CineSud Talent Film Pitch 2026
Six filmmakers will pitch their project and compete for a €2.000 production grant
Geplaatst op 26 november 2025The CineSud Talent Film Pitch is back during Euregion Film Forum 2026! The pitch takes place during the Makers Day of Euregion Film Forum 2026. Curious to find out who wins Best Pitch? Join us at Lumière Cinema on March 20! Buy your tickets here.
CineSud Talent Film Pitch
The CineSud Talent Film Pitch is a pitch opportunity specially developed for students and first time filmmakers from The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany to support them with their upcoming project. Filmmakers that are selected for the Talent Film Pitch not only have the chance to pitch their project in front of an international professional jury and receive feedback, they also compete for a production grant of € 2.000 for their project.
The CineSud Talent Film Pitch will be held in English and will take place on Friday March 20, 2026 in Lumière Cinema Maastricht. The pitch training will take place on Tuesday March 10, 2026. Participation in the pitch training and attendance of the Euregion Makers Day (during which the Talent Film Pitch takes place) are obligatory.
Meet the selected participants
The following talents have been selected for the Talent Film Pitch 2026. Read more about their projects by clicking on the pictures below!
Maira Rachmadiev (NL)
Project: Pink Pepper Sky
Daisy (25) is a moonchild who trusts astrology apps more than her own intuition. When tarot cards promise her true love, she leaves her boyfriend and falls for a man who feels cosmically perfect, except that he already has a girlfriend. Reading red flags as signs, Daisy follows the universe straight into a reality she very much does not want to see.
Can Baran (BE)
Project: Pavers
Deniz(34) a foreign photographer in Brussels, capturing the city’s differences over daily life people, is build interest towards homeless people’s lives and wants to take picture of them. As he begins to see the people he photographs through guilt and doubt, he must confront what it truly means to look — and to exploit.
Kedves van den Berg (NL)
Project: Sterretjes / Glimmers
Azmi Hoffmann (DE)
Project: Get Back!!
Two siblings go deep into the forest. One is to find an escape, the other is to discover a secret.
Bjarne Logister (NL)
Project: Synapse
When Levi unexpectedly runs into his ex, Ellen, while working in a concert venue, he is confronted with a past he thought he had let go of, but which is still deeply connected to him.
Sina Guntermann (DE)
Project: Everything is shifted
While trying to sell her late grandmother’s apartment, the phone rings endlessly, but bouba refuses to answer.
Practical info
The Talent Film Pitch will take place on March 20 at Lumière Cinema Maastricht during the Makers Day of Euregion Film Forum 2026. On March 10, we will host an online Pitch Training, which is obligatory for selected participants. The pitch and pitch training will be held in English. During the Pitch Training participants need to prepare a pitch in advance and present it to the coach and peers. They will receive feedback to apply to your final pitch.
Program
March 10 - Online Pitch Training
March 20 - CineSud Talent Film Pitch 2026
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