten is one of our fiction selectors, who works with us for the second year now. He was involved in organizing the First and Second Amsterdam Film Night and has been a program maker for cinema De Balie in Amsterdam since 2006.
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FICTION COMPETITION FICTION 1: HANDICAPS THU 17 – 22:00 – LUX 6 / SAT 19 – 15:30 – LUX 5
Aquarium
Bro
Aglaee
Director: Bård Røssevold Norway / 2010 / 35mm / 17’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Chris Dundon United Kingdom / 2009 / video / 18’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Rudi Rosenberg France / 2010 / 35mm / 20’ / Dutch premiere
Akvarium
Aquarium is a short film about a deaf and mute girl, Emma. Because of her handicap, she lives a secluded life as an artist. One day, during the burial ceremony of her goldfish, she finds an unconscious young man in her backyard. Production: Bård Røssevold / Script: Bård Røssevold / Photography: Magnus Nordstrand / Editing: Anders Bergland / Sound: Sven Erik Waagan / Cast: Viktoria Winge, Endre Midtstigen Filmography: Aquarium (2010) Contact: Norwegian Film Institute: Arna Marie Bersaas, +47 22474573, amb@nfi.no
Bro tells the story of frustrated teenager Simon who spends most of his time caring for his brother Mark, who suffers from Fragile X Syndrome. New to town, Simon shows affection towards a local girl and is desperate to find a way into her world. Production: Jonathan Blagrove / Script: Chris Dundon / Photography: Justin Brown / Editing: Phillip Perry / Music: Matthew Slater / Sound: Trevor Barber / Cast: Sean Verey, Michael Davis, Ellie Paskell, Emma Swinn / Website: www.chrisdundon.com Filmography: Ellie (2011) / Bro (2009) Contact: Chris Dundon, +44 7714063906, cwdundon@gmail.com
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Aglaée
In the school yard, Benoit loses a bet against his friends. His dare: To ask Aglaée, a disabled student, to go out with him. Production: Antoine Gandaubert / Script: Elise Romestant / Photography: Regis Blondeau / Editing: Emmanuelle Pencalet / Sound: Rémi Gille / Cast: Géraldine Martineau, Marc Faria Chaulet Filmography: Aglaee (2010) Contact: Karé Productions: Antoine Gandaubert, +33 158535500, kare@kareprod.fr
COMPETITION FICTION FICTION 1: HANDICAPS THU 17 – 22:00 – LUX 6 / SAT 19 – 15:30 – LUX 5
FICTION 2: DARKEST NIGHT THU 17 – 13:30 LUX 6 / FRI 18 – 23:00 – LUX 5
Oppressed Majority
Hair
Sleepless Night
Director: Eleonore Pourriat France / 2010 / 35mm / 11’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Julien Hallard France / 2010 / 35mm / 17’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Samuel Tilman Belgium / 2010 / 35mm / 20’ / Dutch premiere
A day in the life of a man suffering from everyday sexism in a world ruled by women
Phillip has started going bald, how long will it be before alopecia takes over? His dermatologist is categorical : only his father can answer that question.
As night falls, a group of mountaineers are caught in a storm. Leading them is Ariane, a young woman. A rescue patrol goes out after them. Till it gets there, their only lifeline is a state policeman, Serge, who tries to reassure them and help them fight the cold over the phone.
Opprimée
Production: Matthieu Prada / Script: Eléonore Pourriat / Photography: Pénélope Pourriat / Editing: Sarah Turoche / Music: Pocket Harmony feat Moira Conrath / Sound: Olivier Peria / Cast: Pierre Benezit, Marie Lorna Vaconsin, Jamel Barbouche, Céline Menville Filmography: Oppressed Majority (2010) Contact: Shadows Films: Léa Mols, +33 171194565, lea.shadows@gmail.com
Cheveu
Production: Frédéric Jouve / Script: Julien Hallard, Matthew Bond / Photography: Isabelle Dumas / Editing: Jean-Christophe Bouzy / Music: Charlie O. Sound: Nicolas Paturle / Cast: Franc Bruneau, Jean-Pierre Becker, Julie Delarme, Matthew Bond Filmography: Vinyl (2009) / Meeting Vincent Gallo (2008) / Brooklyn 02 (2004) / NYCIII: Valentine (2004) / Résurrection (2003) Contact: Les films Velvet: Frédéric Jouve, +33 10171181081, contact@lesfilmsvelvet.com
Nuit Blanche
Production: Marie Besson / Script: Marjory Ott Photography: Frédéric Noirhomme / Editing: Joel Mann / Music: Pierre de Surgères / Cast: Alain Eloy, Myriem Akeddiou, Corentin Lobet Filmography: Sleepless Night (2010) / Dead End (2007) Contact: Eklektik productions : Vincent Terlinchamp, +32 5347595, vincent.terlinchamp@eklektik.be
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FICTION COMPETITION FICTION 2: DARKEST NIGHT THU 17 – 13:30 LUX 6 / FRI 18 – 23:00 – LUX 5
Oleg
The Same Old Story
Mesecina
Director: Jaan Toomik Estonia / 2010 / 35mm / 20’ / Dutch premiere
Director: José Luis Montesinos Spain / 2009 / 35mm / 10’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Sofia Exarchou Greece / 2009 / 35mm / 31’ / Dutch premiere
A soldier is released from the Soviet army and he travels home. 25 years later he sets out again to be relieved from the pressure that has been distressing him for all these years. He undertakes a ritual journey to a far-away village graveyard to free himself from the torturous memory and the ambiguous feeling of guilt for a tragic accident in the army.
A man does everything in his power to get his wife back and put an end to his crisis.
“Mesecina”: 1. a music group – they both like it. A music group that doesn’t really exist. 2. a short film about an ill boy who meets a girl or about an ill boy who believes that he can live normally. But he can’t.
Production: Ivo Felt / Script: Jaan Toomik / Photography: Mait Mäekivi / Editing: Jaak Ollino / Music: Mihkel Kleis / Sound: Ivo Felt / Cast: Pärt Uusberg, Valter Uusberg, Dmitri Sobolevski / Website: www.allfilm.ee
Filmography: The Same Old Story (2010) / Fest (2007) / Final (2003) / Físico (2001)
Filmography: Oleg (2010) / Communion (2007) a.o. Contact: Allfilm: Epp Jõeorg, +37 26729070, allfilm@allfilm.ee
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La Historia de Siempre
Production: Arturo Méndiz / Script: José Luis Montesinos / Photography: Marc Zumbach / Editing: José Luis Montesinos / Music: Marc Martín / Sound: Marc Martín, Marc Teixidor / Cast: Miguel Ángel Jenner / Website: www.lahistoriadesiempre.wordpress.com
Contact: Bastian Films: José Luis Montesinos, +34 627311325, lahistoriadesiempre@gmail.com
Production: Guanaco / Script: Dimitris Emmanouilidis, Sofia Exarchou / Photography: Dimitris Kasimatis / Editing: Yiannis Chalkiadakis / Music: Yiannis Veslemes / Sound: Dinos Kitou / Cast: Yiannis Papadopoulos, Romanna Lobach, Michalis Sarantis Filmography: Mesecina (2009) / Apostasi (2006) Contact: Sofia Exarchou, +30 6937355170, sofexar@yahoo.com
COMPETITION FICTION FICTION 3: BREAKING POINT FRI 18 – 21:00 LUX 5 / SAT 19 – 11:45 – LUX 6
Lord
Fracture
Watching
Director: Adrian Sitaru Romania / 2009 / 35mm / 23’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Nicolas Sarkissian France / 2010 / video / 29’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Max Myers United Kingdom / 2010 / video / 14’ / Dutch premiere
Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old and ugly Pekinese that Toni cannot succeed of getting rid of, feelings of affection awake in him that surprise even Toni.
Paul has everything to be happy: a job, a wife, a daughter and an amazing villa. It’s a Sunday in the middle of the summer, he wants to relax by his pool, watch the tennis game on TV. But Paul feels oppressed by an invisible evil that devours him...
Josh sits alone in a café, happy watching the world go by. But when Carrick walks into his life the scene is set for an opportunity that could change Josh forever. Suddenly the ability to spot where truth lies, and lies begin, will make or break you in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.
Production: Ada Solomon / Script: Adrian Sitaru / Photography: Adrian Silisteanu / Editing: Andrei Gorgan / Cast: Serban Costache, Andreea Samsom Filmography: Lord (2010) / Colivia (2009) / Waves (2007) / Angling (2007) Contact: HI FILM Productions: Ada Solomon, +40 212524867, office@hifilm.ro
Production: Carole Lambert, Carine Ruszniewski / Script: Carole Debesson / Photography: Benjamin Chartier / Editing: Nicolas Sarkissian / Music: Siegfried Canto / Sound: Julien Bourdeau, Vincent Montrobert / Cast: Alexis Loret, Morgane Lambert, Daphné Tarka
Production: Ben Hilton / Script: Nico Mensinga / Photography: Dan Stafford-Clark / Editing: Ben Hilton / Music: Amory Leader / Sound: Emma Meaden / Cast: Ian Hart, Charlie Cattrall, Susannah Fielding / Website: www.watchingshortfilm.com
Filmography: Fracture (2010) Filmography: Titus (in production) / Watching (2010) Contact: De Films en Aiguille: Rémi Lamigeon, +33 668953137, contact@defilmsenaiguille.com
Contact: Dakus Films: Christian McLaughlin, +44 7912110122, christian@dakusfilms.com
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FICTION COMPETITION FICTION 3: BREAKING POINT FRI 18 – 21:00 – LUX 5 / SAT 19 – 11:45 – LUX 6
FICTION 4: THE UNEXPECTED THU 17 – 23:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 17:45 – LUX 6
Little Children, Big Words
Caron
Director: Lisa James Larsson Sweden / 2010 / 35mm / 12’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Pierre Zandrowicz France / 2010 / video / 23’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Damien Manivel France / 2010 / 35mm / 16’
When it’s Alex’s turn to tell his seven year old class mates what he wants to be when he grows up an uncomfortable discussion begins about the meaning of an unknown but loaded word. The teacher’s explanation reveals her own story – a story of victim and offender.
Bad cop, poor husband, Caron sees his life turn around when a homeless man begs him to be jailed, so he can spend winter in a warm spot, and not die from cold. Caron, then, starts something that can well be his own destruction...
On a hot summer afternoon, a teenager finds a stray dog in a local park. He decides to take the dog back to its owner. A fat black woman, half drunk, opens the door and asks him in by way of thanks. The lady gives him a large glass of alcohol, he now has to drink with her...
Sma Barn, Stora Ord
Production: Andreas Emanuelsson / Script: Lisa James Larsson / Photography: Frida Wendel / Editing: Roberth Nordh / Sound: Kim Creutzer, Sarah Jansson Patient / Cast: Cecilia Milocco, Axel Andersson, Polly Kisch a.o. / Website: www.lisajlarsson.com
Production: Antoine Cayrol / Script: Thomas Lecuyer / Photography: Antoine Carpentier / Editing: Pierre Zandrowicz / Music: Gabriel Guérin / Sound: Pierre Louis Guetta / Cast: Christophe Salengro, Christophe Vandevelde, Jean-Michel Martial / Website: www.caron-lefilm.com
The Lady with the Dog
La Dame au Chien
Production: Alice Beckmann / Script: Damien Manivel / Photography: Julien Guillery / Editing: Erika Haglund / Sound: Jérôme Petit / Cast: Elsa Wolliaston, Rémi Taffanel, Stiki Filmography: The Lady with the Dog (2010) / Viril (2007)
Filmography: Little Children, Big Words (2010) / Flera Liv (2010) / Pussyfooting (2009) / A Box Full of Memories (2008) / Djur i Bur (2007) Contact: Swedish Film Institute: Andreas Fock, +46 86651136, andreas.fock@sfi.se
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Filmography: Caron ( 2010) / Motus (2009) / The Ferryman (2009) / Transfert (2008) / Laura (2006) Contact: FatCat Films: Antoine Cayrol, +33 616231737, antoine@fatcat.fr
Contact: G.R.E.C: Marie-Anne Campos, +33 144899999, diffusion@grec-info.com
COMPETITION FICTION FICTION 4: THE UNEXPECTED THU 17 – 23:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 17:45 – LUX 6
Incident by a Bank
My Brother Khouya
Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46
Director: Ruben Östlund Sweden / 2010 / 35mm / 12’
Director: Yanis Koussim France|Algeria / 2010 / video / 16’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Anthony Vouardoux Germany / 2009 / 35mm / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Incident by a Bank is a detailed and humorous account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where over 96 people perform a meticulous choreography for the camera. It recreates an actual event that took place in Stockholm back in June 2006; it’s an observation in real-time and a study of how people act and react to the unexpected.
In an ordinary home in Algeria, Yamina, Nabila and Imen are regularly beaten up by their brother Tarek. Their mother witnesses the violence without doing anything to stop the tragic abuse her children are subjected to.
After his landing on Jupiter moon Alpha46, the cosmonaut Yuri Lennon is confronted with an extraordinary paradox... Undocked from the mother ship, Yuri begins his starting journey through space, which leads him to the end of the world as we know it. An amazing 15 minute one-shot movie… the countdown is on.
Händelse vid Bank
Production: Marie Kjellsson, Erik Hemmendorff / Script: Ruben Östlund / Photography: Marius Dybwad Brandrud / Editing: Ruben Östlund / Cast: Bahador Foladi, Ramtin Parvaneh, Leif Edlund a.o. Filmography: Play (2011) / Incident by a Bank (2010) / Involuntary (2008) / Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (2005) / Gitarrmongot (2004) / Familj igen (2002) / Låt dom andra sköta kärleken (2000) / Free Radicals (1996)
Production: Malek Ali-Yahia / Script: Julie Perriollat / Photography: Jean-Marie Delorme / Editing: Pauline Dairou / Sound: Jean Dubreuil, Julien Sicart / Cast: Samia Meziane, Anya Louanchi, Salami Abada, Nabil Asli, Nadia Koussim
Production: René Römert / Script: Anthony Vouardoux / Photography: Pascal Walder / Music: Beat Soler / Sound: Ramon Orza / Animation: Roméo Andréani / Cast: Marc Hosemann
Filmography: My Brother (2010) / Khti (2007) Contact: Damia Films: Malek Ali-Yahia, +33 142935061, damia@club-internet.fr
Filmography: Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46 (2009) / Bouly le Campeur (2007) / La Limace (2005) / Black Lights (2004) / Les Tartines (2004) Contact: Anthony Vouardoux, +49 15777286796, playmobilv@hotmail.com
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FICTION COMPETITION DUTCH 2: WHO ARE YOU? THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 13:30 – LUX 5
DUTCH 3: CRAZY THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 21:00 – LUX 2
Dominique
Manitoba
Director: Jim Taihuttu the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 10’
Director: Nina Spiering & Mirka Duijn the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 12’
Note: No English subtitles Paris, France. In the harsh fashion world, the life of young model Dominique is dictated by her never ending search for assignments. Unfriendly roommates, demanding agents and indifferent casting directors force her to keep up appearances with a self defense mechanism fueled by cynicism. In this superficial reality she’s determined not to lower her mask and take her own path.
Manitoba is a short movie about Frank who washes ashore on a strange island. He seeks refuge in the only pub in a desolate village: cafe Manitoba.
Production: Julius Ponten, Frieder Wallis / Script: Jim Taihuttu / Photography: Lennart Verstegen / Editing: Nils Rensen / Music: Gino Taihuttu / Sound: Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Michael Sauvage / Cast: Sylvia Hoeks / Website: www.dominiquedefilm.nl Filmography: Rabat (in production) / Dominique (2010) / Wolken # 2 (2009) / Caresse (2009) / Wladimir (2007) Contact: Habbekrats: Julius Ponten, +31 203300324, julius@habbekrats.nl 28 GOSHORT/2011
Production: Marieke de Blaay / Script: Mirka Duijn, Nina Spiering / Photography: Marijn Zurburg / Editing: Jasper Verhorevoort / Music: Rutger Hoedemaekers / Sound: Jaap Sijben / Cast: Raymond Thiry, Jakop Ahlbom, Fay Lovsky, Eline Cordie / Website: www.manitobathemovie.com Filmography: Manitoba (2010) Contact: De Blaay Productions: Marieke de Blaay, +31 6 41259690, info@deblaay.nl
DOCUMENTARY
EUROPEAN COMPETITION SHORT TIP Sambuca Kid is like a slap in your face. Short, powerful and disturbing.
Ultimately, what you hope for in any documentary, is that it moves you, surprises you, is thought-provoking, and preferably all of the above. While selecting shorts, you keep in mind what Go Short stands for, and with this third edition this is clearer than ever. This year there are fewer ‘fly on the wall’ documentaries. Instead of following a main character on the road, we encounter documentaries which are more obviously constructed and directed. This results in beautifully stylized and visually surprising films. Of particular note is the Scandinavian invasion of filmmakers who are not afraid to experiment with form, while not sacrificing the story. The selection includes a number of films that may not, at first, comply with the image of the traditional documentary, but require a little more of the viewer’s attention. Astrid Bussink
Astrid Bussink, a documentary maker herself, is our external expert for the selection of the documentary program. Her debut film is the award-winning documentary The Angelmakers. At the moment she’s working on ‘Constructions of Happiness’, a project about finding happiness, or at least constructing the image of it.
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DOCU 1: HOBBIES FRI 18 – 19:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 13:00 – LUX 3
Trickland
Bathing Micky
Göring’s Baton
Director: Isabelle Tollenaere Belgium / 2010 / video / 18’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Frida Kempff Denmark|Sweden / 2010 / video / 14’
Director: Pia Andell Finland / 2009 / 35mm / 37’ / Dutch premiere
A couple happily lives out its well-ordered existence. In one of the rooms of their suburban house the two share a curious hobby: they spend a great deal of their time playing in and recreating a world of miniature trains and peaceful landscapes. Gradually, the two landscapes intersect; the miniature world becomes entangled with the real one and confronts its whims. Trickland then turns into an ode to life and love.
100 year old Micky has been a member of the local bathing club for almost half a decade. Every day, every season, she swims with her friends at her beloved bathing club. From her story we gain a perspective on ourselves, and on how our existence is but the fruit of coincidence.
The story of Felix Forsman, a daring war cinematographer with a great sense of humour, and his most memorable assignment. In June 1942 Felix observed through his lens, Hitler, Hermann Göring, and conditions in the Wolf’s Lair, a Nazi headquarters.
Production: Erik Andersson / Script: Frida Kempff / Photography: Camilla Skagerström / Editing: Erik Andersson / Music: Jon Jefferson Klingberg / Cast: Ebba “Micky” Heyman / Website: www.bathingmicky.com
Production: Pia Andell / Script: Pia Andell / Photography: Felix Forsman, Pekka Uotila / Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen / Music: Pessi Levanto / Sound: Kirsi Korhonen
Production: Isabelle Tollenaere / Script: Isabelle Tollenaere / Photography: Isabelle Tollenaere / Editing: Isabelle Tollenaere / Music: Annelies Van Dinter, Jochem Baelus / Sound: Kwinten Van Laethem / Animation: Isabelle Tollenaere Filmography: Trickland (2010) / Stil Leven (2007) / Cristal Palace (2006) Contact: Isabelle Tollenaere, +32 485621648, isabelletollenaere@hotmail.com 30 GOSHORT/2011
Micky Bader
Göringin Sauva
Filmography: Bathing Micky (2009) / Psykoballet (2006) / Sharaf Heroes (2006) / My Heart in Arsenal (2003) / Same Procedure Every Year (2002)
Filmography: Göring’s Baton (2009) / Playing Adults (2008) / Y in Vyborg (2005) / In the World (2003) / A Small Film About Sibling Relations (2001) / The Cruise – Rules and Rituals (1999)
Contact: Medima Film & TV: Erik Andersson, +46 706892756, erik@medimafilm.se
Contact: Of Course My Films: Pia Andel, +35 8405441213, ofcoursemyfilms@luukku.com
COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY DOCU 2: HERITAGE THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 11:30 – LUX 5
Radiostan
Could You Love
One Way, a Tuareg Journey
Director: Tomas Sheridan United Kingdom / 2010 / video / 10’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Johanna Vanhala Finland / 2010 / video / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Fabio Caramaschi Italy / 2010 / video / 40’
Over the 3500 km that separate Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan from Moscow, people speak about what’s on their mind: immigration, the old days in the USSR, dreams, racism and hopes. Roaming across the frequencies of Central Asia we discover a remote part of the world that is rarely portrayed.
Could You Love is a documentary film about memories and oblivion. Mother and daughter are looking for moments they could share over a telephone conversation. A private story expands to a more general level and emphasizes the importance of remembering.
Production: Tanya Petrik / Photography: Joona Pettersson / Editing: Tomas Sheridan / Sound: Elena Petrosyan
Production: Ulla Simonen / Script: Johanna Vanhala / Photography: Johanna Vanhala / Editing: Tommi Lind / Music: Iiro Hokkanen / Sound: Iiro Hokkanen
Sidi, a 13 years old Tuareg from the Sahara desert, emigrated with his family from Niger to Italy. His youngest brother, Alkassoum is left behind in Africa and imagines his family has become rich and even white. In Italy Sidi has learned to use a video camera and his footage lets our audience into the intimacy of his family life. Sidi’s filmaking reaches a critical point when Alkassoum arrives in Italy and the two brothers face their future together.
Filmography: Radiostan (2010) / As Time Goes By (2009) / Archive of Dreams (2008) / The Word and the Name (2007) / Buckie Festival (2007) / Madam, I’m Adam (2006) / Die Kiste (2004)
Filmography: Could You Love (2010)
Contact: Polifilm: Tomás Sheridan, +44 7708795648, tommy@polifilm.co.uk
Voitko Rakastaa
Contact: Elokuvayhtiö Aamu Ltd. : Jussi Rantamäki, +35 8407355977, rantamaki@elokuvayhtioaamu.fi
Production: Fabio Caramaschi / Script: Fabio Caramaschi / Photography: Fabio Caramaschi / Editing: Silvia Caracciolo / Music: Riccardo Cimino / Sound: Francesco Morosini / Website: www.fabiocaramaschi.com Filmography: One Way, a Tuareg Journey (2010) / Doing Extra Time (2004) / Residence Roma (2001) Contact: Fabio Caramaschi, +39 3396293165, caramaschi.fabio@gmail.com
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DOCU 2: HERITAGE THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 11:30 – LUX 5
DOCU 3: ECCENTRICS THU 17 – 15:45 – LUX 5 / FRI 18 – 22:30 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 17:15 – LUX 2
Sambuca Kid
Needle Exchange
Pandore
Director: Robin Färdig Sweden|Philippines / 2010 / video / 6’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Colm Quinn Ireland / 2010 / video / 10’ / International premiere
Director: Virgil Vernier France / 2010 / video / 35’
Glenn and Spencer’s friendship has endured everything from the lows of homelessness to the highs of heroin. Together and through a shared love for the art of tattooing the two men have overcome their drug addiction with their bond intact. But as life pulls them in different directions, how long can it last?
Paris, the entrance of a nightclub, a physionimist at work. Selection criteria and power struggle. A time, a space and an action: in or out?
Production: Andrew Freedman / Photography: Aidan Maguire / Editing: Maeve O’Boyle / Music: Denis Clohessy / Cast: Spencer Tofts, Glenn Dalton
Filmography: Pandore (2010) / Thermidor (2009) / Autoproduction (2009) / Commissariat (2009) / Chroniques de 2005 (2007) / L’Oiseau D’Or (2004)
Filmography: Joy (2011) / Needle Exchange (2010) / The Knife (2009) / The Discreet Charms of the Refugee (2007) / No Regrets in the West (2007) / Jinn (2005) / Break Away (2004)
Contact: Kazak Production: Jean-Christophe Reymond, +33 148243057, info@kazakproductions.fr
Good films can be made during a lunch break. The Swedish filmmaker Robin Färdig shot this sketchy and politically incorrect one-liner of a short during a break at the shoot of his film in the Philippines. Production: Marcus Fransman / Photography: Robin Färdig / Editing: Robin Färdig, Sherad Anthony Sanchez / Sound: Finn Hensner Filmography: Balangay (2010) / Young Man Who Pitties Himself (2010) / A Short Love Story (2010) / Sambuca Kid (2010) / I Love the Game of the Hockey (2009) / Us (2008) Contact: Agitprop: Robin Färdig, +46 736781979, robinfardig@gmail.com
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Contact: Venom Films: Andrew Freedman, +353 14975980, freedman@venom.ie
Production: Jean-Christophe Reymond / Photography: Virgil Vernier, Ilan Klipper / Editing: Eulalie Korenfeld / Sound: Virgil Vernier, Ilan Klipper
COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY DOCU 3: ECCENTRICS THU 17 – 15:45 – LUX 5 / FRI 18 – 22:30 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 17:15 – LUX 2
DOCU 4: DISPLACED FRI 18 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 13:45 – LUX 6
InBreath
The Contract
Tussilago
Director: Linda Olte Latvia / 2009 / video / 13’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Lina Mannheimer Sweden / 2010 / video / 13’
Director: Jonas Odell Sweden / 2010 / 35mm / 14’
We live, and we don’t know that at this very instant a new soul comes into the world. A film about the most magic moment of life.
The 5th of May 2005, Beverly Charpentier declares an oath of allegiance to Catherine Robbe-Grillet. Hereby she gives up her freedom, for the rest of her life.
West German terrorist Norbert Kröcher was arrested in Stockholm on March 31, 1977 for planning to kidnap Swedish politician Anna-Greta Leijon. Other suspects were arrested in the following days. One was Kröcher’s ex-girlfriend, “A”. This is her story.
ieElpot
Production: Uldis Cekulis / Script: Linda Olte / Photography: Valdis Celminš / Editing: Linda Olte / Music: Janis Žilde / Sound: Aigars Endzelis Filmography: InBreath (2009) / Panorama 50 (2008) / Imperishable Rule – XXIV Latvian Song and Dance Festival (2008) / Nature Concert Hall Phylloscopus collybita (2007) / One Language (2007) / Talk to me Latvian! (2006) Contact: Vides Filmu Studija: Uldis Cekulis, +371 67503588, uldis@vfs.lv
Kontraktet
Production: Erika Wasserman / Script: Catherine Robbe-Grillet / Photography: Fredrik Wenzel / Editing: Lina Mannheimer / Music: Erik Häusler / Sound: Jocelyn Robert / Cast: Beverly Charpentier, Catherine Robbe-Grillet Filmography: De Fem Sinnena (2010) / The Contract (2010) Contact: Swedish Film Institute: Sara Rüster, +46 86651141, sara.ruster@sfi.se
Production: Linda Hambäck / Script: Jonas Odell / Photography: Per Helin / Editing: Jonas Odell / Music: Martin Landquist / Sound: Fredrik Jonsäter / Animation: Jonas Odell, Per Helin, Susanne Sturesson a.o. / Cast: Malin Buska, Camaron Silverek, Sandra Karinsdotter, Boris Navratil a.o. Filmography: Tussilago (2010) / Lies (2008) / Never Like the First Time! (2005) / Family & Friends (2002) / Body Parts (1993 – 1995) Contact: Swedish Film Institute: Andreas Fock, +46 86651136, andreas.fock@sfi.se
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DOCU 4: DISPLACED FRI 18 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 13:45 – LUX 6
Playground
Out Of Love
Director: Susanna Helke Finland / 2010 / video / 30’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Birgitte Stærmose Denmark / 2009 / video / 29’
A group of guys get together on a playground in a wooded suburb of Helsinki. A global diaspora has thrown these boys together from all corners of the world, and they have known each other all their lives. Their rootless existences have bound these boys together. Under the hysterical cacophony, they are thinking about the big and difficult questions in life.
Fusing documentary and fiction, Out of Love depicts the lives of children trying to survive the aftermath of war in Kosovo by selling cigarettes on the street. Through monologues performed by the children against the eerie backdrops of Pristina, the film tells their gripping and sad story of memory, loss and fear.
Leikkipuisto
Production: Cilla Werning / Script: Susanna Helke, Jan Ijäs / Photography: Heikki Färm / Editing: Susanna Helke / Music: Sanna Salmenkallio / Sound: Anne Tolkkinen / Website: www.forreal.fi Filmography: Playground (2010) / Along the Road Little Child (2005) / War (2005) / Spring (2005) / The Idle Ones (2001) / A Soap Dealer’s Sunday (1998) Contact: For Real Productions: Hanna Aartolahti, +35 8412921111, info@forreal.fi
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Ønskebørn
Production: Jesper Morthorst / Script: Peter Asmussen / Photography: Marek Septimus Wieser / Editing: Anne Østerud / Music: Jomi Massage / Sound: Kristian Eidnes Andersen Filmography: Out of Love (2009) / Sophie (2006) / Istedgade (2006) / Small Avalanches (2003) / Now Look at Me (2001) Contact: Danish Film Institute: Anne Marie Kürstein, +45 33743609, kurstein@dfi.dk
COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY DOCU 5: HOME SWEET HOME THU 17 – 13:45 – LUX 5 / FRI 18 – 15:00 – LUX 5 / SAT 19 – 15:45 – LUX 6
For Home Viewing
Rancho Texas
Surpriseville
Director: Mikhail Zheleznikov Russia / 2009 / video / 30’
Director: Justus Pasternak & Pencil Quincy Germany / 2010 / video / 24’
Director: Tim Travers Hawkins Scotland / 2010 / video / 10’ / Dutch premiere
Soviet school, Olympic Bear, death of Brejnev, Perestroika, the long awaited adult life. The trees under my window used to be so small, and now it’s difficult to see anything behind them.
A dusty ranch in the blazing sun. Charles Bronson puts on his Stetson and walks out to feed the horses. Yes, this is definitely the right man in the right place. But something is wrong here. Where is the enemy? Is this really the crime-fighting vigilante we all know from Charles Bronson´s classical movies?
Surprise, Arizona is a master-planned city, where everything is done to make your life as safe and enjoyable as possible and strict bylaws, gates and walls ensure that you have nothing, whatsoever to fear. But what are the neighbours afraid of?
Dlia Domashnego Prosmotra
Production: Mikhail Zheleznikov / Script: Mikhail Zheleznikov / Photography: Dmitry Frolov, Solmaz Guseynova / Editing: Mikhail Zheleznikov / Music: Denis Sladkevich / Narration: Mikhail Zheleznikov / Sound: Alexander Dudarev / Website: www.zheleznikov.com Filmography: For Home Viewing (2010) / Together (2010) / Timewarp (2008) / Booths (2008) / Collection N1 (2006) / Lara, Her Dogness (2003) / Tales On The Marshes (2002) Contact: Mikhail Zheleznikov, +79 052600535, mikhail.zheleznikov@gmail.com
Production: Justus Pasternak / Script: Pencil Quincy / Photography: Justus Pasternak / Editing: Pencil Quincy / Music: Friedrich Paravicini / Sound: Friedrich Paravicini, Justus Pasternak / Cast: Robert Kovacs / Website: www.ranchotexas-film.com Filmography: Rancho Texas (2010)
Production: Carina Wilson / Photography: Keidrych Wasley / Editing: Tim Grabham / Music: Jamie Doe / Sound: Louis Hernandez Filmography: Supriseville (2010) / 1000 Voices (2009) / Oury Jalloh (2008) / El Otro Lado de la Cienaga (2008) / China o Japon? (2007) Contact: Scottish Documentary Institute: Finlay Pretsell, +44 1312216116, f.pretsell@eca.ac.uk
Contact: Justus Pasternak, +49 017627293349, j.pasternak@ironlobster.com
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DUTCH 2: WHO ARE YOU? THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 13:30 – LUX 5
Spitting Ink
DUTCH 3: CRAZY THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 21:00 – LUX 2
Sailor & Son
Plank
Director: Ralph de Haan & Lars Siemens the Netherlands / 2009 / video / 40’
Director: Loeske Bult the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 20’ / World premiere
Director: Billy Pols the Netherlands / 2009 / video / 15’
Eight contemporary poets talk about their love for words, why they write, and what inspires them to continue writing. They depict why poetry is still a vital written and oral tradition. Graffiti covered New York streets and bars are their stages. Spitting Ink is a stylized portrait of a worldwide underground phenomenon.
Sailor & Son is an intimate portrait of a father and son who live together. Father is 85 and has poor eyesight, but still takes care of his 43 year old son who is mentally challenged. They have a complicated and touching relationship
A Dutch-Moroccan boy puts everything at stake to become the best skateboarder in the world despite the uncomfortable feeling at home.
Production: Ralph de Haan, Lars Siemens / Script: Ralph de Haan, Lars Siemens / Photography: Wouter Westendorp / Editing: Arthur Ivens / Music: Mike Ladd / Narration: Eric Thomas Guerrieri / Sound: Ralph de Haan / Animation: Niels Shoe Meulman / Cast: Rammellzee, Mike Ladd, Beans, Bang Bang a.o. / Website: www.spittingink.com
Filmography: Sailor & Son (2010)
Filmography: Spitting Ink (2009) Contact: Ralph de Haan, +31 627095192, rlphdhn@gmail.com
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Schipper & Zoon
Editing: Loeske Bult / Website: www.loeskebult.nl
Contact: Loeske Bult, +31 627408526, bloeske@hotmail.com
Production: Jeroen van den Idsert / Photography: Daniel Bouquet / Editing: Govert Janse, Brian Ent / Sound: Jaap Hermans / Cast: Nassim Guammaz Filmography: Plank (2009) / Tokkeloshe (2007) / My House (2005) Contact: Hazazah Pictures: Liedewij Theisens, +31 204226422, liedewij@hazazah.com
ANIMATION
EUROPEAN COMPETITION SHORT TIP Paths of Hate is a Polish computer animation, where the authors have succeeded in creating a very individual style of 3D. Popping action and a clear message, conveyed without being pedantic.
Humorous, absurd or very personal, but always recognizable and therefore significant. This selection shows the power of animation as a mature narrative medium, and the wealth of styles that are fitting for the subjects. The overall quality of this year’s animation entries was high, with a few unexpected highlights. A large selection of films rightly addresses the suffering of the world. These filmmakers ask viewers how to proceed, or to hold a mirror to their faces. On a smaller scale, the relationships and problems of particular people are viewed in exquisite detail. Egbert de Ruiter
The animation shorts are selected with help of Egbert de Ruiter, now in his third year. Egbert is the Senior Lecturer 3D Animation and Visual effects at the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU). Five of his students produced the trailer for this year’s festival. GOSHORT/2011 37
ANIMATION COMPETITION ANIMATION 1: TRAPPED FRI 18 – 23:00 – LUX 2 / SAT – 11:15 – LUX 2
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
Vasco
The Smaller Room
Director: Martin Wallner & Stefan Leuchtenberg Germany|United Kingdom / 2010 / video / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Sébastien Laudenbach France|Belgium / 2010 / 35mm / 11’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Cristóbal León & Nina Wehrle Switzerland / 2009 / video / 2’
When his father dies unexpectedly, a young man seeking to cope with his grief goes on a powerful emotional journey through time and space.
You have gone, Vasco, you wanted to go far away. But we kept you back, with concrete and kisses, and you tasted the blood of whales. But it was not enough, you wanted to go further, towards the horizon that fascinated you so much. But how far will you go, Vasco?
Production: Nils Dünker / Script: Martin Wallner Photography: Dancing Squirrel / Editing: Dancing Squirrel / Music: Lars Deutsch / Narration: Ian McKellen Sound: Heiko Müller / Animation: Onni Pohl a.o. / Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Richard McCowen / Website: www.lostbox.de Filmography: A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (2010) Contact: Lailaps Pictures: Nils Dünker, +49 8954270830, duenker@lailaps-pictures.com
Production: Arnaud Demuynck / Script: Sébastien Laudenbach / Music: Olivier Mellano / Sound: Elias Vervecken / Animation: Hugo Frassetto, Julien Laval, Sébastien Laudenbach / Cast: Mathilde Braure, Elina Löwensohn, Thomas Rouer Filmography: Vasco (2010) / Regarder Oana (2009) / Des Câlins dans les Cuisines (2004) / Journal (1998) Contact: Les Films du Nord: Arnaud Demuynck, +33 320111130, smr@euroanima.net
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Der Kleiner Raum
In a room there is a box. In the box there is a forest. In the forest there is a lost child. Living beings made out of paper appear and vanish in Der Kleinere Raum. Production: Cristóbal León, Nina Wehrle / Script: Cristóbal León, Nina Wehrle / Editing: Cristóbal León, Nina Wehrle / Narration: Cristóbal León, Nina Wehrle Sound: Cristóbal León, Nina Wehrle / Animation: Cristóbal León, Nina Wehrle / Website: www.itsrainingelephants.ch Filmography: Luis (2008) / Lucía (2007) / Nocturno de Chile (2007) / Hansel & Gretel (2005) Contact: Cristobal Leon, +31 685775604, leondooner@gmail.com
COMPETITION ANIMATION ANIMATION 1: TRAPPED FRI 18 – 23:00 – LUX 2 / SAT – 11:15 – LUX 2
Stones
Ámár
The Girl & the Hunter
Director: Katarína Kerekesova Slovakia / 2010 / 35mm / 26’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Isabel Herguera Spain / 2010 / 35mm / 8’
Director: Jadwiga Kowalska Switzerland / 2010 / 35mm / 5’ / Dutch premiere
An innovative puppet musical, which combines emotionally strong music, unconfined space, passion and fear. A story about a quarry where ten men are working. They resemble the rocks which they move everyday in the mechanical rhythm of their work. One evening, this rhythm is disturbed because the quarry is visited by the foreman’s wife...
Inés travels to India to visit her friend Ámár, who has been living in a mental institution for years. Inés remembers the last days they spent together and her promise to return.
It’s raining. A small village is in big trouble. The raindrops are actually a young girl’s tears. And it’s up to the hunter to put things in order.
Kamene
Production: Katarina Kerekesova / Script: Katarina Kerekesova / Photography: Peter Hudak / Editing: Marek Kralovsky / Music: Marek Piacek / Sound: Peter Mojzis / Animation: Katarina Kereksova and collective Filmography: Stones (2010) / Origin of the World (2002) / Lovers Without Clothes (1997)
La Fille & le Chasseur
Production: Isabel Herguera / Script: Isabel Herguera Photography: Eduardo Elosegi / Editing: Isabel Herguera / Music: Xabier Erkizia / Narration: Isabel Herguera / Sound: Xabier Erkizia / Website: www.kimuak.com
Production: Claude Barras, Jadwiga Kowalska / Script: Jadwiga Kowalska / Photography: Ralph Kühne, Jadwiga Kowalska / Editing: Marina Rosset / Music: Valerie Koloszar / Sound: Denis Séchaud / Animation: Jadwiga Kowalska, Florian Grolig / Cast: Patric Gehrig, Joan Seiler / Website: www.0x2a.ch
Filmography: Ámár (2010) / La Gallina Ciega (2005) / Los Muertitos (1993) / Safari (1989) / Cante de Ida y Vuelta (1989) / Spain Loves You (1988)
Filmography: The Girl & the Hunter (2010) / Tôt ou Tard (2008) / Die Erde Ist Rund (2006) / Invasion Of Kraków (2006)
Contact: KIMUAK: Txema Muñoz, +34 943115511, kimuak@filmotecavasca.com
Contact: Jadwiga Kowalska, +41 797800567, jadwiga.kowalska@0x2a.ch
Contact: Fool Moon: Maria Lampertova, +42 1910272035, maria.lampertova@foolmoonfilm.com
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ANIMATION COMPETITION ANIMATION 2: ALL THE WAY THU 17 – 21:45 – LUX 5 / FRI 18 – 20:30 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 21:30 – LUX 5
Big Bang Big Boom
Love & Theft
Pixels
Director: BLU Italy / 2010 / video / 10’
Director: Andreas Hykade Germany / 2010 / digital / 7’
Director: Patrick Jean France / 2010 / digital / 3’
A short unscientific story about evolution and his consequences.
“And I’m still carrying the gift you gave, It’s a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved, It’ll be with me unto the grave And then unto eternity.” (Bob Dylan)
New York invasion by 8-bit creatures!
Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann / Script: Andreas Hykade / Sound: Heiko Maile / Animation: Andreas Hykade
Filmography: Pixels (2010)
Production: ARTSH.it / Sound: Andrea Martignoni / Animation: BLU / Website: www.blublu.org Filmography: Big Bang Big Boom (2010) / Combo (2009) / Muto (2008) / Letter A (2007) / ffwd (2006) / Child (2005) Contact: artsh.it: Silvia Siberini, +39 3484505913, artsh.it@gmail.com
Filmography: Love & Theft (2010) / The Bunjies (since 2007) / Jesus (since 2006) / The Runt (2006) / Tom & the Slice of Bread with Strawberryjam & Honey 1 – 52 (since 2003) / Ring of Fire (2000) / We lived in Grass (1995) / The King is Dead (1990) Contact: Studio FILM BILDER: Simone Fischer, +49 711481027, studio@filmbilder.de
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Production: Onemoreprod / Script: Patrick Jean / Music: Nicolas Vitte / Sound: Benoît Cauet / Animation: Patrick Jean / Website: www.autourdeminuit.com
Contact: Autour de Minuit: Amandine Boué, + 33 142811728, amandine@autourdeminuit.com
COMPETITION ANIMATION ANIMATION 2: ALL THE WAY THU 17 – 21:45 – LUX 5 / FRI 18 – 20:30 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 21:30 – LUX 5
The Uzine, or the Revenge of Mr Staach
The External World
12 Years
Director: Nicolas Diologent France / 2010 / digital / 17’ / Dutch premiere
Director: David O’Reilly Germany / 2010 / digital / 15’
Director: Daniel Nocke Germany / 2010 / video / 4’
A little girl creates an imaginary universe and transforms her father into a hero nonconformist. Her story strangely echoes reality...
A boy learns to play the piano.
For twelve years she ignored sneers and mockery and stood up for her relationship. But that was probably a mistake.
L’Uzine, ou la Vengeance de Mr Staach
Production: Isabelle Ternat / Script: Nicolas Diologent Photography: Frédéric Mainçon / Editing: Laurent Pannier / Music: Alexandre Mosca / Sound: Emmanuel Lalande / Animation: Nicolas Diologent / Cast: Olivier Broche, Aloïs Serreau Dumontier Filmography: The Uzine, or the Revenge of Mr. Staach (2010) / X–Makina (2005) Contact: Nicolas Diologent, +33 661580979, nikodio@hotmail.com
Production: Henning Kamm, David O’Reilly / Script: David O’Reilly / Music: Bram Meindersma / Sound: Bram Meindersma Filmography: The External World (2010) / Please Say Something (2009) / Octocat adventure (2008) / RGB XYZ (2008) Contact: DETAiLFILM: Ines Schiller, +49 3060981248, schiller@detailfilm.de
12 Jahre
Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann / Script: Daniel Nocke / Music: Klangerfinder / Sound: Stephan Radom Animation: Martin Schmidt, Emanuel Strixner & Julian Vavrovsky / Website: Leslie Malton, Joel Kirby Filmography: 12 Years (2010) / Kein Platz für Gerold (2006) / Der moderne Zyklop (2001) / Die Trösterkrise (1999) / Schnee von gestern (1999) / Der Peitschenmeister (1998) / Die Fischerswitwe (1996) / Ach Kinder (1994) Contact: Studio FILM BILDER: Simone Fischer, +49 711481027, studio@filmbilder.de
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ANIMATION COMPETITION ANIMATION 2: ALL THE WAY
ANIMATION 3: LOST & LONGING THU 17 – 20:00 – LUX 6 / FRI 18 – 15:00 – LUX 2
Paths of Hate
The Eyes of the Lighthouse
Journey to Cape Verde
Director: Damian Nenow Poland / 2010 / 35mm / 10’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Pedro Serrazina Portugal / 2010 / 35mm / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Director: José Miguel Ribeiro Portugal / 2010 / video / 17’ / Dutch premiere
Paths of Hate is a short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.
On a rocky island exposed to the elements, a lighthouse keeper lives alone with his daughter. From the top of his tower, the father keeps vigil to the horizon line and for the safety of the passing sails. With no other company, the girl develops a unique complicity with the sea, which brings her toys in the shape of debris on the shore. Following the rhythm of the waves, these objects will unveil previous events, memories that the tide cannot erase…
This is the story of a sixty day long walk in Cape Verde. No mobile phone, no watch, no plans for what to do next – only the bare essentials in the backpack. Our traveler explores the mountains, the villages, the sea, a talking tortoise, the goats, the music, the dry haze, the people of Cape Verde and an essential part of himself.
Production: Marcin Kobylecki / Script: Damian Nenow Editing: Damian Nenow / Music: Jaroslaw Wojcik / Sound: Maciej Tegi / Animation: Damian Nenow / Website: www.pathsofhate.com Filmography: Paths of Hate (2010) / Great Escape (2006) / The Aim (2004) Contact: Platige Image: Agnieszka Piechnik, +48 228446474, piechnik@platige.com
Os Olhos do Farol
Production: José Miguel Ribeiro, Nuno Beato / Script: Pedro Serrazina / Editing: Pedro Serrazina, Cátia Salgueiro, Ralph Foster / Music: Harry Escott / Animation: Carina Beringuilho, David Doutel, Pedro Brito, Rita Cruchinho Filmography: The Eyes of the Lighthouse (2010) / A Distant Song (2001) / Tale about the Cat and the Moon (1995) / Within (1998) / One Minute about my Life (1997) Contact: Agencia da Curta Metragem: Salette Ramalho, +351 252 646683, agencia@curtas.pt
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Viagem a Cabo Verde
Production: Eva Yébenes, José Miguel Ribeiro, Nuno Beato / Script: José Miguel Ribeiro / Editing: Diogo Carvalho, João Miguel Real / Narration: José Miguel Ribeiro / Sound: Pedro Lima / Animation: Alexandra Ramires, Carina Beringuilho, David Doutel, Filipa Gomes da Costa a.o. Filmography: Journey to Cape Verde (2010) / Dodu – The Cardboard Boy (2010) / Sunday Drive (2009) / Wind’s Embrace (2004) / The Suspect (1999) Contact: Agencia da Curta Metragem: Salette Ramalho, +351 252 646683, agencia@curtas.pt
COMPETITION ANIMATION ANIMATION 3: LOST & LONGING THU 17 – 20:00 – LUX 6 / FRI 18 – 15:00 – LUX 2
Millhaven
Laterarius
Springtime in Varnu Street
Director: Bartek Kulas Poland / 2010 / video / 7’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Marina Rosset Switzerland / 2010 / 35mm / 4’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Edmunds Jansons Latvia / 2009 / video / 23’
Teenage Loretta is aware of the fact that everything leads to death. Will she be able to do a “dance” of life? For the first time, the untold story about the heroine of a dark ballad written by Nick Cave and boldly interpreted by Katarzyna Groniec – “Polish Edith Piaf”.
A man meets a woman. Everything is going well, so well that the following morning he decides to go and build a lovely house for her. She follows him.
Janka, a Riga suburbian lad in his dream manages to save Zelma even from a fire, and gets decorated with medal – a button that has been flattened on tram rails. Will he be courageous enough to stand up for his love in the eyes of everyone in the yard and park, where the Indians from the neighboring street are lurking?
Production: Bartek Kulas / Script: Bartek Kulas / Editing: Bartek Kulas / Music: Nick Cave, Katarzyna Groniec / Animation: Bartek Kulas / Website: www.bartekkulas.com
Production: Marina Rosset / Script: Marina Rosset / Editing: Marina Rosset / Music: Wendy McNeill / Sound: Philipp Sellier / Animation: Marina Rosset Filmography: Laterarius (2010) / La main de l’ours (2008) / Botteoubateau (2007) / November (2006) / Après le chat (2005)
Pavasaris Varnu Iela
Production: Sabine Andersone / Script: Inga Abele / Editing: Edmunds Jansons / Music: Edgars Šubrovskis / Narration: Kaspars Znotinš / Sound: Anrijs Krenbergs / Animation: Martinš Duminš / Website: www.atomart.lv
Filmography: Millhaven (2010) Contact: Krakow Film Foundation: Katarzyna Wilk, +48 122946945, katarzyna@kff.com.pl
Contact: Marina Rosset, +41 774770329, marina.rosset@gmail.com
Filmography: How the Shammies Bathed (2010) / Springtime in Varnu Street (2009) / Little Bird’s Diary (2007) / Scissorman (2005) / The Black Spawn (2003) / White (2000) Contact: Atom Art: Sabine Andersone, + 37 167612709, sabine@atomart.lv
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ANIMATION COMPETITION DUTCH 2: WHO ARE YOU? THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 13:30 – LUX 5
DUTCH 3: CRAZY THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 21:00 – LUX 2
Little Quentin
Things You’d Better Not Mix Up
Director: Albert ‘t Hooft & Paco Vink the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 7’
Director: Joost Lieuwma the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 2’
Oswald Bunny gets help from his friends Jack, Charlie the Clown and Mr.Wilco the astronaut to cover up a terrible crime! Oswald the big Bunny will not escape his punishment, nor will his companions. Murder is no child’s play!
A series of things you’d better not mix up.
Production: Arnoud Rijken / Script: Albert ‘t Hooft, Paco Vink / Editing: Albert ‘t Hooft / Music: Maarten Spruijt / Sound: Jeroen Nadorp / Animation: Paco Vink
Filmography: Things You’d Better Not Mix Up (2010) / Once Upon a Time in my Wife (2005)
Filmography: Little Quentin (2010) / Paultje en de Draak (2008) Contact: il Luster Productions: Chris Mouw, +31 302400768, distribution@illuster.nl
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Production: Jiek Weishut / Script: Joost Lieuwma / Music: Alexander Reumers, Jorrit Kleijnen / Sound: Iwan van Wijk / Animation: Joost Lieuwma
Contact: Netherlands Institute for Animation Film: Ursula van den Heuvel, + 31 135324085, ursula@niaf.nl
THE LABO
EUROPEAN COMPETITION SHORT TIP Voodoo is a beautiful film about a man who tries to get a grip on his fears. It has little plot, and barely gives the viewer enough input to visualize the protagonist. The film gradually unfolds, while carefully guarding its secret. It has a strong, fatalistic atmosphere and unexpected funny moments.
The experimental character of these films lies not in formal or material experiments, but in the search for different ways to tell a story. A large number of films give a deliberate glimpse behind the scenes, and show the ‘flipside’ of the sets, the acting, the actors and their roles. Yet there is no common denominator for this selection, except maybe the high cinematic quality of all films. Lots of attention has been given to camera work and editing. Without the rush of video clip-styled editing, it gives the viewer the chance to explore the image. Even in a short time span, the images get enough time to work their way in. Manon Bovenkerk
This is the first year in which Manon Bovenkerk contributes to the shorts selection for The Labo. She works as a visual artist and is a curator for ZAAL5, the platform for moving images at Filmhuis Den Haag. Previously she worked for the Urban Explorers Festival in Dordrecht and a number of independent art spaces. GOSHORT/2011 45
THE LABO COMPETITION THE LABO 1: INTO THE DEEP FRI 18 – 13:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 15:15 – LUX 2
The Death of an Insect
Too Damn Late
Voodoo
Director: Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen animation / Finland / 2010 / 35mm / 7’
Director: Anna Martine Nilsen & Maria Antolini documentary|fiction / Norway / 2009 / video / 8’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Sandro Aguilar fiction / Portugal / 2010 / 35mm / 30’
Erään Hyönteisen Tuho
In a lifeless urban landscape where time itself has stopped its crawl, a mad ballet is commencing and a newly hatched butterfly is about to die. This tragic story was constructed using dead insects gathered from forgotten attics and tool sheds, between window panels and cobwebs. It combines a number of animation techniques from classic stop-motion animation to animated 3D models of x-ray CT-scanned insects. Production: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen / Script: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen / Photography: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikolainen / Music: Joonatan Portaankorva / Sound: Olli Huhtanen / Animation: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen Filmography: The Death of an Insect (2010) / Hanasaari A (2009) Contact: Pohjankonna Oy: Hannes Vartiainen, +35 8503209050, hannes@pohjankonna.fi 46 GOSHORT/2011
Too Damn Late is an ode to crafting the written word, with cameras searching the storefronts of Buenos Aires, creating a visual homage to typography, old and new alike. The film is directed by Anna Martine Nilsen and María Antolini, with Kjetil Fredriksen’s song Too Damn Late as the keynote and companion.
All sympathetic magic is based upon two principles: the first called the Law of Similarity says that “likes produce likes,” or that an effect resembles its cause; the second, called the Law of Contagion or contact says that all things having been in contact with each other continue to react upon one and another at a distance even after they have been severed or disconnected. A fearful man meets a disquiet woman. Do you believe in magic?
Production: Anna Martine Nilsen, María Antolini / Script: Anna Martine Nilsen / Photography: Anna Martine Nilsen, María Antolini / Editing: Christoffer Heie / Music: Kjetil Fredriksen / Cast: Luis Zorz, Mario Poggio, Liliana Ferrero, El Finito / Website: www.toodamnlate.com
Production: Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar / Script: Sandro Aguilar / Photography: Rui Xavier / Editing: Sandro Aguilar / Sound: Pedro Melo / Cast: Albano Jerónimo, Filipe Duarte, Isabel Abreu a.o.
Filmography: Too Damn Late (2009)
Filmography: Mercury (2010) / Voodoo (2010) / Archive (2007) / The Serpent (2005) / Remains (2002) / In Between (2001) / Motionless (2000)
Contact: Anna Martine Nilsen, +47 90169853, hello@annamartinenilsen.net
Contact: Agencia da Curta Metragem: Salette Ramalho, +35 1252646683, agencia@curtas.pt
COMPETITION THE LABO THE LABO 1: INTO THE DEEP FRI 18 – 13:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 15:15 – LUX 2
Cycle
Deep End Dance
Splitting the Atom
Director: Volker Schreiner fiction|found footage / Germany / 2010 / video / 4’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Conor Horgan dance / Ireland / 2010 / video / 6’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Edouard Salier animation / France / 2010 / video / 5’
A fully dressed man is pushed into a swimming pool by his mother. He brushes himself off and starts dancing underwater, always aware that she’s watching. After a while she joins him, and they play out the story of their relationship through the underwater dance
The last of the last particles. Divisible, invisible...
Production: Martha O’Neill / Script: David Bolger / Photography: Richard Kendrick / Editing: Roisin O’Donnell / Music: Michael Fleming / Cast: David Bolgr, Madge Bolger / Website: www.wildfirefilms.net
Filmography: Atlas Air (2010) / Splitting the Atom (2010) / 4 (2009) / Flesh (2005) / Empire (2005)
Clips from Curtiz to Lynch, from A Place in the Sun to White Noise. Assembled under the aspect of the dominating light source in each particular excerpt, which in this unsettling four minutes work shows off as the merciless ruler over the sound. Or, in the words of found-footage-virtuoso Volker Schreiner: “Rooms illuminated by oscilling light, lightened up in rhythmic intervals by lamps and neon signs or irregular flashes of light. People are waiting, awaiting, pondering, searching, worrying.” Production: Volker Schreiner / Editing: Volker Schreiner / Sound: Volker Schreiner / Website: www.volkerschreiner.de Filmography: Pair Of (2011) / Cycle (2010) / Grid (2009) / Scope (2008) / Teaching the Alphabet (2007) / Crosswords (2007) / From Afar (2007) / Cell (2006) / Radar (2006) / Counter (2004) a.o.
Production: Scream Park / Script: Edouard Salier / Editing: Edouard Salier / Music: Massive Attack / Animation: Julien Michel / Website: www.edouardsalier.fr
Contact: Autour de Minuit: Amandine Boué, + 33 142811728, amandine@autourdeminuit.com
Filmography: Deep End Dance (2010) / Divina Obsesión (1999) Contact: Wildfire Films: Rory Lorton, +35 316725553, rory@wildfirefilms.net
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THE LABO COMPETITION THE LABO 1: INTO THE DEEP FRI 18 – 13:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 15:15 – LUX 2
THE LABO 2: RECONSTRUCT THU 17 – 21:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 13:45 – LUX 6
Sister
Oral History
Don’t Bogart that Joint
Director: Michael Rittmannsberger fiction / Austria / 2010 / digital / 5’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Volko Kamensky fiction / Germany / 2009 / 35mm / 22´ / Dutch premiere
Director: Harald Schleicher found footage / Germany / 2010 / video / 9’ / Dutch premiere
Is there such a thing as a collective memory? And, assuming there is, would it be possible to represent it in some way? To question it? A report from the land of the Brothers Grimm.
An audio-visual trip into the genre of drugs in the cinema. The collage focuses on the aspects of use and abuse of soft and hard drugs, visual drug experience, sexuality and drugs, nightmares and metamorphoses, death and psychedelics. At the centre are attempts to lend mind-altering drug experiences a visual and auditory form. What’s left of the – cineastic – trip the next morning?
During a tragic incident in a public swimming area, a girl’s conflict with her sister has a disturbing outcome. Production: Michael Rittmannsberger / Script: Michael Rittmannsberger / Photography: Sonja Aufderklamm / Editing: Michael Rittmannsberger / Music: David Furrer / Cast: Mira Reisinger, Heidelinde Pfaffenbichler, Alexander TT Mueller / Website: www.sister-film.com
Production: Volko Kamensky / Photography: Uli Fischer / Editing: Volko Kamensky / Music: Gerhart Frei, Ricardo Alves / Sound: Julian Rohrhuber
Filmography: Abestempelt (2011) / Sister (2010) / Interviews (2010) / Valencia (2008)
Filmography: Oral History (2009) / All That We Have (2004) / Divina Obsesión (1999)
Contact: Michael Rittmannsberger, +43 6502169811, m.rittmannsberger@gmx.net
Contact: Volko Kamensky, +49 404385376, volko.kamensky@web.de
Production: Harald Schleicher / Editing: Harald Schleicher / Sound: Harald Schleicher / Animation: Harald Schleicher / Website: www.haraldschleicher.de Filmography: The Addiction Trilogy (2010) / Celluloidiva (2007/2008) / A Man’s Got To Do What a Man’s Got To Do (2005/2006) / Visual Therapy (2002) / True Words-Evil Images-Rough Rhythms (2001) / How to Become a Filmfreak in Seven Easy Lessons (1999) Contact: Harald Schleicher, +49 6119259220, haraldschleicher@uni-mainz.de
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COMPETITION THE LABO THE LABO 2: RECONSTRUCT THU 17 – 21:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 13:45 – LUX 6
All Men Are Called Robert
Versions (2010)
Transire
Director: Marc-Henri Boulier fiction / France / 2010 / video / 6’ / Dutch Premiere
Director: Oliver Laric visual essay / Germany / 2010 / digital / 9’
Director: Jöns Mellgren choreography / Sweden / 2010 / video / 4’ / International premiere
A naked man, his body covered with bruises, is running in the woods. He stops suddenly : who is this mysterious woman calling for help? And who are those men who are trying to shoot him?
Versions (2010) is a visual essay, a documentarytype film on protected authorship and piracy in various fields of creative production. Placed in a historical perspective, this copyright manifesto even goes back to the Classics and the 16thcentury iconoclasm. The film brings up numerous examples of reuse, such as, classic literature and its many followers, copies of classic sculptures, cam movies, Photoshopped news photos, and reuse of the same scenes in various animation films.
Tous les Hommes s’Appellent Robert
Production: Anaïs Bertrand, Rudolph Falaise / Script: Marc-Henri Boulier / Editing: Marc-Henri Boulier, Laurent Depla / Music: Jérome Gaillard / Sound: Capucine Courau / Cast: Gwenaël Pzrydatek Filmography: All Men Are Called Robert (2010) / La Danse du Crabe (2000)
Production: Oliver Laric / Website: www.oliverlaric.com Contact: Premium Films: Annebel Sebag, +33 142770639, salles@premium-films.com
Filmography: Versions (2010) / Versions (2009) / 50 50 (2008) / Touch My Body (2008) Down Up (2008)
A single dancer in a kaleidoscope versus a group of eight dancers mimicking each others moves. A short exploration of rituals attempting to create trance-like states. Production: Jöns Mellgren / Script: Jöns Mellgren / Photography: Oskar Idin / Editing: Jöns Mellgren / Music: Ida Lundén / Sound: Ida Lundén / Cast: Katarina Eriksson, Moa Autio, Sofia Harryson, Elin Hermansson / Website: www.jonsmellgren.com Filmography: Transire (2010) / Dark Island (2009) / The Snowglobe (2008) / Life and Death of Mr Potato (2007) Contact: Jöns Mellgren, +46 707706886, info@jonsmellgren.com
Contact: Netherlands Media Art Institute: Theus Zwakhals, +31 206237101, theus@nimk.nl
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THE LABO COMPETITION THE LABO 2: RECONSTRUCT THU 17 – 21:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 13:45 – LUX 6
DUTCH 4: EXPLORATIONS (THE DUTCH LABO) THU 17 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 16:15 – LUX 3
Zero Street
Stardust
Rihla
Director: Andrey Getov fiction / Bulgaria / 2010 / video / 4’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Nicolas Provost fiction|documentary / Belgium / 2010 / digital / 20’
Director: Gerbrand Burger animation / The Netherlands / 2010 / video / 10’
The second part of the trilogy where Provost investigates the boundaries of fiction and reality by filming everyday life with a hidden high resolution camera and editing the cinematic images by using cinematographic and narrative codes from the Hollywood film language. Provost takes his hidden camera to Las Vegas and films real Hollywood stars, to turn the glorious and ambiguous power of the gambling capital into an exciting crime story.
Rihla is a short film that shows the imaginary journey of a man who travels from Baku to Amsterdam. His character is composed of a collection of literary fragments dating from the 14th century until today. The original texts are largely written by Arabs travelling to Europe. The word Rihla means journey is search of wisdom or knowledge and is know by Ibn Battuta’s book by that title that forms a travelogue.
Production: Nicolas Provost / Photography: Nicolas Provost / Editing: Nicolas Provost / Sound: Nicolas Provost / Website: www.nicolasprovost.com
Production: Gerbrand Burger / Editing: Robin van Erven Dorens / Narration: Johan Leysen / Sound: Benedict Drew / Animation: Gerbrand Burger / Website: www.gerbrandburger.nl
Na Ulitsa Nula
A man carrying his suitcase... Where to? Production: Andrey Getov / Script: Andrey Getov / Photography: Ivan Vatsov / Editing: Svetoslav Vladimirov / Music: Trever Hagen / Sound: Vladimir Kaloyanov / Cast: Daniel Rashev / Website: www.revofilms.com/zerostreet Filmography: Zero Street (2010) / Göç: Stepping Across The Border (2010) / Magicians (2009) / Rebellion (2007 Contact: Andrey Getov, africandro@gmail.com
Filmography: Stardust (2010) / Storyteller (2010) / Long Live the New Flesh (2009) / Gravity (2007) / Plot Point (2007) / Suspension (2007) / The Divers (2006) / Exoticore (2004) / Oh Dear (2004) / Bataille (2004) / Papillon d’Amour (2003) / I Hate this Town (2002) / Need Any Help (2000) Contact: Netherlands Media Art Institute: Theus Zwakhals, +31 206237101, theus@nimk.nl 50 GOSHORT/2011
Filmography: Rihla (2010) / Lost Civilization (2009) / Morel’s Museum (2008) Contact: EYE Film Institute: Marta Jurkiewicz, +31 207582351, martajurkiewicz@eyefilm.nl
COMPETITION THE LABO DUTCH 4: EXPLORATIONS (THE DUTCH LABO) THU 17 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 16:15 – LUX 3
The Origin of Creatures
O How Sad
Birth of a Nation
Director: Floris Kaayk animation / The Netherlands / 2010 / video / 12’
Director: Maite Abella choreography / The Netherlands / 2009 / video / 9’
Director: Daya Cahen documentary / The Netherlands / 2010 / video / 10’
The Origin of Creatures is inspired by the biblical story of the Tower of Babel and is set in an imaginary future where the world is hit by a catastrophe. Among the remains of a devastated city lives that what is left of humanity. Human bodies are divided into separated parts of the body and are fused to special beings.
A meditation on the generational tension between a mother and daughter, captured during a harmonious stroll to the beach – a prelude to the wrestling sequence. In the increasing disarray of their intermingled bodies, a touching poignancy resurfaces.
At a military academy school in Moscow (the only one of its kind in the world), girls aged 11 to 17 are trained to be ideal citizens. They learn to sew, march, cook, sing, shoot, use make-up and plan military actions. They are trained not just to be ideal patriots, but also ideal women.
Production: Maite Abella / Script: Maite Abella / Photography: Maite Abella / Editing: Ramon Coelho / Music: Spanish women choir from Amsterdam / Cast: Rosita Grau, Sonia Abella
Photography: Daya Cahen / Editing: Daya Cahen
Filmography: O How Sad (2009) / The Waiting (2008) / I Am Stronger than Trees (2002) / Dejando Huella (2000)
Contact: EYE Film Institute: Marta Jurkiewicz, +31 207582351, martajurkiewicz@eyefilm.nl
Production: SeriousFilm / Script: Floris Kaayk / Photography: Reinier van Brummelen / Editing: Floris Kaayk / Music: Lennert Busch / Sound: Bart Jilesen / Animation: Floris Kaayk / Website: www.floriskaayk.com Filmography: The Origin of Creatures (2010) / Metalosis Maligna (2006) / The Order Electrus (2005)
O quam Tristis
Filmography: Birth of a Nation (2010) / Nashi (2008) / The Stalin that Was Played by Me (2006)
Contact: Nanna Heidenreich, +49 3026955110, nh@arsenal-berlin.de
Contact: EYE Film Institute: Marta Jurkiewicz, +31 207582351, martajurkiewicz@eyefilm.nl
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THE LABO COMPETITION DUTCH 4: EXPLORATIONS (THE DUTCH LABO) THU 17 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 16:15 – LUX 3
Muse
Dawn
Director: Margo Onnes fiction / The Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 11’
Director: Erwin Olaf fiction / The Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 5’
Through the decor of a sixties villa with pool, a young man wanders around musing. Haunted by the memory of a lost summer love that surrounds him with delusions, he gets caught in an uneasy condition of insomnia. Muse, an ode to classic French pool cinema, explores how the pool can be a cinematic symbol of the protagonist’s troubled mind.
Dawn is almost literally the negative pendant of Erwin Olaf’s video work and photo series Dusk. Both videos portray an ‘upper middle class’ family in a stylized home interior dating from the early 20th century. As in so many of Olaf’s works, Dusk and Dawn are characterized by an oppressive, almost suffocating atmosphere and an extreme degree of artificiality – the characters appear to be hiding behind a façade of suppressed emotions.
Script: Margo Onnes / Photography: Nanko Goeting / Editing: Margo Onnes / Music: Tomasz Kaye / Narration: Jonathan Rouah, Margo Onnes / Sound: Kim Sconewille / Cast: Andrea Sekulovic, Kristian de Leeuw Filmography: Muse (2010) / Nola Dee and the Ongoing Invasion of the Rats (2008) / Number Four (2007) / De Raaf (2006) / The Fly (2006) / The Village (2005) Contact: Margo Onnes, margo.onnes@gmail.com
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Production: Erwin Olaf / Script: Erwin Olaf / Sound: Reinder van Zalk / Website: www.erwinolaf.com Filmography: La Tristesse Riche (2010) / Dawn (2010) / Revanche 2 (2010) / Revanche 1 (2009) / Dusk (2009) / Grief (2007) / Le Dernier Cri (2006) / Annoyed (2005) / Wet (2005) / Rouge (2005) / Rain (2004) / Separation (2003) / Spanking Clowns (2000) Contact: Netherlands Media Art Institute: Theus Zwakhals, +31 206237101, theus@nimk.nl
BREAKING SHORTS
STUDENT COMPETITION
Films that are compelling, society driven, innovative and made by emerging talent. With 650 entries from film students from all over Europe, it was a real challenge to narrow it down to a varied selection of 20 films. All in all it’s an interesting program, with something for everyone. We found this year’s animation selection to be especially strong. Mobile is downright hilarious and Parade stands out because of its admiring simplicity in the use of color and shape. In the fiction department we were especially touched by Small Change, where the double meaning of the title reflects the somewhat hopeless situation the characters find themselves in. Breaking Ground
The films in the Breaking Shorts student competition are selected by Breaking Ground, a young and dynamic platform for European student films. Since the first edition, Breaking Ground and Go Short have been working together with great enthusiasm. In addition to selecting the competition program, Breaking Ground co-organizes the Go Short Student Campus. Breaking Ground travels all across Europe to pick up, screen, and exchange European student films. The platform brings young filmmakers together and introduces them to the film industry. For more info please visit the website: www.breakingground.eu. GOSHORT/2011 53
BREAKING SHORTS STUDENT COMPETITION BREAKING SHORTS 1: (UN)FINISHED BUSINESS THU 17 – 19:45 – LUX 5 / FRI 18 – 14:15 – LUX 3
Until the River Runs Red
Parade
Love birds
Director: Paul Wright fiction / United Kingdom / 2010 / video / 28’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Pierre-Emanuel Lyet animation / France / 2009 / video / 8’
Director: Brian Lye fiction / Czech Republic / 2010 / video / 7’ / Dutch premiere
16 year old Chloe is the only daughter of God. Travelling around with her parents she spends her days roaming around the secluded countryside searching for the mythical ‘Red River’. As Chloe’s story unfolds we realise the horrific truth of what brought them there. Production: Poss Kondeatis / Script: Paul Wright / Photography: Annika Summerson / Editing: Michael Aaglund / Music: Jean-Marc Petsas / Sound: Dario Swalde / Cast: Emma True, Gillian Bradbury, Charlotte Donnelly, Andy Gathergood
A character unshackles himself from the workings of his wild imagination in order to win over the woman of his dreams. Production: Virginie Giachino / Script: Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet / Music: Mathieu Balanant / Sound: Bruno Gueraçague-Tabaskko / Animation: Jean-Yves Castillon / Website: www.pelyet.free.fr
Two birds meet and fall in love. All is happy in their nest until their love is tested. Production: FAMU / Script: Brian Lye / Photography: Yana Rits / Editing: Michal Reich / Music: Adam Teeling / Sound: Bara Hovorkova / Cast: Maja Kovac, Bedrich Levy, Jiri Suchy, Karel Zima / Website: www.brianlye.com
Filmography: Parade (2009) Contact: Doncvoilá: Chloé Machenand, +33 952621331, parade@doncvoila.net
Filmography: Carry Me Home (2011) / Love Birds (2010) / Look at Them Run, Why Are They Running? (2009 Contact: Brian Lye, brianlye.sfs@gmail.com
Filmography: Until the River Runs Red (2010) / Believe (2009) / Photos of God (2009) Contact: National Film and Television School: Hemant Sharda, +44 1494731452, festivals@nfts.co.uk
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STUDENT COMPETITION BREAKING SHORTS BREAKING SHORTS 1: (UN)FINISHED BUSINESS THU 17 – 19:45 – LUX 5 / FRI 18 – 14:15 – LUX 3
BREAKING SHORTS 2: FAMILY MATTERS THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 15:45 – LUX 6
Mushrooms of Concrete
Homeland
Small Change
Director: Martijn Payens documentary / Belgium / 2010 / video / 27’
Director: Juan de Dios Marfil animation / Czech Republic|Spain / 2009 / video / 6’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Cathy Brady fiction / Ireland / 2010 / video / 17’ / Dutch premiere
750.000 bunkers were build in Albania between 1975 and 1989. They had to protect the country against an invasion which never came. Communism fell but the bunkers remained. What to do with these concrete mushrooms? Production: RITS Brussels / Script: Martijn Payens / Photography: Martijn Payens / Editing: Jan Vlieghe / Music: Mardit Leki / Narration: Nexhat Majollari / Sound: Gedeon Depauw / Website: www.martijnpayens.com Filmography: Mushrooms of Concrete (2010) / The Paradox of Choice (2009) / Perpetuum Mobile (2009) / Spin It. (2008) / Play and Run (2008) / For Each Other (2007) / Of the Tracks (2006)
Where there’s a will there’s a way. Script: Juan de Dios Marfil Atienza / Photography: Juan de Dios Marfil Atienza / Editing: Juan de Dios Marfil Atienza / Music: Juan de Dios Marfil Atienza / Sound: Javier Marfil Atienza Filmography: Homeland (2009) / Dreaming Crystals (2006) / Who Speaks in our Name? (2004) / A Strange Loop (2003) Contact: Juan de Dios Marfil, +34 670799278, bucham@gmail.com
Karen, a young single mother is bored by routine. Slot machines have become her secret thrill and addiction. With Christmas looming, a desperate hope for a big win sees her life spiral out of control. Production: Tommy Fitzpatrick / Script: Cathy Brady / Photography: Luca Rochinni / Editing: Conor Fitzpatrick / Music: Gareth Averill / Sound: Kelley McGuill / Cast: Nora-Jane Noone, Rozlyn Sheridan, Tina Maxwell, Holly Glenn / Website: www.smallchangeshort.com Filmography: Small Change (2010) Contact: Tommy Fitzpatrick, +35 386851844, fitztommyfilms@gmail.com
Contact: Martijn Payens, info@martijnpayens.com
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BREAKING SHORTS STUDENT COMPETITION BREAKING SHORTS 2: FAMILY MATTERS THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 15:45 – LUX 6
It’s me. Helmut.
Piggy
Charcoal Burners
Director: Nicolas Steiner fiction / Germany / 2009 / video / 11’ / Dutch Premiere
Director: Mihkel Ulk fiction / Estonia / 2009 / video / 18’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Piotr Zlotorowicz documentary / Poland / 2010 / video / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Helmut celebrates his 60th birthday on the day he is actually turning 57 (his wife miscalculated). As a facade of petit-bourgeois domesticity peels away, old friends drop by to offer some wellmeaning advice through bizarre declarations of love and transience…
Karin and Riho have grown apart from each other after fifteen years of marriage. As parents, they are too engrossed in the maze of their own relationship to notice what is happening in the lives of their sons – until the younger son pulls off a trick that makes his whole family reassess their reactions.
Ich Bin’s. Helmut.
Production: Anna-Luise Dietzel / Script: Nicolas Steiner, Stefanie Ren / Photography: Clemens Baumeister / Editing: Nicolas Steiner, Jan Anderegg / Music: Hidden White Horn Jazz Band / Sound: Sebastian Heeg / Cast: Mathias Zelic, Andreas Herzog, Suly Roethlisberger Filmography: It’s Me. Helmut. (2009) / Hol Dir Den Panthher (2007) / Vers_7 (2007) / MilchNacht (2007) / Meet Toni (2006) / Snatch & Kittie (2006) Contact: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg: Eva Steegmayer, +49 714196910, eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de
Pihv
Production: Piret Tibbo-Hudgins / Script: Triin Sinissaar / Photography: Mihkel Soe / Editing: Mihkel Ulk / Sound: Mart Otsa / Cast: Mari Abel, Andres Mähar, Gert Raudsepp, Ove Leisovnieks / Website: www.allfilm.ee Filmography: Piggy (2009) / MC Battle (2008) / Heart Affairs (2007) / Inspiration (2006) Contact: Allfilm: Piret Tibbo-Hudgins, +37 26729070, allfilm@allfilm.ee
Smolarze
Every summer, Marek and Janina work as charcoal burners in the Bieszczady Mountains. Far from civilization, in the heart of the mountains, they live according to the rhythm set by nature. The documentary joins the man and the woman from dawn till dusk, observing the slow passage of time. A visual anthem to the beauty of life. Production: Joanna Malicka / Script: Piotr Zlotorowicz / Photography: Malte Rosenfeld / Editing: Barbara Snarska / Music: Grigorij Lwowskij / Sound: Ewa Bogusz Filmography: Normal People (2011), Charcoal Burners (2010), Sleuth (2009), Łód – From Dusk till Dawn (2008), Garsoniera (2007), Chris (2007), Piece of Eternity (2006), Memory is in the Cemetery (2006), Live trough Szczecin (2005) Contact: Piotr Zlotorowicz, piotr.zlotorowicz@gmail.com
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STUDENT COMPETITION BREAKING SHORTS BREAKING SHORTS 2: FAMILY MATTERS THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 15:45 – LUX 6
BREAKING SHORTS 3: CIRCLE OF LIFE FRI 18 – 19:00 – LUX 5 / SAT 19 – 13:15 – LUX 2
Traumdeutung
From Here to There and Back Again
The Eagleman Stag
Director: Renko Douze documentary / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 21’ / World premiere
Director: Mikey Please animation / UK / 2010 / video / 9’ / Dutch premiere
Heen en terug Director: Lauri Warsta animation / United Kingdom / 2010 / video / 5’ Dreams, squirrels and videotapes. A man dreams of a squirrel and then – backed up by battery of machines – mounts an inquiry into the apparition of squirrels in other people’s dreams. Traumdeutung is an animation about tapping into the global reserve of dreams while crossing the border between documentary and surreal. Script: Lauri Warsta / Narration: Tony Guilfoyle / Sound: Juha Sirniö / Animation: Lauri Warsta Filmography: Traumdeutung (2010) / Dictaphone Parcel (2009) / Imaginary Solutions (2008) Contact: Las Palmas Films LTD: Lauri Warsta, +35 8405353348, lauri.warsta@laspalmas.nu
Three boys from elementary school are leaving for their final joint school camp. Four cameras show the expectant excitement on their way there and the wistful tiredness on their way back. Production: Renko Douze / Photography: Christian Paulussen / Editing: Renko Douze / Sound: Iwan van Wijk / Website: www.heenenterugdefilm.nl Filmography: From Here to There and Back Again (2010) Contact: Renko Douze, +31 653801583, mail@renkodouze.com
Peter’s life has been spent in both fascination and fear of his quickening perception of time with age. As he nears the end of his days, his interest turns to obsession and he undertakes progressively extreme measures to control and counter times increasing pace. Peter also discovers that if you repeat the word ‘fly’ for long enough it sounds like you’re saying ‘life’. This is of no real help to him. His answers lie in the brain of a beetle. Production: The Royal College of Art / Script: Mikey Please / Editing: Mikey Please / Music: Benedict Please / Animation: Mikey Please / Cast: David Cann, Tony Guilfoyle / Website: www.mikeyplease.co.uk Filmography: The Eagleman Stag (2010) / We are as Men as we were Once Then (2009) / Stennes Reel Four (2009) / The Shunning (2009) / Spectacular View (2007) / Crone (2007) / Glens Gloves (2007) Contact: Mikey Please, +44 7717885984, pleasemikeplease@gmail.com GOSHORT/2011 57
BREAKING SHORTS STUDENT COMPETITION BREAKING SHORTS 3: CIRCLE OF LIFE FRI 18 – 19:00 – LUX 5 / SAT 19 – 13:15 – LUX 2
Jessi
Mobile
Awake
Director: Mariejosephin Schneider fiction / Germany / 2010 / video / 33’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Verena Fels animation / Germany / 2010 / video / 6’
Director: Thaiddhi fiction / Czech Republic / 2009 / digital / 6’ / Dutch premiere
11-year-old Jessi lives with a foster family, her mother is in prison. Her longing for identity takes her back to the village she grew up in. Here she discovers that her search will have to continue beyond the confines of her old life Production: Bodo Knapheide / Script: Mariejosephin Schneider / Photography: Jenny Lou Ziegel / Editing: Inge Schneider / Music: Marian Mentrup / Sound: Manfred Bickmeier / Cast: Luzie Ahrens, Sophie Rogall, Pit Bukowski, Jasmin Rischar / Website: www.jessi-derfilm.de
A cow tips the balance of destiny with quite some impact. Production: Regina Welker / Script: Verena Fels / Music: Stefan Hiss / Animation: Verena Fels Filmography: Mobile (2010) / Moment (2007) / Frau Grau (2006) / Die Qual der Wahl (2004) Contact: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Eva Steegmayer, +49 7141969103, eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de
An unnamed man is trying to find a little girl only to lose himself in a dream-like state. The film is set far from reality, space or time in an intense atmosphere. Awake feels it´s way through deserted corridors and stairs- a subtle journey between dream and reality. Production: Matej Samal / Script: Konsant Kuzma / Editing: Thaiddhi / Cast: Seth Bowers, Anna Simakova Filmography: Awake (2009) Contact: Thaiddhi, +42 737793922, thaiddhi@gmail.com
Filmography: Jessi (2010) / Action Theatre in Bangladesh (2008) / Love Hurts (2006) / Die Letzte Garbe (2005) Contact: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Eva Steegmayer, +49 7141969103, eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de
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STUDENT COMPETITION BREAKING SHORTS BREAKING SHORTS 4: SINGULAR SITUATIONS THU 17 – 15:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 11:00 – LUX 3
How to Pick Berries
Lebensader
Sea of Desires
Director: Elina Talvensaari documentary / Finland / 2010 / 35mm / 19’
Director: Angela Steffen animation / Germany / 2009 / video / 6’
Director: Shota Gamisonia fiction / Russia / 2010 / video / 27’ / Dutch premiere
Visitors from a distant place appear in the misty swamps of Northern Finland. As harmless as they are, their foreign presence unwittingly disrupts the pace of local habits. They have come to look for berries, an activity that all of a sudden seems to embody all the values of local culture. Who is to blame and where do the profits end up? How to Pick Berries is an exploration of Finnish mind and the absurdities of global economy.
A little girl finds the whole world inside a leaf.
It is one day in the life of two friends. Their Moscow has got a real sea, the southern sun and homemade wine.
Production: Elina Talvensaari / Script: Elina Talvensaari, Mauro Fariñas / Photography: Joonas Pulkkanen / Editing: Markus Leppälä / Music: Pinja Kuusela / Sound: Pinja Kuusela
Contact: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg: Eva Steegmayer, +49 7141969103, eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de
Miten Marjoja Poimitaan
Production: Sinj Gebauer / Script: Angela Steffen / Music: Clangoin.com / Sound: Clangoin.com / Animation: Angela Steffen / Website: www.lebensader-film.com Filmography: Lebensader (2009) / Loko Mare (2005) / Meeting Me (2004) / Shadow Play (2002)
More Zhelaniy
Production: Ivan Lopatin / Script: Shota Gamisonia / Photography: Andrey Debabov / Editing: Timur Guzairov / Music: Anton Fyodorov / Cast: Elgudzha Burduli, Anton Fyodorov, Maksim Bramatkin Filmography: Sea of Desires (2010) / Field / Clowns / Apple... (2009) / We Used to Live in the Mountains (2007) Contact: Leevandia-entertainment: Ivan Lopatin, +79 266066206, leevandia@mail.ru
Filmography: How to Pick Berries (2010) / Palm Tree (2008) / Invisible Hand (2008) Contact: Aalto University – School of Art and Design: +35 8503317754, saara.toivanen@aalto.fi
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BREAKING SHORTS STUDENT COMPETITION BREAKING SHORTS 4: SINGULAR SITUATIONS THU 17 – 15:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 11:00 – LUX 3
Zaliger
Through Glass
Przez Szybe
Director: Nina Gantz animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 4’
Director: Igor Chojna fiction / Poland / 2010 / 35mm / 16’ / Dutch Premiere
A widower is facing the difficulties of being alone. Without his wife everything seems out of place. The table is set, but there’s no breakfast. He found his trousers but where’s his shirt? A film about loss, loneliness and learning to survive without a soulmate.
A young man arrives late for his aunt’s funeral, in a tiny village in central Poland. He’s confronted by a number of woman, who challenge his presence, as he is the only outsider that has interrupted the life this hermetic community. After he misses his last bus he is forced to stay for the night
Production: Nina Gantz / Script: Nina Gantz / Music: Raymund van Santen / Sound: Raymund van Santen / Animation: Nina Gantz
Production: Aleksandra Stepnik / Script: Igor Chojna / Photography: Jakub Czerwinski / Editing: Barbara Snarska / Music: “Akurat” / Sound: Ewa Bogusz / Cast: Monika Buchowiec, Kamil Bonczyk
Filmography: Zaliger (2010) / Weekend Retour (2009) / Buren (2009) / Steunen (2009) / Dreamsymphony (2008) / Gluren (2008) / OverEIND (2008) / Het Laatste Bezoek (2007) / Telefoon (2007)
Filmography: A Screening at the Tatry Cinema (2010) / Through Glass (2010) / Unwillingness (2009) / Terrorism (2008) / Julia (2007) / There Were So Many of Us (2006)
Contact: Netherlands Institute for Animation Film: Ursula van den Heuvel, heuvel@niaf.nl
Contact: Polish National Film School: Andrzej Bednarek, +48 426345820, swzfilm@filmschool.lodz.pl
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DUTCH COMPETITION SHORT TIP Anvers shows us a real and raw image of a family in times of financial crisis. The camera stays close to the skin of the characters, so you can’t escape their fate. The frustration and hopelesness of the situation keeps a hold on you throughout, and long after the film.
DUTCH SHORTS Dutch film is diverse and has been well-received outside of the Netherlands for many years. With a lot of upcoming talent, our national short film products remain in the spotlight. For two consecutive years the Go Short audience award was won by a Dutch film. This year we made a selection of our twenty favorites, with some familiar faces meeting the new kids on the block. Bodyparts on the loose, killer bunnies, skateboarding and urban poetry are just some of the elements you will encounter in this competition where all genres come together. Don´t hesitate, Go Dutch!
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DUTCH SHORTS DUTCH COMPETITION DUTCH 1: BITTERSWEET THU 17 – 23:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 17:00 – LUX 5
Trigger
Yoyoklon
Anvers
Director: Allard Westenbrink fiction / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 11’
Director: Frank ter Horst animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 4’
Director: Martijn Maria Smits fiction / the Netherlands / 2009 / video / 40’
A robber suddenly seems to be a plumber and decides to act like one.
Experimental short film combining motion graphics, object morphing and character & facial animation.
Martin loses his job as a result of the financial crisis. Together with his wife, Jasmijn, and their one year-old child, they are forced to move in with Jasmijn’s parents in their flat in Antwerp on a temporary basis’. The love between Martin and Jasmijn rapidly deteriorates.
Vlotter
Production: Joram Willink & Jan-Willem Wirtz / Script: Jaap Peter Enderle / Photography: Marc Redmeijer / Editing: Bas Icke / Sound: Jaim Sahuleka / Cast: Samir Veen, Loes Schnepper
Production: Frank ter Horst / Script: Frank ter Horst / Photography: Frank ter Horst / Editing: Frank ter Horst / Music: Frank ter Horst / Sound: Frank ter Horst / Animation: Frank ter Horst
Filmography: Trigger (2010) Contact: Stetz Film: Joram Willink, +31 203640030, joram@stetzfilm.nl
Filmography: The Other (2010) / Yoyoklon (2009) / Folly Symmetry (2008) / Amorphous Morphology (2007) Contact: Frank ter Horst, yuyu@planet.nl, +31 263620194
Production: Marc Bary / Script: Martijn Maria Smits / Photography: Gregg Telusa/ Editing: Martijn Maria Smits / Music: Ernst Reijseger / Sound: Hein Verhoeven / Cast: Thomas Ryckewaert, Daphné Verhelst, Ron Cornet en Katelijne Damen / Website: www.ijswater.nl Filmography: C’est déjà l’été (2010) / Anvers (2009) / Otzenrath (2006) Contact: IJswater Films: +31 204421760, films@ijswater.nl
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DUTCH COMPETITION DUTCH SHORTS DUTCH 1: BITTERSWEET THU 17 – 23:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 17:00 – LUX 5
DUTCH 2: WHO ARE YOU? THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 13:30 – LUX 5
Bukowski
Little Quentin
Spitting Ink
Director: Daan Bakker fiction / the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 10’
Director: Albert ‘t Hooft & Paco Vink animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 7’
Director: Ralph de Haan & Lars Siemens documentary / the Netherlands / 2009 / video / 40’
Note: No English subtitles A chic hotel in Amsterdam has a very special guest for 1 night: world-famous writer Charles Bukowski. He is twelve and his real name is Tom.
Oswald Bunny gets help from his friends Jack, Charlie the Clown and Mr.Wilco the astronaut to cover up a terrible crime! Oswald the big Bunny will not escape his punishment, nor will his companions. Murder is no child’s play!
Eight contemporary poets talk about their love for words, why they write, and what inspires them to continue writing. They depict why poetry is still a vital written and oral tradition. Graffiti covered New York streets and bars are their stages. Spitting Ink is a stylized portrait of a worldwide underground phenomenon.
Production: Derk-Jan Warrink / Script: Daan Bakker / Photography: Robbie van Brussel / Editing: Sander Vos / Music: Chrisnanne Wiegel, Melrijn Snitker / Sound: Jaap W. Sijben / Cast: Miles van der Lely, Bert Luppes, Marlon Kicken, Hugo Koolschijn / Website: www.lemmingfilm.com
Production: Arnoud Rijken / Script: Albert ‘t Hooft, Paco Vink / Editing: Albert ‘t Hooft / Music: Maarten Spruijt / Sound: Jeroen Nadorp / Animation: Paco Vink Filmography: Little Quentin (2010) / Paultje en de Draak (2008)
Filmography: Bukowski (2010) / Jacco’s Film (2009) Contact: Lemming Film: Yannick van der Kroft, +31 206610424, yannick@lemmingfilm.com
Contact: il Luster Productions: Chris Mouw, +31 302400768, distribution@illuster.nl
Production: Ralph de Haan, Lars Siemens / Script: Ralph de Haan, Lars Siemens / Photography: Wouter Westendorp / Editing: Arthur Ivens / Music: Mike Ladd / Narration: Eric Thomas Guerrieri / Sound: Ralph de Haan / Animation: Niels Shoe Meulman / Cast: Rammellzee, Mike Ladd, Beans, Bang Bang a.o. / Website: www.spittingink.com Filmography: Spitting Ink (2009) Contact: Ralph de Haan, +31 627095192, rlphdhn@gmail.com
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DUTCH SHORTS DUTCH COMPETITION DUTCH 2: WHO ARE YOU? THU 17 – 13:00 – LUX 3 / SAT 19 – 13:30 – LUX 5
DUTCH 3: CRAZY THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 21:00 – LUX 2
From Now On
Dominique
Sailor & Son
Director: Margot Schaap fiction / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 9’
Director: Jim Taihuttu fiction / the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 10’
Director: Loeske Bult documentary / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 20’ / World premiere
Note: No English subtitles In thought Sophie goes back to the moment her lover breaks up with her. The further she wanders off in her thoughts, the stronger the memory of him gets and hereby his literal presence. If she can only be near him for once, she can say goodbye.
Note: No English subtitles Paris, France. In the harsh fashion world, the life of young model Dominique is dictated by her never ending search for assignments. Unfriendly roommates, demanding agents and indifferent casting directors force her to keep up appearances with a self defense mechanism fueled by cynicism. In this superficial reality she’s determined not to lower her mask and take her own path.
Vanaf hier
Production: René Huybrechtse / Script: Margot Schaap / Photography: Casper Brink / Editing: Tim Wijbenga / Sound: Tim van Peppen / Cast: Lidewij Mahler, Martijn Hillenius, Medi Broekman, Katrien van Beurden Filmography: From Now On (2010) / Lynn (2009) / Gaandeweg (2008) / Het moment waarop (2007) Contact: Talent United: Erna Hurkmans, +31 206881843, erna@talentunited
Sailor & Son is an intimate portrait of a father and son who live together. Father is 85 and has poor eyesight, but still takes care of his 43 year old son who is mentally challenged. They have a complicated and touching relationship. Editing: Loeske Bult / Website: www.loeskebult.nl Filmography: Sailor & Son (2010)
Production: Julius Ponten, Frieder Wallis / Script: Jim Taihuttu / Photography: Lennart Verstegen / Editing: Nils Rensen / Music: Gino Taihuttu / Sound: Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Michael Sauvage / Cast: Sylvia Hoeks / Website: www.dominiquedefilm.nl Filmography: Rabat (in production) / Dominique (2010) / Wolken # 2 (2009) / Caresse (2009) / Wladimir (2007 Contact: Habbekrats: Julius Ponten, +31 203300324, julius@habbekrats.nl
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Schipper & Zoon
Contact: Loeske Bult, +31 627408526, bloeske@hotmail.com
DUTCH COMPETITION DUTCH SHORTS DUTCH 3: CRAZY THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 21:00 – LUX 2
Ocobar’s American Bioscope – Faith
Manitoba
Get Real!
Director: Bert Pot & Marcel Visbeen documentary / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 9’
Director: Nina Spiering & Mirka Duijn fiction / the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 12’
Director: Evert de Beijer animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / 35mm / 12’
Highly musical, experimental black and white film. An observation of Irish pilgrims who, sometimes barefoot, climb holy and fog covered mount Croagh Patrick. Almost timeless first part of Ocobar’s American Bioscope; a collaboration between musical trio Ocobar and director Marcel Visbeen.
Manitoba is a short movie about Frank who washes ashore on a strange island. He seeks refuge in the only pub in a desolate village: cafe Manitoba.
A high school student is addicted to a computer game in which he protects a sexy female mega singer as a bodyguard, against all kinds of attacks. That way he “scores” her love. But that addiction goes at the cost of his home work and his sense of reality, until a girl of his class gives him a real kiss.
Production: Marcel Visbeen / Photography: Bert Pot, Mick van Rossum / Editing: Marcel Visbeen, Jef Hertoghs / Music: Ocobar: Cok van Vuuren, Bart Wijtman, Rob Wijtman / Website: www.marcelvisbeen.nl
Production: Marieke de Blaay / Script: Mirka Duijn, Nina Spiering / Photography: Marijn Zurburg / Editing: Jasper Verhorevoort / Music: Rutger Hoedemaekers / Sound: Jaap Sijben / Cast: Raymond Thiry, Jakop Ahlbom, Fay Lovsky, Eline Cordie / Website: manitobathemovie.com Filmography: Manitoba (2010)
Filmography: Ocobar’s American Bioscope (2010) / Linoleum (2008) / American Dreams (2006) / Public Enemy (2005) / Lost (2004) / Setting Accounts (2002) / Heartbeat (2002) / Blackout (2001
Contact: De Blaay Productions: Marieke de Blaay, +31 6 41259690, info@deblaay.nl
Production: Willem Thijssen / Script: Evert de Beijer / Music: Edwin van der Schrier / Sound: Evert de Beijer / Animation: Evert de Beijer Filmography: Get Real! (2010) / Car Craze (2003) / Hotel Narcis (1994) / NikeAir180 – Commercial (1990) / The Characters (1986) / Gerard (1979) Contact: Netherlands Institute for Animation Film: Ursula van den Heuvel, + 31 135324085, ursula@niaf.nl
Contact: Selwyn Film bv: Marcel Visbeen, +31 27799530, info@selwynfilm.nl
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DUTCH SHORTS DUTCH COMPETITION DUTCH 3: CRAZY THU 17 – 19:00 – LUX 3 / FRI 18 – 21:00 – LUX 2
DUTCH 4: EXPLORATIONS (THE DUTCH LABO) THU 17 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 16:15 – LUX 3
Plank
Things You’d Better Not Mix Up
Rihla
Director: Billy Pols documentary / the Netherlands / 2009 / video / 15’
Director: Joost Lieuwma animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 2’
Director: Gerbrand Burger animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 10’
A Dutch-Moroccan boy puts everything at stake to become the best skateboarder in the world despite the uncomfortable feeling at home.
A series of things you’d better not mix up.
Rihla is a short film that shows the imaginary journey of a man who travels from Baku to Amsterdam. His character is composed of a collection of literary fragments dating from the 14th century until today. The original texts are largely written by Arabs travelling to Europe. The word Rihla means journey is search of wisdom or knowledge and is know by Ibn Battuta’s book by that title that forms a travelogue.
Production: Jeroen van den Idsert / Photography: Daniel Bouquet / Editing: Govert Janse, Brian Ent / Sound: Jaap Hermans / Cast: Nassim Guammaz Filmography: Plank (2009) / Tokkeloshe (2007) / My House (2005) Contact: Hazazah Pictures: Liedewij Theisens, +31 204226422, liedewij@hazazah.com
Production: Jiek Weishut / Script: Joost Lieuwma / Music: Alexander Reumers, Jorrit Kleijnen / Sound: Iwan van Wijk / Animation: Joost Lieuwma Filmography: Things You’d Better Not Mix Up (2010) / Once Upon a Time in my Wife (2005) Contact: Netherlands Institute for Animation Film: Ursula van den Heuvel, + 31 135324085, ursula@niaf.nl
Production: Gerbrand Burger / Editing: Robin van Erven Dorens / Narration: Johan Leysen / Sound: Benedict Drew / Animation: Gerbrand Burger / Website: www.gerbrandburger.nl Filmography: Rihla (2010) / Lost Civilization (2009) / Morel’s Museum (2008) Contact: LEYE Film Institute: Marta Jurkiewicz, +31 207582351, martajurkiewicz@eyefilm.nl
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DUTCH COMPETITION DUTCH SHORTS DUTCH 4: EXPLORATIONS (THE DUTCH LABO) THU 17 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 16:15 – LUX 3
The Origin of Creatures
O How Sad
Birth of a Nation
Director: Floris Kaayk animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 12’
Director: Maite Abella choreography / the Netherlands / 2009 / video / 9’
Director: Daya Cahen documentary / the Netherlands / 2010 / video / 10’
The Origin of Creatures is inspired by the biblical story of the Tower of Babel and is set in an imaginary future where the world is hit by a catastrophe. Among the remains of a devastated city lives that what is left of humanity. Human bodies are divided into separated parts of the body and are fused to special beings.
A meditation on the generational tension between a mother and daughter, captured during a harmonious stroll to the beach – a prelude to the wrestling sequence. In the increasing disarray of their intermingled bodies, a touching poignancy resurfaces.
At a military academy school in Moscow (the only one of its kind in the world), girls aged 11 to 17 are trained to be ideal citizens. They learn to sew, march, cook, sing, shoot, use make-up and plan military actions. They are trained not just to be ideal patriots, but also ideal women.
Production: Maite Abella / Script: Maite Abella / Photography: Maite Abella / Editing: Ramon Coelho / Music: Spanish women choir from Amsterdam / Cast: Rosita Grau, Sonia Abella
Photography: Daya Cahen / Editing: Daya Cahen
Filmography: O How Sad (2009) / The Waiting (2008) / I Am Stronger than Trees (2002) / Dejando Huella (2000)
Contact: EYE Film Institute: Marta Jurkiewicz, +31 207582351, martajurkiewicz@eyefilm.nl
Production: SeriousFilm / Script: Floris Kaayk / Photography: Reinier van Brummelen / Editing: Floris Kaayk / Music: Lennert Busch / Sound: Bart Jilesen / Animation: Floris Kaayk / Website: www.floriskaayk.com Filmography: The Origin of Creatures (2010) / Metalosis Maligna (2006) / The Order Electrus (2005)
O quam Tristis
Filmography: Birth of a Nation (2010) / Nashi (2008) / The Stalin that Was Played by Me (2006)
Contact: Nanna Heidenreich, +49 3026955110, nh@arsenal-berlin.de
Contact: EYE Film Institute: Marta Jurkiewicz, +31 207582351, martajurkiewicz@eyefilm.nl
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DUTCH SHORTS DUTCH COMPETITION DUTCH 4: EXPLORATIONS (THE DUTCH LABO) THU 17 – 17:00 – LUX 2 / FRI 18 – 16:15 – LUX 3
Muse
Dawn
Director: Margo Onnes fiction / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 11’
Director: Erwin Olaf fiction / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 5’
Through the decor of a sixties villa with pool, a young man wanders around musing. Haunted by the memory of a lost summer love that surrounds him with delusions, he gets caught in an uneasy condition of insomnia. Muse, an ode to classic French pool cinema, explores how the pool can be a cinematic symbol of the protagonist’s troubled mind.
Dawn is almost literally the negative pendant of Erwin Olaf’s video work and photo series Dusk. Both videos portray an ‘upper middle class’ family in a stylized home interior dating from the early 20th century. As in so many of Olaf’s works, Dusk and Dawn are characterized by an oppressive, almost suffocating atmosphere and an extreme degree of artificiality – the characters appear to be hiding behind a façade of suppressed emotions.
Script: Margo Onnes / Photography: Nanko Goeting / Editing: Margo Onnes / Music: Tomasz Kaye / Narration: Jonathan Rouah, Margo Onnes / Sound: Kim Sconewille / Cast: Andrea Sekulovic, Kristian de Leeuw Filmography: Muse (2010) / Nola Dee and the Ongoing Invasion of the Rats (2008) / Number Four (2007) / De Raaf (2006) / The Fly (2006) / The Village (2005) Contact: Margo Onnes, margo.onnes@gmail.com
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Production: Erwin Olaf / Script: Erwin Olaf / Sound: Reinder van Zalk / Website: www.erwinolaf.com Filmography: La Tristesse Riche (2010) / Dawn (2010) / Revanche 2 (2010) / Revanche 1 (2009) / Dusk (2009) / Grief (2007) / Le Dernier Cri (2006) / Annoyed (2005) / Wet (2005) / Rouge (2005) / Rain (2004) / Separation (2003) / Spanking Clowns (2000) Contact: Netherlands Media Art Institute: Theus Zwakhals, +31 206237101, theus@nimk.nl
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ONLINE COMPETITION WWW.GOSHORT.NL/ONLINE Interest in short film continues to grow, as shown by the mass audience it reaches on the internet. But the vast amount of shorts that pop up every day, often in low quality, causes the audience to lose sight. That’s where we come in! Bringing you an online selection of our 10 favorite 2010 films under 10 minutes. Despite their brief length, they still know how to surprise and entertain viewers. The film that receives the highest rating will win the bios-Agenda / Go Short Online Award. Just like Go Short, biosAgenda sees the internet as a place for our favorite type of film to flourish.
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Lost Perdido
Palindrome Capicúa
Director: Alberto Dorado fiction / Spain / 2010 / 4’
Director: Roger Vilarroya documentary / Spain / 2010 / 3’
Lost transports us to Western Africa’s wide landscapes and deserts. As soon as we get there, we meet Saliou an eight years old Somalian kid who seems lost. He has just met a UN Patrol. Is this his lucky day? A camera turn shall show us reality…
This short film documentary filmed in Barcelona tells us about the treatment and care that we all need at certain moments of our lives. When we find we can’t fend for ourselves we sometimes need the help of others to be able to progress.
Sugar Suiker
Are you leaving? ¿Te Vas?
Director: Jeroen Annokkeé fiction / The Netherlands / 2010 / 8’
Director: Cristina Molino fiction / Spain / 2010 / 7’
Bert’s scantily dressed neighbour, Klaasje, comes by to borrow a cup of sugar. When she lets the cup slip from her hands, they both try to catch it. Their heads bang together and Klaasje falls downstairs…
What is written behind those books of dragons, princes and princesses? Once upon a time…the reality.
COMPETITION ONLINE
Leave Not a Cloud Behind
Ben Hora
We Love our Clients Al Servizio del Cliente
Director: Pablo González fiction / France / 2010 / 7’
Director: Nicolas Bianco–Levin & Julie Rembauville animation / France / 2010 / 4’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Beppe Tufarulo fiction / Italy / 2010 / 5’
Christopher is in a coma, he’s dreaming. He meets other dreamers who teach him how to control his dreams. He falls in love with Mariana who suddenly disappears.
A migrants’ family arrives by boat in a fantasized new world. The movie stages the disappointment in front of the absurd laws of our society.
Since the employees of a supermarket are experiencing the night shift, they perform their duties with great boredom. Until they find a new way to plan the attention to the consumer…
Kraddy – Android Porn
Out of a Forest
White tape
Director: Andreas Kronbeck & Tobias Knipf (Musclebeaver) animation / Germany / 2010 / 5’
Director: Tobias Gundorff Boesen animation / Denmark / 2010 / 6’
Director: Michal and Uri Kranot Animation|documentary / Denmark / 2010 / 2’
A young rabbit gets invited to a late night dinner party in a forest. With lamps and chandeliers in the trees, the moon in the starry sky, and his elders around him sipping wine and telling stories, it all seems too good to be true… And maybe it is.
White Tape explores the theme of boundaries; the frame, the space between brushstrokes and the implications of occupation.
Yellow. Sweat. Muscles. Official music video for Mochipet‘s Godzillaporn Remix for ‘Android Porn’ by Kraddy.
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DUTCH TALENT ARNE TOONEN
HANRO SMITSMAN
DANYAEL SUGAWARA
For years, Arne Toonen (35) has been active in the film world. He has directed multiple short films, but also a television series, an online game, music videos and commercials. In 2003, Arne graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam where he worked on many film projects including Faja, Anderland, and Soulfood. During his graduation year he started up the production company hazazaH, where he works primarily as a director of commercials and music videos. He directed fiction films like Drop Dead, Oh, Deer!, Hou Holland Schoon, and five episodes of the series Schnitzelparadijs. With his new family film Dik Trom he managed to catch the public’s attention. Dik Trom received platinum status when it managed to attract over 400.000 visitors. We already spotted Arne last year and screened his short film Drop Dead.
Hanro Smitsman (43) is a producer, writer, and director of film and television productions. In 2000 he graduated from the Film and Television Academy and has since made multiple short films, television films and series. Last year, he made his first feature film, Dusk, which is inspired by the murder of Maja Bradaric from Nijmegen. At the Netherlands Film Festival this film won the Dutch Film Critics Award and the Movie Squad Award. In recent years, Hanro received even more awards for his films. The film Engel en Broer received no less than four awards, including the Cinema Prize at the Avanca Film Festival and Best Short Film at the Durban International Film Festival in 2005. In 2007 awards for his short film Contact included two Spirit Awards and a Golden Bear. In 2008 he won the Movie Squad Award for his film Skin at the Netherlands Film Festival .
After studying ‘screen writing’ at New York University, Danyael Sugawara (35) went to the Netherlands Film and Television Academy. He graduated there in 2004 with the film The Quiet One, which has screened at several film festivals and has won various awards. He started his creative career drawing cartoons but later on switched to directing. Since his graduation, Danyael has produced several short films including Tamago and Blondie. In 2009 he made his first feature film, Upstream, which received the Gouden Kalf audience award at the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht. This made Danyael the first director to receive this award for a feature debut.
Filmography
Filmography
Dik Trom (2010) / Val Dood (2009) / Oh, Deer! (2009) / Hou Holland Schoon (2008) / Milah (2007) / Anderland (2003).
Vakantie in Eigen Land (2011) / Schemer (2010) / De Laatste Reis van Meneer van Leeuwen (2010) / Schattebout (2009) / De Punt (2009) / Skin (2008) / Martijn–Kerem (2006) / Raak (2006) / Engel en Broer (2004) / 2000 Terrorists (2004) / Dajo (2004) / Ahmed was Hier (2001) / Gloria (2000).
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Filmography Na U (2011) / Alles Stroomt (2009) / Liefde, Dankjewel (2008) / Blondje (2008) / Landje (2007) / Champagne (2006) / The Quiet One (2004) / Tamago (2004) / Glimlach van een Kind (2003).
ARNE TOONEN, DANYAEL SUGAWARA & HANRO SMITSMAN ‘FILMMAKERS THAT WANT TO TELL STORIES’
PHOTO: GEMASIUL
While other film festivals devote retrospective film programs to grand oeuvres of established directors, Go Short dedicates an entire program to three filmmakers who just recently made a name for themselves. Hanro Smitsman, Arne Toonen and Danyael Sugawara caught
the public’s eye with their short films, and all three soon successfully debuted with a feature film. Danyael: “Of the three of us, Hanro has been working the longest, but we are all still shaping our careers. This is a chance for us to show: ‘This is what we do!’”
In the last weeks before the festival, Danyael Sugawara made the short film Na U, that will premiere at Go Short. “It’s going to be a statement against the cutbacks in the cultural sector. Nobody who participates makes any money on it, including myself, but sometimes you just have say ‘fuck it’ and act on your own impulse. Things can be a little more daring, nothing happens if you just sit and wait.” After working on several longer films, Hanro Smitsman wants to make a short again. “When I go to a film festival, and see those short films... they are like little gems! You can keep on watching them. Telling a story in just a little time that can touch you even more than a long film, is something very special. A large painting doesn’t necessarily make a bigger impression.” Arne Toonen recently received a Platinum Film for his feature Dik Trom. After years of making commercials and music videos, he readied himself for feature length GOSHORT/2011 75
DUTCH TALENT through short film. “30 second stories were natural to me. To move from this to 90 minutes would be quite arrogant, so at first I had to learn how to work with 10 minutes, and 20, and 40.” According to Arne, some stories are only suitable for a certain length. “Some ideas are so much stronger when they’re concise.” The length of a film doesn’t matter, according to Danyael. “It all revolves around telling a story. But there are much fewer opportunities to make short films than to make longer films.” This is why a festival for short films is a necessity. Danyael: “Where else would you see a short film? Back in the day you saw short films before the main film, but that changed long ago.” Hanro: “When you look abroad you see that short film festivals have claimed their spot, making sure that short film doesn’t get overlooked.” Arne and Danyael studied together at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, the same place where Hanro graduated. What are their thoughts on
sharing the spotlight? Arne: “I think it’s awesome that the three of us have been given the chance to shine. Together we can bring the love for Dutch film to the next level. Danyael and Hanro differ from me completely in the way they make films. They know how to do things that I would never be able to. In this sense, the three of us each have our own outstanding characteristics.” Danyael: “Arne is much more capable of telling a story in just five minutes, whereas I quickly get the feeling of being stuck.” Arne: “I’ve been making commercials for seven years, and what I learned there was how to tell a story concisely. You’re forced to give something your personal touch, and learn what people can and can’t see.” Hanro: “It’s good to meet these filmmakers who love to tell stories. That’s all that matters, not success, but telling each other stories. As Kundera says: ‘Let’s tell each other made up stories, so we can find the truth.’”
DUTCH TALENT TALKSHOW FRI 18 – 20:00 – LUX 6 (IN DUTCH) VISIT THE TALKSHOW ON FRIDAY, WHERE ISOLDE HALLENSLEBEN JOINS THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DUTCH TALENT TRIO!
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OUT OF COMPETITION DUTCH TALENT DUTCH TALENT 1: SCHOOL’S OUT FRI 18 – 13:00 – LUX 5 / SAT 19 – 17:30 – LUX 5
PHOTO HANRO SMITSMAN BY: GEMASIUL
Otherland
The Quiet One
Director: Arne Toonen the Netherlands / 2003 / video / 25’
Director: Danyael Sugawara the Netherlands / 2004 / video / 32’
Director: Hanro Smitsman the Netherlands / 2001 / video / 14’
Note: No English Subtitles A post-apocalyptic fairy tale about Malle, a boy who is being bullied and longs for a paradise behind the horizon. One day a man is washed ashore who claims to have come from this “Otherland”. Will Malle ever find his “Otherland”?
Kiyoshi, Japanese, 18, has been living in the kitchen of his parental home for years. His parents cannot seem to get through to him anymore and Kiyoshi does not seem to mind either. The only person he does relate to is his little sister. On the internet he has contact with youngsters who have all retreated from society and family life.
Ahmed Was Hier is a tragedy-comedy about an Egyptian trying to adapt to Dutch customs.
Anderland
Production: Wikke van der Burg; Pamela Laponder / Script: Paul Bontenbal / Photography: Marc de Meijer / Editing: Manuel Rombley / Music: Mark Hendriks / Sound: Tom Bijnen / Cast: Tim Zweije, Nico de Vries, Tygo Gernandt, Yoka Verbeek
Production: Rogier Dorant / Script: Titia Rieter / Photography: Bas Andries / Editing: Jasper Quispel / Music: Erik Jan Grob / Sound: Arno Willemstein / Cast: Kuta Kondo, Hiromi Tojo, Mariko Hashimoto
Contact: Netherlands Film and Television Academy: Marion Slewe, +31 205277392, marion.slewe@ahk.nl
Contact: Netherlands Film and Television Academy: Marion Slewe, +31 205277392, marion.slewe@ahk.nl
Ahmed Was Here
Ahmed Was Hier
Production: Daniël van Veen / Script: Iris Huizinga, Hanro Smitsman / Photography: Bianca van Riemsdijk / Editing: Wouter Crusio / Sound: Just Posthumus, Joost van Heerden / Cast: Sabri Saad el Hamus, Fedja van Huêt, Frank Lammers, Iris Huizinga Contact: Netherlands Film and Television Academy: Marion Slewe, +31 205277392, marion.slewe@ahk.nl
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DUTCH TALENT OUT OF COMPETITION DUTCH TALENT 2: WORLDS COLLIDE FRI 18 – 18:15 – LUX 3 / SUN 20 – 13:15 – LUX 2
Oh Deer!
Milah
Liefde, dankjewel
Director: Arne Toonen the Netherlands / 2008 / 35mm / 12’
Director: Arne Toonen the Netherlands / 2007 / video / 17’
Director: Danyael Sugawara the Netherlands / 2008 / video / 39’
Monic goes hunting with her experienced husband, Pierre. When he’s not paying attention, Monic shoots a deer. Once they arrive at their prey, it appears to be something completely different. Then Pierre has an encounter with two dangerous looking men and quickly the question arises: Who’s hunting who?
In 1952 Milah is forced to flee his hometown of Pilzen to secure the secret beer recipe that has been in his family for years. His escape will change his life forever.
The Dutch-Moroccan Naïma and the Japanese Yuichi meet during a holiday in Casablanca, both 11 years old. They communicate intuitively, with their hearts, like only children can. When they meet again as adults, they don’t understand each others language. During a nightly walk through Amsterdam, they discover themselves and each other.
Production: Jelani Isaacs, Sander Verdonk / Script: Luuk van Bemmelen / Photography: Daniël Bouquet / Editing: Nils Rensen / Music: Joris Oonk / Sound: Jaap Hermans / Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Pierre Bokma, Juda Goslinga, René van ‘t Hof a.o. Contact: LEV Pictures, +31205818515, info@levpictures.com
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Production: Ralph de Haan / Script: David Snellenberg, Pepijn Rooijens, Arne Toonen / Photography: Linus Sandgren / Editing: Brian Ent / Music: Fons Merkies / Cast: Václav Jílek Contact: Hazazah Pictures: Liedewij Theisens, +31 204226422, liedewij@hazazah.com
Production: Iris Otten / Script: Heleen Suer / Photography: Sal Kroonenberg / Editing: Menno Boerema / Music: Coparck / Sound: Victor Horstink / Cast: Maryam Hassouni, Kuta Kondo Contact: Pupkin Film: Nathalie van der Burg, +31204895088, nathalie@pupkin.com
OUT OF COMPETITION DUTCH TALENT DUTCH TALENT 2: WORLDS COLLIDE FRI 18 – 18:15 – LUX 3 / SUN 20 – 13:15 – LUX 2
DUTCH TALENT 3: ALL WRONG FRI 18 – 21:30 – LUX 6 / SUN 20 – 17:15 – LUX 2
Cocky Love
Contact
After You
Director: Hanro Smitsman the Netherlands / 2009 / digital / 13’
Director: Hanro Smitsman the Netherlands / 2006 / 35mm / 10’
Director: Danyael Sugawara the Netherlands / 2011 / digital / World premiere
Koos, a Dutch farmer, is very involved with his prize winning rooster. The cock is on a winning streak in all local competitions and Koos is notably enjoying the success. His wife, however, is not as pleased with the relationship her husband shares with his Cock.
If everyone vents its frustration on another, a small rolling stone rapidly becomes an avalanche.
Note: No English Subtitles A couple decides to end their lives together. Unconditional love until death do us part... or until someone gets second thoughts.
Schattebout
Production: Ivo Noorlander / Script: Hanro Smitsman / Photography: Joost Rietdijk / Editing: Michelle Hofman / Sound: Jan Schermer / Cast: Ad van Kempen, Agaath Meulenbroek
Raak
Production: Marc Bary / Script: Philip Delmaar / Photography: Joost Rietdijk / Editing: Marc Bechtold / Music: Fons Merkies / Sound: Eddy de Cloe / Cast: Nino van der Lee, Camilla Siegertsz, Juda Goslinga, Jelka van Houten
Na U
Production: Paul Ruven / Script: Philip Delmaar / Photography: Jan Moeskops / Sound: Victor Dekker / Editing: Dorith Vinken / Music: Lea / Cast: Jaap Spijkers, Monic Hendrickx, Renée Fokker
Contact: IJswater Film, +31 204421760, films@ijswater.nl
Contact: Corrino Films BV: Michael John Fedun, +31 204233002, michael@corrino.com
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DUTCH TALENT OUT OF COMPETITION DUTCH TALENT 3: ALL WRONG FRI 18 – 21:30 – LUX 6 / SUN 20 – 17:15 – LUX 2
Dajo
Blondie
Keep Holland Clean
Director: Hanro Smitsman the Netherlands / 2003 / 35mm / 10´
Director: Danyael Sugawara the Netherlands / 2006 / video / 10’
Director: Arne Toonen the Netherlands / 2008 / video / 38’
A lonely boy buries the gifts he has received from his mother’s lovers, which shows his opinion regarding these men
In front of an office building a dog is tied to a phone booth. The dog is whining. Nadine (28), a telephone operator, is trying to ignore the animal, but she can’t do that any longer when one of her costumers, Gert (40), points out that the dog is scared.
Twelve year old naive Jesse is torn between his close friendship with African refugee Harvey and his ambition to belong to the Lonsdale group led by his elder brother Maikel. Maikel challenges him to prove that he is worthy to be a member of the group by betraying his best pal. This is the beginning of a tragedy that will mark the end of Jesse’s innocence.
Production: Marc Bary / Script: Anjet Daanje / Photography: Joost Rietdijk / Editing: Marc Bechtold / Music: Chrisnanne Wiegel / Sound: Jan Schermer / Cast: Dajo Hogeweg, Monic Hendrickx, Leon Voorberg, Frank Lammers Contact: IJswater Film, +31 204421760, films@ijswater.nl
Blondje
Production: Matthijs ten Berge / Script: Mieke de Jong / Photography: Bas Andries / Editing: Menno Boerema / Music: Joris Oonk / Sound: Alex Booy / Cast: Maryam Hassouni, Marcel Musters Contact: Lemming Film: Yannick v/d Kroft, +31 206610424, info@lemmingfilm.com
Hou Holland Schoon
Production: Anton Smit / Script: Robert Jan Overeem / Photography: Martijn van Broekhuizen / Editing: Brian Ent / Music: Erik Jan Grob / Sound: Jos ten Klooster / Cast: Bob Offenberg, Meshach Kumi, Kevin de Wit Contact: IDTV Film, film@idtv.nl, +31 203143322
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Drop Dead
Engel & Broer
Director: Arne Toonen the Netherlands / 2009 / 35mm / 10’
Director: Hanro Smitsman the Netherlands / 2004 / 35mm / 10´
Fons is about to embark upon his first parachute jump. What begins as an exciting adventure takes a nightmarish turn, when his instructor shows signs of suicidal behavior.
Two children are playing on a rubbish dump, acting out their parent’s divorce, which leads to an unexpected ending.
Val Dood
Production: Hazazah Pictures / Script: Luuk van Bemmelen / Photography: Martijn van Broekhuizen / Editing: Brian Ent / Music: Music Studio de Keuken / Sound: Roberto van Eijden / Animation: Crabsalad / Cast: Bert Luppes, Waldemar Torenstra, Micha Hulshof, Eva Duyvestein / Website: www.hazazah.nl
Production: Marc Bary / Script: Anjet Daanje / Photography: Joost Rietdijk / Editing: Bechtold / Music: REC Sound / Sound: Eddy de Cloe / Cast: Sterre Herstel, Niels Verkooyen, Eva van Heijningen Contact: IJswater Film, +31 204421760, films@ijswater.nl
Contact: Hazazah Pictures: Liedewij Theisens, +31 204226422, liedewij@hazazah.com
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STOP-MOTION When we were first asked to compile a stop-motion program for Go Short, there were some films we instantly knew would have to be included. Ship of the Ether by George Pal was one of them. One day we saw this film and we were all deeply impressed, not just because it looked so wonderful, but because of the special technique George Pal used. In stopmotion nowadays, puppets with flexible skeletons are often used that can be put in any position. But George Pal didn’t use anything like that. He made his puppets out of wood, and for each fragment of a movement he used a different puppet. We are also looking forward to showing Tim Burton’s Vincent. It’s magnificent how Tim Burton manages to combine his passion for Vincent Price and the poems of Edgar Allen Poe in both the design and the storyline.
OUT OF COMPETITION Besides these shorts, there were a number of commercials that just had to be in the program. Play-Doh by Sony Bravia for instance, in which New York gets flooded by clay bunnies, or Natural Gas in which the interior of a house is slowly covered in wool completely. Watching stop-motion animations is in itself a great joy. What could be more beautiful than the magic of bringing lifeless objects to life? However, just using a cool animation technique won’t get you there. Design and storyline are essential to making a film enjoyable, and therefore these are the other criteria we based our selection on.
Job, Joris & Marieke
Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins and Marieke Blaauw studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. After their graduation they founded Job, Joris & Marieke, a studio for animation, illustration, character design and music. Job, Joris & Marieke works on commissioned projects and independent animation films. Their animation techniques vary from stop-motion to 3D computer animation. On Saturday Job, Joris & Marieke will attend ‘Stop-Motion 2’ to tell more about their own work and their love for stop-motion. 82 GOSHORT/2011
OUT OF COMPETITION STOP-MOTION STOP–MOTION 1: FRAME BY FRAME THU 17 – 15:30 – LUX 6 * / SUN 20 – 21:15 – LUX 6
*NIAf (Netherlands Institute Animation Film) will give an introduction (in Dutch) about the history of stop–motion.
Vincent
Humdrum
Tulips Shall Grow
Director: Tim Burton USA / 1982 / 35mm / 6’
Director: Peter Peake United Kingdom / 1998 / digital / 7’
Director: George Pal USA / 1942 / 35mm / 7’
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price. He loses himself in macabre daydreams, which annoys his mother.
Two bored shadow puppets play themselves at their own game.
In the peaceful Dutch countryside, the blades of the windmills turn. But everything is spoiled when the goose begins to march.
Uncle
Pib and Pog
Western Spaghetti
Director: Adam Elliot Australia / 1996 / video / 6’
Director: Peter Peake United Kingdom / 1994 / digital / 6’
Director: PES USA / 2008 / digital / 2’
The clayography of a humble man, his lemon-tree, chihuahua and crumpets.
Pib and Pog bring a whole new meaning to mischief as their harmless pranks become ever more outrageous.
Spaghetti is not what is looks like in this short film, where post-it notes, rubber bands and rubik’s cubes substitute real ingredients.
Cousin
Sunday Drive
The Hand
Director: Adam Elliot Australia / 1998 / video / 4’
Director: José Miguel Ribeiro Portugal / 2009 / 35mm / 20’
Director: Ji í Trnka Czech Republic / 1965 / video / 18’
The clayography of a cousin, his special arm, pet rocks and shopping trolley.
Can you keep a secret?... This Sunday will be different. We will not get into the car. Mom and dad will not argue and we will play on a garden of gigantic cabbages.
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STOP-MOTION OUT OF COMPETITION STOP–MOTION 2: CLIPS AND BITS THU 17 – 21:00 – LUX 2 / SAT 19 – 20:30 – LUX 6 *
* Discover stop–motion with Job, Joris & Marieke
MUSICVIDEOS The White Stripes – Fell in Love with a Girl Michel Gondry / USA / 2002 / digital / 2’
Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance Yuval Nathan & Merav Nathan & Oren Lavie / Israel / 2010 / digital / 3’
Grindin’ – Nobody Beats the Drum
SERIES Natural Gas
Rex the Runt
Olivier Babinet / Belgium / 2010 / digital / 1´
Richard Goleszowski / United Kingdom / 1998 / digital / 10’
Zorg van de zaak Jin Angdoo Lee / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 1’
Olympus – The PEN Story Pet & Flo / Germany / 2009 / digital / 3’
Pat and Mat Buurman en Buurman Lubomír Beneš / Czech Republic / 1979 / digital / 9’
Pingu Omar Gutmann / Switzerland / 1986 / digital / 5’
Rogier van der Zwaag / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 3’
Heat Electric Nick Park / United Kingdom / 1990 / digital / 5’
A Town Called Panic Panique au Village
Tim Knol – When I am King
Amazon Kindle commercial 1
Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier / Belgium / 2000 / video / 6’
Sverre Fredriksen / Norway/The Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 3’
Angela + Ithyle / USA / 2009 / digital / 1’
His Name is Alive – Are We Still Married?
Angela + Ithyle / USA / 2009 / digital / 1’
Job, Joris & Marieke / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 2’
Google Chrome Japan
The Tumblies: Balloon
Google Japan team / Japan / 2009 / digital / 1’
Job, Joris & Marieke / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 2’
The Quay Brothers / United Kingdom / 1993 / digital / 3’
COMMERCIALS
Amazon Kindle commercial 2
Lotus Cookies
The Tumblies: Phone
Steven De Beul &Ben Tesseur / Belgium / 2010 / digital / 1’
MAKING OF’S
George Pal / the Netherlands / 1934 / video / 8’
Orange – A Minute
Making of Natural Gas
Loeki de Leeuw
Director: RBG6 / Sweden|United Kingdom / 2006 / digital / 1’
Olivier Babinet / Belgium / 2010 / digital / 4´
Joop Geesink / the Netherlands / 1972–2004 / video / 2’
The Calligrapher
Sony Bravia
The Quay Brothers / United Kingdom / 1991 / digital / 1’
Rogier van der Zwaag / the Netherlands / 2010 / digital / 5’
The Ship of the Ether
Darren Walsh & Frank Budgen / United Kingdom / 2009 / digital / 2’
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Making of Grindin’
A PORTUGUESA In the last decade, the production panorama of Portuguese short films has broadened considerably. The Portuguese cinema changed its identity, and found a new creative and professional perspective. Never before have so many short films been produced, and of such great quality and diversity. Corollary to this is the vast number of awards, selections and the substantial attention that Portuguese authors have been receiving internationally. The Agência finds itself in the center of this new paradigm and functions as the promoter and distributor of Portuguese short films worldwide. In cooperation with Agência, Go Short presents a program that features the richness of Portuguese cinema and Portuguese culture through some of the most emblematic Portuguese films of the last fifteen years.
OUT OF COMPETITION This focus program highlights a new generation of multifaceted, unquiet, innovative and exciting filmmakers. Miguel Gomes and João Pedro Rodrigues are two directors that have achieved international recognition and status. Zepe, José Miguel Ribeiro, Regina Pessoa and Pedro Serrazina are among the most awarded animation directors. The fame Portuguese animation enjoys worldwide is built upon their masterpieces. Pedro Caldas and Sandro Aguilar are recognizable by their audacious proposals, and their continuing drive to experiment. João Nicolau, Cláudia Varejão and João Salaviza, because of their singular languages, are the most secure promises of a younger generation of Portuguese directors. Now that Agência looks back on the developments in the last decade, and enjoys the best that has been produced so far, we can look forward with great anticipation to what this decade will bring. Salette Ramalho (Agência)
Agência – The Portuguese Short Film Agency was created in January 1999 by the same team of Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival. The Agency has a catalogue of more than 140 audiovisual works, including animation, documentary, fiction and experimental film, and all formats, providing that their duration is less than 60 minutes. Their activity consists in the promotion and diffusion of these works through film events, festivals and short film markets, as well as distributors, television or any other channels worldwide. GOSHORT/2011 GOSHORT/ 2011 85
A PORTUGUESA OUT OF COMPETITION A PORTUGUESA 1: JOURNEYS SAT 19 – 22:30 – LUX 2 / SUN 20 – 13:00* – LUX 6
* Introduction by Miguel Diaz (Agência) and Pedro Serrazina
Tale about the Cat and the Moon
Application for a Job
Christmas Inventory
Director: Pedro Serrazina animation / Portugal / 1995 / video / 6´
Director: Pedro Caldas fiction / Portugal / 1999 / 35mm / 8´
Director: Miguel Gomes fiction / Portugal / 2000 / 35mm / 23´
Light and shadows, the charm of the night, the moon as a passion… This is a tale about someone who tried to make the dream come true, the tale about the cat and the moon.
Ana is hiding a very dark secret. She desperately needs a new job to get away from her past.
25th December in the middle eighties. The family get together in the grandparents’ house. A semifiction about children that go to war, play music and take over.
A Suspect A Suspeita
Remains
Arena
Director: José Miguel Ribeiro animation / Portugal / 1999 / 35mm / 25´
Director: Sandro Aguilar fiction / Portugal / 2002 / 35mm / 12´
Director: João Salaviza fiction / Portugal / 2009 / 35mm / 15´
A train compartment, four people, a ticket collector, a Barcelos penknife and a potential assassin. Will they all make it to the end of the journey?
Everything threatens to crack and yet this devouring march happened long ago in the past. There is no moaning in the room next door, the wind has stopped blowing on the stairs, the air particles throw themselves against each other, but it’s only void against void.
Mauro is under house arrest. Tattooing helps him while away the time. Three local kids taunt him through his window. Outside, the midday sun beats down.
Estória do Gato e da Lua
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O Pedido de Emprego
Inventário de Natal
OUT OF COMPETITION A PORTUGUESA A PORTUGUESA 2: OUT OF TOUCH SAT 19 – 19:30 – LUX 5 / SUN 20 – 15:15 – LUX 2
Candid Candido
China, China
Bird of Prey Rapace
Director: Zepe animation / Portugal / 2007 / 35mm / 11´
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata / fiction / Portugal / 2007 / 35mm / 19´
Director: João Nicolau fiction / Portugal / 2006 / 35mm / 25´
“Candide never loved her. Manipulation is his favourite game.”
China walks towards the Martim Moniz district, in Lisbon. When she passes the children scream: “China, China!”. China is going to fly. To escape far away at dawn. She just wants to be happy. But China driinks her own poison. She drinks it all.
Hugo’s quiet dilettantism is shaken by the arrival of an enigmatic and beautiful freelance translator.
Tragic Story with Happy Ending História Trágica com Final Feliz
Director: Regina Pessoa animation / Portugal / 2005 / 35mm / 8´ Some people are different, in spite of themselves. All they want is to resemble other people, denying or trying to hide their difference. Others stand tall and obtain a place in the hearts of others.
A Cold Day Um Dia Frio Director: Cláudia Varejão fiction / Portugal / 2009 / video / 27´ During a Lisbon winter, a father, mother, son and daughter trace the path of a day by themselves.
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GO SHORTY! KIDS & YOUTH PROGRAM This year Go Short introduces Go Shorty!, a special program that stimulates the creativity, talent and passion of young people. Film programs, workshops and an educational school program will surely make Go Short a great experience for young minds. On Wednesday a large group of kids of many ages will participate in a lip dub music video, and on Sunday kids learn how to create their own stop-motion animation in the Animation Kitchen. After a successful pilot with a number of schools in 2010, Go Short and Grote Broer are expanding their educational program to many more schools this year. Twenty one secondary school classes will script, act and film their own stories. Another seventeen classes of ten to twelve year-olds will make their own documentary in Go Docu! The film education program is organized in cooperation with Grote Broer, and is made possible by Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie (Cultural Participation Fund).
OUT OF COMPETITION
GO DOCU! SCHOOL PROGRAM I feel... / Ik voel, ik voel, wat jij niet voelt... Director: Elsbeth van Noppen The Netherlands / 2010 / 18’ Jasmijn is seven and can become really happy when she hugs trees or talks to animals. Everything she touches seems to transform in living, feeling creatures. Robert is ten and prefers to be outdoors in nature. He climbs high up in trees, but even there he can’t always easily escape from the daily reality. I feel... .is about children who experience their surroundings different from most of us.
I Am a Girl! / Ik ben een meisje! Director: Susan Koenen The Netherlands / 2010 / 15’ Joppe is a pretty 14–year old girl. She has thing for Brian. What Brian doesn’t know, is that she’s actually a boy. Joppe and her friends know for sure: she’s simply a girl. A girl accidently trapped in a boy’s body. But hey, how can you ask a boy like Brian out? Will he understand? And what’s the right moment to tell?
Jongens Zijn We / We Are Boys Director: Tomas Kaan The Netherlands / 2009 / 19’ A story about the friendship between Jim and Sam. While Jim prepares himself to go to a secondary school in the city and Sam is being bummed out because he has to wait another year to leave the village, it becomes clear that these will be the last carefree days of summer they will spend together.
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OUT OF COMPETITION SHORTIES 6+ SHORTIES 6+ SUN 20 – 12:00 – LUX 3 – € 5
3x3
Marijn
Plank
Director: Nuno Rocha fiction / Portugal / 2009 / 6’
Director: Lilian Sijbesma animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / 17’
Director: Billy Pols documentary / the Netherlands / 2009 / 15’
It is night. A security of a sports complex spends his time throwing balls at the basketball hoop. He spends many hours doing that so he has become an expert. The size of his ego comes up when he shows his skills to a simple janitor, who also spends the night there.
Marijn often helps out her father, who is a chef, when he’s cooking at home. When her mom eats something she finds really tasty, she can perform magic. Her father plays along. When her mom suddenly dies, Marijn tries to get by doing what her parents taught her: cooking and performing magic.
A Dutch-Moroccan boy puts everything at stake to become the best skateboarder in the world despite the uncomfortable feeling at home.
Bridge Brug
Wilson & Wilson
Mobile
Director: Gerben Agterberg animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / 6’
Director: Willeke Beekmans animation / the Netherlands / 2010 / 3’
Director: Verena Fels animation / Germany / 2010 / 6’
A man considers his world grey and inanimate until he meets a beautiful fish. When the fish tragically disappears the man is left in despair.
A day in the life of Wilson & Wilson, two men who share a body without to much hassle. Their practical routine gets violently disrupted when one of the two men chokes on an apple.
A cow tips the balance of destiny with quite some impact…
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SHORTIES 15+ OUT OF COMPETITION SHORTIES 15+ SAT 19 – 16:00 – LUX 3 – € 5
Mesecina
Pixels
Trigger Vlotter
Paths of Hate
Director: Sofia Exarchou fiction / Greece / 2009 / 35mm / 31’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Patrick Jean animation / France / 2010 / digital / 3’
Director: Allard Westenbrink fiction / The Netherlands / 2010 / video / 11’
Director: Damian Nenow animation / Poland / 2010 / 35mm / 10’ / Dutch premiere
“Mesecina”: 1. a music group – they both like it. A music group that doesn’t really exist. 2. a short film about an ill boy who meets a girl or about an ill boy who believes that he can live normally. But he can’t.
New York invasion by 8-bit creatures!
A robber suddenly seems to be a plumber and decides to act like one.
Paths of Hate is a short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss ob blind hate, fury and rage.
Lebensader
Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance
Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46
Director: Angela Steffen animation / Germany / 2009 / video / 6’ A little girl finds the whole world inside a leaf.
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Director: Yuval Nathan & Merav Nathan & Oren Lavie musicvideo / Israel / 2010 / digital / 3’
Director: Anthony Vouardoux fiction / Germany / 2009 / 35mm / 15’ / Dutch premiere After his landing on Jupiter moon Alpha46, the cosmonaut Yuri Lennon is confronted with an extraordinary paradox... Undocked from the mother ship, Yuri begins his starting journey through space, which leads him to the end of the world as we know it. An Amazing 15 minute one-shot movie…the countdown is on.
HKU PRESENTS
Never a fixed recipe and always with its own distinctive signature. The Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU) is a fertile breeding ground for young filmmakers. At the Faculty of Art, Media and Technology, students explore the possibilities new media and technologies may provide in the field of filmmaking. The HKU program includes animation films, short fiction, documentaries and music videos produced in the last year. The diversity of the production gives a good impression of the many skills these students develop at the academy. Several students will attend the screening to present their work.
OUT OF COMPETITION
SATURDAY 19 MARCH HKU 1 – 17:00 – LUX 3 HKU 2 – 17:45 – LUX 6 HKU 3 – 19:00 – LUX 3
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NIGHT OF THE CINEPOEM In the era of cross-disciplinary arts, the cinepoem has become a noticeable trend in filmmaking. It’s history goes back to the early days of cinema, when the avant-garde of the 1920’s created cinepoems in an attempt to elevate film to an art form. Now we have a new generation of creators, readers and viewers, who grow up with a multitude of media and expressions. The cinepoem may very well be a form that is appropriate to their habits and demands. During the Night of the Cinepoem we explore this way of presenting poetry and a poetic cinematographic language to new generations.
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OUT OF COMPETITION The night’s main event is the cinepoem competition, for the best European short film based on a poem. Together with European Foundation Joris Ivens and literary production company Wintertuin, Go Short has selected eleven of today’s best European cinepoems. A jury, consisting of filmmaker Amos Mulder, poet Tonnus Oosterhoff and Joke Ballintijn (Netherlands Media Arts Institute) will award one of the films with the WintertuinJoris Ivens Cinepoem Award worth € 2.500. As an introduction to the genre, the classic cinepoem Regen by Joris Ivens will be screened. Amos Mulder will premiere Verkeerde Raadhuizen, a cinepoem produced especially for this evening.
OUT OF COMPETITION CINEPOEM CINEPOEM THU 17 – 20:00-23:00 – VILLALUX – € 10 / € 8*
Regen
Verkeerde Raadhuizen
Director: Joris Ivens & MHK Franken Documentary / the Netherlands / 1929 / 35mm / 12’
Director: Amos Mulder found footage / the Netherlands / 2011 / digital
A day in the life of a rain-shower. A classic city symphony by Joris Ivens films Amsterdam and its changing appearence during a rain-shower. A very poetic film with changing moods, following the change from sunny Amsterdam streets to rain drops in the canals and the pooring rain on windows, umbrellas, trams and streets, untill it clears up and the sun breaks through once again.
‘Verkeerde Raadhuizen’ (literally: Wrong City Halls) is a poem by H.H. ter Balkt, who is widely considered to be one of the best poets in the Netherlands. Wintertuin commissioned young filmmaker Amos Mulder to produce a new film inspired by H.H. Ter Balkt’s poem. Mulder received critical acclaim with his short Ghost of Icarus, including an honorable mention at Go Short last year.
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CINEPOEM OUT OF COMPETITION CINEPOEM THU 17 – 20:00–23:00 – VILLALUX
Polifemi
Injections Injecties
Thoughts are Free Die Gedanken sind frei
Director: Elena Chiesa animation / Italy / 2009 / video / 2’
Director: Paul Bogaert found footage / Belgium / 2010 / HD / 4’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Urte Zintler animation / Germany / 2009 / video / 5’
A videopoem about the way love transforms us and our partner. It’s a poem concerning the other as the entity out of ourself but still so close to us that sometimes it’s impossible to distinguish the boundaries, if there are, between us and him/her.
A woman in a hospital bed is enjoying the paradisiacal atmosphere outside. Until she is rolled inside. Two nurses start a treatment in which injections are combined with language. Will it work?
An elderly woman sings a traditional German song about the freedom of all thoughts, thereby she has troubles with her memory.
In Summer They Sit, the Elderly
Breathe
Viva Zombatista
Director: Beate Kunath fiction / Germany / 2009 / video / 22’
Director: Emma Passmore found footage / United Kingdom / 2010 / video / 1’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Kristian Pedersen animation / Norway / 2009 / video / 2’ / Dutch premiere
Inspired by the death of her Grandmother Magdalena, the talks with Magdalenas live partner Gertrud, as well as an old suitcase of Magdalena, Petra writes a poem and makes a film.
A simple, yet evocative piece, using old footage of commuters on the London Underground with a new poetic voice over describing the exhausting effect of modern life.
The Dead arise to devour the living.
Im Sommer Sitzen die Alten
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OUT OF COMPETITION CINEPOEM
Anna Blume
You and me
Letzter Tag der Republik
Director: Vessela Dantcheva animation / Germany / Bulgaria / 2009 / 35mm / 9’
Director: Karsten Krause documentary / Germany / 2009 / 35mm / 4’
Anna Blume is a visual poetry about the lust of a man chasing a woman. The story takes on surreal journey dictated by the mind of the poet. Lust and ingestion, disguised in love, drive the two characters to an end where love turns to be a very lonesome and strange place.
A woman is walking towards her husband’s camera for four decades. A love story on small gauge film.
Director: Reynold Reynolds documentary / Germany / 2010 / HD / 8’ / Dutch premiere
Der Doppelgaenger
Nuvole, Mani
Director: Stephanie Winter fiction / Austria / 2009 / 35mm / 14’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Simone Massi animation / France / 2009 / 35mm / 8’ / Dutch premiere
Protagonist and puppet master, bound by a terrible secret. A man travels through his inner landscape. As the journey continues the boundaries between observer and the observed begin to blur.
I watch the hands of my father, the clouds of my mother; I see the passing of Time that colours us with the yellow of flowers.
The Palast der Republik opened in 1976 as a meeting place for the East-German people and an emblem of the future. The unique building was home to the East German Parliament and held auditoriums, galleries, restaurants, and concert halls. One day, twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Palace completely disappeared.
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EXTRAPOOL FRIDAY
FRI 18 MARCH – 21:00 – € 5
At Extrapool, international artists are invited to create, analyze and present work that defies classification and crosses boundaries. During Go Short, you can enjoy several performances and films at this creative hotspot just around the corner from LUX.
Performance Jeroen de Leijer: Wiçpuklacki Eefje Wentelteefje meets Mirflop Puppeteatrk in a cultural exchange between puppeteers. Mirflop Puppeteatrk combines interactive digital techniques and puppetry with 3D filming techniques and live music. Eefje Wentelteefje is the creation of (comic) artist and puppeteer Jeroen de Leijer. Eefje had her own show on Dutch television and currently leads a nomadic existence. 96 GOSHORT/2011
Performance Yes..PinkpinK Yes..PinkpinK started out as a research on the danceability of his own soul and the color pink. This resulted in his own breed of contemporary R&B: it’s like Ulrich Seidl teaming up with Rihanna.
Film Untitled Director: Keren Cytter fiction / Germany / 2009 / digital / 17’ In Untitled, the viewer is thrown in the middle of an ongoing dialogue which takes place on a bare theatre set. The protagonists – professional German actors – are engaged in fragmented role-playing around themes of love, marriage, family and adultery; they enact psychological struggles and uncertainties and seem to be caught in an endless, repetitive loop of emotional turmoil.
EXTRAPOOL SATURDAY 19 MARCH – 21:00 – € 5
Performance + Film Bissy Bunder A meeting between the tragic and the funny. Bissy Bunder is a group of international interdisciplinary artists based in Antwerp, Belgium. With performances, installations, films and music they create their own disturbing, dramatic and comical universe. The performances of the group are a stew of news, pop culture, literature, art, folklore and history.
Beyonda ‘ A Journey into the Darkness Director: Bissy Bunder Belgium / Germany / 2010 / 70’ In Beyonda the artists travel to Los Angeles to make a film with a ‘big shot’ director.
Film 69, the Story of Illy Lips Director: Miek Hoekzema the Netherlands / 2010 / 20’ A young woman trying to make sense of three big chapters: death, sex and life. With shifting perspectives and compelling images, the strongly realistic story behind the character Illy Lips is told. Masked figures, spoken words, sung poems, typed sentences, strong colors and interrupting animations all contribute to the storytelling.
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GO EXPO The Festival Lounge is the place to be if you want to hang out with or meet other visitors and film professionals, and talk about the films you’ve seen. At this festival home base, around LUX and some other locations, you will encounter expositions and video installations. Have a look around and enjoy! Don’t forget to go round the block and visit the expo at Bart Kunst in Huis.
The Addiction Trilogy Festival Lounge Harald Schleicher used the enormous Hollywood archive to make a collage about the things that get you hooked. This trilogy consists of Don’t Bogart that Joint (also in The Labo 2), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Cheers!.
ArtEZ Just seen a brilliant film? Tweet about it! Students from the ArtEZ Academy Information & Interactive Media Design will make sure your opinion isn’t lost in the void. At LUX you will be able to see all #GoShort tweets. In the Festival Lounge, ArtEZ students will present a video installation where you can experience legendary film dialogues, just as if you were right in the middle of the action. Prints & The Revolution Festival Lounge Dutch multi-talent Arne Toonen owns the online gallery Prints & The Revolution, a platform for street art and graffiti. Several of his pieces are on display (and for sale) at the Festival Lounge.
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The Works of Max Hattler Bart Kunst in Huis Video-artist Max Hattler impresses with his kaleidoscopic computer animations. His ‘musical of war’ Spin recently won the award for ‘best political short’ at Klik! Animation Festival in Amsterdam.
Smoke Gets in your Eyes
Cheers!
Don’t Bogart that Joint
Director: Harald Schleicher found footage / Germany / 2010 / digital / 9’
Director: Harald Schleicher found footage / Germany / 2010 / digital / 8’
Director: Harald Schleicher found footage / Germany / 2010 / digital / 9’
Today there is a certain stigma that surrounds smoking, but that wasn’t always the case: For many years the silver screen was practically paradise for smokers. Smoke Gets in your Eyes is an homage to the stars that smoked on the silver screen.
Alcohol lifts the spirits, ladies try to get a thrill for their exacerbated lives with champagne and men are meanwhile competing in drinking. What was to be pleasure and relaxation sometimes ends in loss of control and addiction.
The video Don’t Bogart that Joint is an audio-visual trip into the genre of drugs in the cinema. The topic is often treated speculatively and superficially, but in addition there also are increasingly serious examination of this ambivalent problem.
1925 aka Hell
1923 aka Heaven
Spin
Director: Max Hattler animation / United Kingdom / 2010 / HD / loop
Director: Max Hattler animation / United Kingdom / 2010 / HD / loop
Director: Max Hattler animation / United Kingdom / 2010 / HD / 4’
1925 aka Hell is one of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage (1876-1954). 1925 is based on Lesage’s painting ‘A Symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World from 1925’.
1923 aka Heaven is one of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage (1876-1954). 1923 is based on Lesage’s painting ‘A Symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World from 1923’.
When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred…
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MEESTERMAKERS: DOCUMENTARY KAREL DOING AND JOHN APPEL Every year a renowned filmmaker meets with a rising talent in the Meestermakers program. In this year’s Meestermakers we welcome two masters of documentary, John Appel and Karel Doing. They are well-known Dutch documentary makers with very divergent styles of filmmaking. John Appel reached a large audience for the first time with his film Zij Gelooft in Mij, about the famous Dutch singer Andre Hazes. Since then he has made several documentaries, the latest (De As van Phoenix) clearly having a different form than the earlier ones, as he now uses green screen and image manipulation techniques. Appel is experienced in giving master classes and workshops, e.g. at IDFA, and produces films with Hedy Honigmann.
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Karel Doing is known for his experimental films and is co-founder of Filmbank, which has now been enveloped by the EYE institute. The past years he has experimented with genres and narratives. His latest project in Suriname resulted in the documentary Saamaka and the experimental short Looking for Apoekoe. Doing’s film Liquidator recently premiered at the IFFR.
At Go Short, Appel and Doing will give a master class where six participating documentary makers will receive feedback on their work and plans for new films. Together they will look for ways to develop their plans, for example through the use of interactive techniques or new media.
MEESTERMAKERS MASTERCLASS DOCUMENTARY AND NEW MEDIA Sat 19/3 – 11:00-16:00 – Vlaams Arsenaal (not open to the public)
MEESTERMAKERS PUBLIC TALK JOHN APPEL AND KAREL DOING Sat 19/3 – 20:00 – LUX 2 – € 8
During a public talk, Appel and Doing will discuss their films, work process and sources of inspiration. This talk will be hosted by Walter van der Cruijsen (former director of AC Eindhoven, Hull Time Bases Arts).
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GO SHORT STUDENT CAMPUS 2011
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KEEPING IT SHORT AND INTENSE Every year, talented young filmmakers from all over Europe gather in Nijmegen to share their experiences and build upon them. They follow creative workshops, meet professionals and eventually create a short film, adding to their ambitious filmography. The Go Short Student Campus is an initiative of Go Short and Breaking Ground, the platform for European student film. Both organizations feel there is a need to give talented, aspiring filmmakers a chance to learn more about their profession, incorporate the influences of various cultures and broaden their vision of international cinema.
This year they will rise to the challenge of converting their ideas about European identity into ultra-short films of 60 to 90 seconds. Under the guidance of Dutch Talent directors Hanro Smitsman, Danyael Sugawara and Arne Toonen, they will turn a basic notion into a short that will premier at the Go Short award show‌ all in just five days. Because of the time pressure, the campus members will enjoy the festival experience in their own creative bubble. Of course they will also have time to come out of their cave to shoot their films, get some sunlight and join in the festivities. If you get the chance to meet them, take it, as these will be the filmmakers of tomorrow!
TAKE A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE Are you a European film student who’d like to attend inspiring lectures, motivational workshops and create the most splendid films together with other young filmmakers from all over Europe? Next year there will be a new chance to join the Go Short Student Campus. Keep an eye on www.breakingground.eu and www.goshort.nl, or follow our tweets at @BG_EU and @goshortfilmfest.
You can follow the day-to-day campus proceedings on the internet: breakingground.eu/campus2011
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THE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT NIJMEGEN It may seem impossible to make an entire film in just two days, but many teams have done it already! Last year we introduced this worldwide film competition to Nijmegen and were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic responses from local and regional filmmakers. Through this competition, the 48 Hour Film Project encourages filmmakers and would-be filmmakers to get out there and make films. The tight deadline of 48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers, emphasizing creativity and teamwork skills. While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting the emphasis on actions rather than words.
48 HOUR JURY Kevin Toma Film critic for newspapers De Volkskrant and De Gelderlander and various websites. Ellen Kocken Director of DZIGA, supporting filmmakers and video artists. Frank Hoeve Producer at Talent United and Dutch Mountain Movies.
48 HOUR 1 This year the number of competing teams has grown considerably. In a hectic and sleepless weekend, the teams write, script, shoot, edit, score and render a film. Friday night each team is given a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to be included in their film, which must be handed in across the finish line on Sunday. At Go Short, all completed films of this year’s 48 Hour Film Project Nijmegen will be screened for the first time. The jury will decide the winner of the 48 Hour Award, who will then compete in the international final.
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Thu 17/3 – 15:00 – LUX 3 – € 7,50 Thu 17/3 – 17:45 – LUX 5 – € 7,50 Sun 20/3 – 17:15 – LUX 6 – € 7,50
48 HOUR 2 Thu 17/3 – 17:00 – LUX 3 – € 7,50 Thu 17/3 – 18:00 – LUX 6 – € 7,50 Sun 20/3 – 19:15 – LUX 6 – € 7,50
COLOPHON CATALOGUE Published by Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen Editorial Team Arne Broekhoven, Kirsten Ruber, Marjolein Kooijman, Wouter Jansen, Leoni Andriessen, Nick Huijts Translation & Editing Radboud in’to Languages (p. 8-9, 14-17, 19, 29, 37, 45, 53, 73-76, 82, 85, 88, 91-92, 98, 100-105) Graphic design & Concept www.teunis.nu, i.s.m. Marieke Eelman Campaign Image Teunis, Gemasiul Photography and Muph Make Up Print Drukkerij Geers Offset Circulation 500 Price € 5 incl. VAT
ORGANIZATION Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen PO Box 1449 6501 BK Nijmegen The Netherlands www.goshort.nl info@goshort.nl Board Karima Benali Marina Blok Caro Desling Constant Hoogenbosch Professor Anneke Smelik Maarten van Schaik Frank de Vrught Festival Directors Lisa ter Berg Kirsten Ruber Selection Committee Manon Bovenkerk Astrid Bussink Egbert de Ruiter Dirk van der Straaten Lisa ter Berg Kirsten Ruber
Guest Curators Job, Joris & Marieke Salette Ramalho (Agência) Hasse van Nunen, Maartje Verhoeckx (Breaking Ground) Program Department Wouter Jansen Marit Oprins Vivian Fontijn Production Marleen Bakker Irena Nannes Anke Koenraadt Chief Operators & Technical Support Anke Hellebrand Susanna Seitz Martin van Broekhoven Projectietechniek Guest Service Maaike Hidding Boy Joosten Volunteer Coordinators Martijn Snelders Erik van Vliet
Communication Marjolein Kooijman Nick Huijts Web, Video & Social Media Arne Broekhoven Leoni Andriessen Go Shorty! Marit Veeneman Jury Assistance Mylène Ragon Press Agency Herrie Design www.teunis.nu Website & Jury/Press Channel E-turn, MediaDepot, Arjen Rienks Festival Trailer HKU – Faculty of Art, Media and Technology: Remco Janssen, Job van Linden van den Heuvell, Emily Duurland, Nicky van Kessel, Dennie van Dijk & Joshua Petit
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FILM INDEX TITLE # Ønskebørn – 34 ¿Te Vas? – 69 12 Jahre – 41 12 Years – 41 1923 aka Heaven – 99 1925 aka Hell – 99 3x3 – 89 69, the Story of Illy Lips – 97 A Aglaee – 22 Aglaée – 22 Ahmed Was Here – 77 Ahmed Was Hier – 77 Akvarium – 22 Al Servizio del Cliente – 70 All Men are Called Robert – 49 Ámár – 39 Amazon Kindle commercial 1 – 84 Amazon Kindle commercial 2 – 84 Anderland – 77 Anna Blume – 95 Anvers – 62 Application for a Job – 86 Aquarium – 22 Are We Still Married? – 84 Are you leaving? – 69 Arena – 86 Awake – 58 B Bathing Micky – 30 Ben Hora – 70 Beyonda ‘A Journey into the Darkness – 97 Big Bang Big Boom – 40 Bird of Prey – 87 Birth of a Nation – 51, 67 Blondie – 80 Blondje – 80 Breathe – 94 106 GOSHORT/2011
Bridge – 89 Bro – 22 Brug – 89 Bukowski – 63 Buurman en Buurman – 84 C Calligrapher, The – 84 Candid – 87 Candido – 87 Capicúa – 69 Caron – 26 Charcoal Burners – 56 Cheers! – 99 Cheveu – 23 China, China – 87 Christmas Inventory – 86 Cocky Love – 79 Cold Day, A – 87 Contact – 79 Contract, The – 33 Could You Love – 31 Cousin – 83 Cycle – 47 D Dajo – 80 Dame au Chien, La – 26 Dawn – 52, 68 Death of an Insect, The – 46 Deep End Dance – 47 Dlia Domashnego Prosmotra – 35 Dominique – 28, 64 Don’t Bogart That Joint – 48, 99 Doppelgaenger, Der – 95 Drop Dead – 81 E Eagleman Stag, The – 57 Engel & Broer – 81 Erään Hyönteisen Tuho – 46
Estória do Gato e da Lua – 86 External World, The – 41 Eyes of the Lighthouse, The – 42 F Fell in Love with a Girl – 84 Fille & le Chasseur, La – 39 For Home Viewing – 35 Fracture – 25 From here to there and back again – 57 From Now On – 64 G Gedanken sind frei, Die – 94 Get Real! – 65 Girl & the Hunter, The – 39 Google Chrome Japan – 84 Göringin Sauva – 30 Görings Baton – 30 Grindin’-Nobody Beats the Drum – 84 H Hair – 23 Hand, The – 83 Händelse vid Bank – 27 Heat electric – 84 Heen en terug – 57 Her Morning Elegance – Oren Lavie – 84, 90 Historia de Siempre, La – 24 História Trágica com Final Feliz – 87 Homeland – 55 Hou Holland Schoon – 80 How to Pick Berries – 59 Humdrum – 83 I iI Am a Girl! – 88 I feel... – 88 Ich Bin’s. Helmut. – 56 ieElpot – 33 Ik ben een meisje! – 88 Ik voel, ik voel, wat jij niet voelt... – 88
Im Sommer Sitzen die Alten – 94 In Summer They Sit, the Elderly – 94 inBreath – 33 Incident by a Bank – 27 Injecties – 94 Injections – 94 Inventário de Natal – 86 It’s me. Helmut. – 56 J Jessi – 58 Jongens Zijn We – 88 Journey to Cape Verde – 42 K Kamene – 39 Keep Holland Clean – 80 Khouya – 27 Kleiner Raum, Der – 38 Kontraktet – 33 Kraddy- Android Porn – 70 L Lady with the Dog, The – 26 Laterarius – 43 Leave Not a Cloud Behind – 70 Lebensader – 59, 90 Leikkipuisto – 34 Letzter Tag der Republik – 95 Liefde, dankjewel – 78 Little Children, Big Words – 26 Little Quentin – 44, 63 Loeki de Leeuw – 84 Lord – 25 Lost – 69 Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation, A – 38 Lotus Cookies – 84 Love & Theft – 40 Love birds – 54
M Making of Grindin’ – 84 Making of Natural Gas – 84 Manitoba – 28, 65 Marijn – 89 Meat Love – 84 Mesecina – 24, 90 Micky Bader – 30 Milah – 78 Millhaven – 43 Miten Marjoja Poimitaan – 59 Mobil – 89 Mobile – 58, 89 More Zhelaniy – 59 Muse – 52, 68 Mushrooms of Concrete – 55 My Brother – 27 N Na U – 79 Na Ulitsa Nula – 50 Natural Gas – 84 Needle Exchange – 32 Nuit Blanche – 23 Nuvole, Mani – 95 O O How Sad – 51, 67 O Pedido de Emprego – 86 O quam Tristis – 51, 67 Ocobar’s American Bioscope - Faith – 65 Oh Deer! – 78 Oleg – 24 Olympus-The PEN Story – 84 One Way, a Tuareg Journey – 31 Oppressed Majority – 23 Opprimée – 23 Oral History – 48 Orange-A Minute – 84 Origin of Creatures – 51, 67 Os Olhos do Farol – 42
Otherland – 77 Out of a Forest – 70 Out Of Love – 34 P Palindrome – 69 Pandore – 32 Panique au Village – 84 Parade – 54 Paths of Hate – 42 Pavasaris Varnu Iela – 43 Perdido – 9 Pib and Pog – 83 Piggy – 56 Pingu – 84 Pixels – 40, 90 Plank – 36, 66, 89 Playground – 34 Polifemi – 94 Przez Szybe – 60 Q Quiet One, The – 77 R Raak – 79 Radiostan – 31 Rancho Texas – 35 Rapace – 87 Regen – 93 Remains – 86 Rex the Runt – 84 Rihla – 50, 66 S Sailor & Son – 36, 64 Sambuca Kid – 32 Same Old Story, The – 24 Schattebout – 79 Schipper & Zoon – 36, 64 Sea of Desires – 59 Ship of the Ether, The – 84
Sister – 48 Sleepless Night – 23 Sma Barn, Stora Ord – 26 Small change – 55 Smaller Room, The – 38 Smoke Gets in your Eyes – 99 Smolarze – 56 Sony Bravia – 84 Spin – 99 Spitting Ink – 36, 63 Splitting the atom – 47 Springtime in Varnu Street – 43 Stardust – 50 Stones – 39 Sugar – 69 Suiker – 69 Sunday Drive – 83 Surpriseville – 35 Suspect, A – 86 Suspeita, A – 86 T Tale about the Cat and the Moon – 86 Things You’d Better Not Mix Up – 44, 66 Thoughts are Free – 94 Through Glass – 60 Too Damn Late – 46 Tous les Hommes s’Appellent Robert – 49 Town Called Panic, A – 84 Tragic Story with Happy Ending – 87 Transire – 49 Traumdeutung – 57 Trickland – 30 Trigger – 62, 90 Tulips Shall Grow – 83 Tumblies, The: Balloon – 84 Tumblies, The: Phone – 84 Tussilago – 33
U Um Dia Frio – 87 Uncle – 83 Until the River Runs Red – 54 Untitled – 97 Uzine, or the Revenge of Mr Staach, The – 41 Uzine, ou la Vengeance de Mr Staach, L’ – 41 V Val Dood – 81 Vanaf hier – 64 Vasco – 38 Verkeerde Raadhuizen – 93 Versions (2010) – 49 Viagem a Cabo Verde – 42 Vincent – 83 Viva Zombatista – 94 Vlotter – 62, 90 Voitko Rakastaa – 31 Voodoo – 46 W Watching – 25 We Are Boys – 88 We Love Our Clients – 70 Western Spaghetti – 83 When I am King – Tim Knol – 84 White tape – 70 Wilson & Wilson – 89 Y You and me – 95 Yoyoklon – 62 Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46 – 27, 90 Z Zaliger – 60 Zero Street – 50 Zorg van de zaak – 84
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FILM INDEX COUNTRY Australia Cousin – 83 Uncle – 83
Estonia Oleg – 24 Piggy – 56
Algeria My Brother – 27
Finland Could You Love – 31 Death of an Insect, The – 46 Görings Baton – 30 How to Pick Berries – 59 Pixels – 40, 90 Playground – 34
Austria Sister – 48 Belgium Injections – 94 Lotus Cookies – 84 Making of Natural Gas – 84 Mushrooms of Concrete – 55 Natural Gas – 84 Sleepless Night – 23 Stardust – 50 Town Called Panic, A – 84 Trickland – 30 Vasco – 38 Bulgaria Zero Street – 50 Czech Republic Awake – 58 Buurman en Buurman – 84 Hand, The – 83 Love birds – 54 Homeland – 55 Denmark Bathing Micky – 30 Out of a Forest – 70 Out Of Love – 34 White tape – 70
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France Aglaee – 22 All Men are Called Robert – 49 Ben Hora – 70 Caron – 26 Fracture – 25 Hair – 23 Lady with the Dog, The – 26 Leave Not a Cloud Behind – 70 My Brother – 27 Nuvole, Mani – 95 Oppressed Majority – 23 Pandore – 32 Parade – 54 Splitting the atom – 47 Uzine, or the Revenge of Mr Staach, The – 41 Vasco – 38 Germany 12 Years – 41 Anna Blume – 95 Beyonda ‘A Journey into the Darkness – 97 Cheers! – 99 Cycle – 47 Don’t Bogart That Joint – 48, 99 Doppelgaenger, Der – 95 External World, The – 41 In Summer They Sit, the Elderly – 94
It’s me. Helmut. – 56 Jessi – 58 Kraddy - Android Porn – 70 Lebensader – 59, 90 Letzter Tag der Republik – 95 Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation, A – 38 Love & Theft – 40 Mobile – 58, 89 Olympus-The PEN Story – 84 Oral History – 48 Rancho Texas – 35 Smoke Gets in your Eyes – 99 Thoughts are Free – 94 Untitled – 97 Versions (2010) – 49 You and me – 95 Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46 – 27, 90 Greece Mesecina – 24, 90 Ireland Deep End Dance – 47 Needle Exchange – 32 Small change – 55 Israel Her Morning Elegance-Oren Lavie – 84, 90 Italy Big Bang Big Boom – 40 One Way, a Tuareg Journey – 31 Polifemi – 94 We Love Our Clients – 70 Japan Google Chrome Japan – 84
Latvia InBreath – 33 Springtime in Varnu Street – 43 Norway Aquarium – 22 Too Damn Late – 46 Viva Zombatista – 94 Poland Charcoal Burners – 56 Millhaven – 43 Paths of Hate – 42 Through Glass – 60 Portugal 3x3 – 89 Application for a Job – 86 Arena – 86 Bird of Prey – 87 Candid – 87 China, China – 87 Christmas Inventory – 86 Cold Day, A – 87 Eyes of the Lighthouse, The – 42 Journey to Cape Verde – 42 Remains – 86 Sunday Drive – 83 Suspect, A – 86 Tale about the Cat and the Moon – 86 Tragic Story with Happy Ending – 87 Voodoo – 46 Romania Lord – 25 Russia For Home Viewing – 35 Sea of Desires – 59
Scotland Surpriseville – 35 Slovakia Stones – 39 Spain Ámár – 39 Are you leaving? – 69 Homeland – 55 Lost – 69 Palindrome – 69 Same Old Story, The – 24 Sweden Contract, The – 33 Incident by a Bank – 27 Little Children, Big Words – 26 Orange - A Minute – 84 Sambuca Kid – 32 Transire – 49 Tussilago – 33 Switzerland Girl & the Hunter, The – 39 Laterarius – 43 Pingu – 84 Smaller Room, The – 38 the Netherlands 69, the Story of Illy Lips – 97 Ahmed Was Here – 77 Anvers – 62 Birth of a Nation – 51, 67 Blondie – 80 Bridge – 89 Bukowski – 63 Cocky Love – 79 Contact – 79 Dajo – 80
Dawn – 52, 68 Dominique – 28, 64 Drop Dead – 81 Engel & Broer – 81 From here to there and back again – 57 From Now On – 64 Get Real! – 65 Grindin’ - Nobody Beats the Drum – 84 I Am a Girl! – 88 I feel... – 88 Keep Holland Clean – 80 Liefde, dankjewel – 78 Little Quentin – 44, 63 Loeki de Leeuw – 84 Making of Grindin’ – 84 Manitoba – 28, 65 Marijn – 89 Milah – 78 Muse – 52, 68 Na U – 79 O How Sad – 51, 67 Ocobar’s American Bioscope - Faith – 65 Oh Deer! – 78 Origin of Creatures – 51, 67 Otherland – 77 Plank – 36, 66, 89 Quiet One, The – 77 Regen – 93 Rihla – 50, 66 Sailor & Son – 36, 64 Ship of the Ether, The – 84 Spitting Ink – 36, 63 Sugar – 69 Things You’d Better Not Mix Up – 44, 66 Trigger – 62, 90 Tumblies, The: Balloon – 84 Tumblies, The: Phone – 84 Vanaf hier – 64 Verkeerde Raadhuizen – 93 We Are Boys – 88
When I am King - Tim Knol – 84 Wilson & Wilson – 89 Yoyoklon – 62 Zaliger – 60 Zorg van de zaak – 84 United Kingdom 1923 aka Heaven – 99 1925 aka Hell – 99 Are We Still Married? – 84 Breathe – 94 Bro – 22 Calligrapher, The – 84 Eagleman Stag, The – 57 Heat electric – 84 Humdrum – 83 Meat Love – 84 Pib and Pog – 83 Radiostan – 31 Rex the Runt – 84 Sony Bravia – 84 Spin – 99 Traumdeutung – 57 Until the River Runs Red – 54 Watching – 25 USA Amazon Kindle commercial 1 – 84 Amazon Kindle commercial 2 – 84 Fell in Love with a Girl – 84 Tulips Shall Grow – 83 Vincent – 83 Western Spaghetti – 83
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