About Me

Ali Asgari | fiction | the Netherlands | 2022 | 15 min

Young Fatima holds a secret that could change her fate; she must place her trust in a doctor to make a tough decision between cultural tradition and medical ethics.

The Show

Frederic Kau | fiction | Germany | 2022 | 12 min

Famous activist-couple Max and Lou went to extreme lengths to make a statement and got irreversibly sterilized together. They don’t want to have children in a world where humanity keeps on destroying the planet. They are about to have their first TV-appearance after their sterilization, when Max confesses something to Lou: Shortly before the procedure he got cold feet and couldn’t go through with the vasectomy…

Thank you for your patience!

Simon van der Zande | fiction | Belgium | 2022 | 17 min

From a fixed point of view, we witness a tense bus ride in Brussels, when Samuel – a Congolese immigrant – gets on to voice his discontent with Europe.

Zeebenen

Sam Dijkstra | fiction | the Netherlands | 2022 | 7 min

When on a hot summer’s day, Maas meets his girlfriends' group of friends for the first time, he gets confronted with dormant insecurities. He tries to hide his insecurities, but when the whole group decides to go swimming in the sea, he is faced with a difficult choice. Will he go to the sea and show himself, or stay on the beach and hide? What starts for Maas as a careless summer’s day, evolves into a painful confrontation with himself and his body.

At a Glance

Ruud Satijn | fiction | the Netherlands | 2022 | 16 min

During his evening shift, pizza delivery guy Izem suspects domestic violence is taking place behind the doors of a wealthy customer. Do the police believe his warning? At a Glance is about a quest for connection by people from various social backgrounds, who are challenged to shake off their prejudices. For Izem and his customers, this is not without risk.

Sleeping Dogs

Jenia Bayat Mokhtari, Amelie Befeldt, Samuli Salonen & Sarah Veith | documentary | Germany | 2022 | 13 min

My dog isn't the problem here. It's your's." Let sleeping dogs lie. Especially in a dog park. A film about "us" and "them", involuntarily encounters in public space and the search for common ground, despite everything.

Days of Spring

Arianne Hinz | fiction | the Netherlands | 2022 | 11min

11-year-old Roos invites her best friend Ella to join her enigmatic group of friends in their mysterious games. But there is a catch. As the stakes get higher, Roos must ask herself whether she can accept the group’s increasingly disturbing demands.

Frost

Benno Geurts | fiction | the Netherlands | 2022 | 30min

When Wander returns to his village alone after a long journey with his girlfriend through the Rocky Mountains, he finds himself at odds with her parents. Wander tries to repair their bond while the reality of what happened during their trip slowly unravels.

Teatralna Station

Alina Panasenko | fiction | Ukraine | 2022 | 16min

Tymofii is a little pickpocket. He lives his normal life until he suddenly falls in love with the next on the lady station officer at the Teatralna station.

Kharkiv Music Fest Did Happen

Viacheslav Turyanytsia | fiction | Ukraine | 2022 | 11min

Even despite the terrible events associated with Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, people continue to live showing their fortitude - For example, Kharkiv Music Fest did happen.

Golden Leggings

Arkadii Nepytaliuk | fiction | Ukraine | 2022 | 20min

August 19, 1991. USSR. Moscow is filled with rallies, barricades and tanks. But a summer school camp on the South is living its own life.

Under The Endless Sky

Olexandra Dzhiganska | fiction | Ukraine | 2022 | 4min

Our memories play an important role in the construction of identity and self-awareness. Director's childhood memories have acquired a special value for me since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine, my home country. For many children, this time will become a formative memory.

Almost Saint Senya

Vladislav Robsky | fiction | Ukraine | 2022 | 14min

Short story which describes that each of us has weaknesses, against which our conscience stands. And all of us always or rarely tries to agree with it. This life dilemma is understandable and close to everyone. The film gives an opportunity to viewers to look at yourself from the side and, causing them a smile, maybe, to reconsider their relationship with conscience in something.

Sammy Wisniewski

Sammy Wisniewski has become a household name within the Limburg film world over the years. She produced with her company Samski productions a series of Limburg short films and 48-hour projects. Last year, she worked on a project for The Rogues, where she served as production manager for Guido Coppis' feature film Pijn. Her last project was for Labyrint film, where she worked as executive producer and production manager for Ayla Satijn's short film Yildiz.

Henry Disotuar

Henry Disotuar was born and raised in the suburbs of Santiago de Cuba, the second largest city of Cuba. At the age of 10 his mother remarried and they both moved to Belgium. This significant turn of events marked him as teenager and is omnipresent in the director’s work. Remarkable in the work of the young director is the accomplishment of deep narrative, complex characters and the ability to tell a compelling yet subtle story. Diversity, the blurring margin of cultures and dysfunctional family ties are some of the reappearing themes in his character driven stories.

The first half of 2018, the director received funding from the Flemish Audiovisuals Fund (scenarioatelier), to start writing his first feature film. He was also granted funding for the creation of his new short film, Grapefruit. The project is planned to be ready in the first half of 2019. Grapefruit will be produced by De wereldvrede and Finders Keepers. The young director also works as programmer for the Filmfestival of Ostend and the Youth Filmfestival JEF.

Lukas Koll

Lukas Koll is a German film producer and managing partner of the production company arkanum pictures. Lukas first studied Film Studies, Philosophy and Art History at the University of Mainz, and later Film Production at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. He spent two years in New Zealand and Sydney, Australia, where he completed a course at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Lukas has produced numerous short films, music videos and documentaries, including several international co-productions, and has worked on many other projects, such as the Student Academy Award-winning animated short film Laika & Nemo. His graduation film at the Film University Eisspin, the oh so Terrible is the first film to adapt a fantasy novel by Walter Moers with a star-studded cast for the big screen. Lukas is co-founder and managing partner of the innovative development and production company arkanum pictures, based in Potsdam-Babelsberg.

Anne van Melick

SHIFT Masterclass: Script

Anne van Melick (1984) graduated as a screenwriter from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2006. After a period of working in the field of film and TV - as a writer of short films, a director’s assistant, a script editor - she started her Master’s degree in Cultural History in 2007, which she completed in 2012 at the University of Amsterdam. During and after this period she worked for several years in the publishing world and the field of journalism. In August 2016 she became the Head of Department Screenwriting at the Netherlands Film Academy. Her focus within the screenwriting program is the individual growth of the student, collaborative work forms, serial writing, character development and short- and feature structures.

Ivo Siebum

SHIFT Masterclass: Producing

Ivo Siebum graduated as a producer from the Filmacademy in 2021. His graduation movies: Yalda: the longest night (Faydim Ramshe) won the graduation-award from the School of Arts in Amsterdam, To Fly in Solitude (Noen Brouwer) had a screening at Camerimage and COCON (Lisette Vlassak) had several screenings on national and international film festivals. He won with Leilany Sanz the NAPA-Award for upcoming producer. He started his career at the Dutch broadcaster NTR, and now he is working as a Junior Producer for Millstreet Films.