The CineSud Talent Pitch is a pitching forum for new filmmakers from the Euregion who will pitch their short film ideas and compete to win a production different prizes:
- Best Talent Pitch and a €1000 production grant;
- The Special Jury Mention and a €500 production grant;
- A Post-Production Grant (CineSud covers one step in their post-production process).
The jury will announce the CineSud Talent Pitch winners during the Award Show of the Euregion Film Forum 2024.
CineSud Talent Pitch
After conducting two pitch coaching-sessions on March 11 and March 13, the participants will pitch their projects in front of an audience and a professionals jury during Euregion Film Forum on March 16, 16:00 at the Lumière Cinema in Maastricht. The members of the pitch jury are Limburgian Director of Photography, Jeroen Daemen, Belgian director Veerle de Wilde and German director Laurenz Otto.
Selected Participants & Projects
The following participants are selected to join the online pitch training sessions, the Euregion Film Forum's Masterclasses and the CineSud Talent Pitch.
- Jor Broeder | In The Belly Of The Beast
- Britt Beckers | Goed Genoeg?!
- Denise de Lange | Kocham Cie
- Arthur de Weerdt | Broken Honor
Jor Broeder
In The Belly Of The Beast
Jor Broeder
Jor Broeder, a visual artist raised in Nijmegen, works interdisciplinary, with film, performance, music, and installation being the most common directions. They are currently finishing their cursus from the Utrecht School of the Arts in the field of audiovisual media. Jor won the Gelders Short Competition for Best Fiction at Go Short 2023 with their first short film A Glimpse of Happiness.
Pitch project | In The Belly Of The Beast
In the Belly of the Beast is an experimental project which aim to explores society's hyperfocus on performance, self-improvement and perfection. The film call to embrace an imperfect animality, often forgotten or hidden but nonetheless at the source of humanity.
Britt Beckers
Goed Genoeg?!
Britt Beckers
Britt Beckers is a scriptwriter, director and editor currently studying at the Utrecht School of the Arts in the field of audiovisual media. Her previous work include Modervlek (2022 (as director)), Als ik later groot ben (2023 (as editor)) and Lavendel, Prosa (2023 (as scritpwriter)).
Pitch project | Goed Genoeg?!
When Noa takes Sam on their first camping trip as a couple, Sam is confronted with Noa's plans to move in together. However, expressing what Sam really wants isn’t as easy as it looks.
Denise de Lange
Kocham Cie
Denise de Lange
Denise de Lange is a 26 year old filmmaker, currently in her final year of St. Joost school of art and design in Breda. Before studying film, she studied graphic design. She made the switch after always finding a way to embed film into her work. In her current work, Denise focuses on themes like family, relationships and positive LGBT representation.
Pitch project | Kocham Cie
Mila, a polish young woman and her Dutch girlfriend, Anna, experience tensions in their couple as they have to learn how to communicate and work around cultural differences in order for their relationship to work out.
Arthur de Weerdt
Broken Honor
Arthur de Weerdt
Arthur de Weerdt is a director, writer, and producer from Maastricht. He worked on virtual reality production for Dutch pop musician Glen Faria. As the owner of Muvipro Films, he has brought multiple large-scale music video projects to life over the years. Broken Honor will be Arthur's first fiction short film project.
Pitch project | Broken Honor
A skilled fighter and ex-gang member flees from China to seek refuge with his aunt in the Netherlands while battling his traumatic past from his criminal family. When local racist criminals start targeting his aunt's restaurant, he faces a moral dilemma: to give in to violence or to rise above it.
Join Euregion Film Forum on March 16, 2024
A program filled with exciting talks, special screenings, pitching forums and various networking moments. Discover international new talents, learn from experienced professionals, get to know each other and exchange.