The Visitors

Menno Habets | Fiction, The Netherlands, 2022, 14 min

An old man living on his own begins to suspect that intruders are taking over his home.

Feed Me

Lars Bürmann | Fiction, Germany, 2023, 12 min

Farmer René is now a mere shadow of his former self. The once loving and responsible family man is increasingly succumbing to the colorful world of lifestyle influencer Chiara. As his neglect on the farm gradually accumulates, he is also expected to take care of his daughter Mia’s favorite calf. When his wife Isa confronts him with the consequences of his negligence, Renés struggle reaches its peak.

Daydrift

Tim Jans | Fiction, Belgium, 2023,16 min

Jason spends his last day at a juvenile detention center. He's looking forward to being reunited with his mother, who promised him a better life. When Jason is once again left to his own devices, he spirals out of control.

Self-Portrait

Laura Huygen | Documentaire, The Netherlands, 2023, 09 min

The children in this art class of Marijk Greweldinger are not allowed to use the eraser. When they draw something they don't like, this turns out to be a challenge. During their conversations about the meaning of the eraser, they realize that its impact reaches much further than just their drawings.

Hakketuf

Laurens van Herk | Fiction, Belgium, 2023, 13 min

When Mikke’s mother gives birth to a fourth child who appears to be half cow half human, his world and that of his two brothers is turned upside down.

Lights

Pepijn Tebrunsvelt | Animation, The Netherlands, 2023, 04 min

In 'Lights,' an animator breathes life into two felt stop-motion puppets on an old factory workbench. When their instincts deviate from the animator's intentions, they take the reins of their destiny, by trying to break free from his influence.

ShortsLab 2023 Avant-Première | LifeLine

Emma-Rose Thompson & Maxim van den Broeke | Fiction, the Netherlands, 2024, 15 min

Lily tries to live up to everyone's (read: Mom's) expectations of being a "real" grown up. When she is caught red-handed having an abortion in secret, Lily is forced to realise that there are some things you cannot do on your own..

ShortsLab 2020 Avant-Première | De Moer

Remy Kooi | Fiction, the Netherlands, 2024, 22 min

Ger, a lonely Limburgian customs officer protects his small country bureaucratically until he's confronted with a persistent stranger.

DocLab 2021 Avant-Première | Love in Procedure

Laura Huygen & Moos Pozzon | Documentary, the Netherlands, 2024, 22 min

Kelly and Fams are 21, have been together for two years and have a long-distance relationship. In the documentary we follow their relationship and search for independence, against the background of Fams' unpredictable asylum procedure. How do Kelly and Fams separately and together deal with the powerlessness and uncertainty that such a procedure entails? Does their love also know limits?

Laurenz Otto

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia and graduated with a B.A. in Film Directing at the internationale filmschule köln (2021) Laurenz Otto's graduation film Against All Odds (2022) was part of NEST competition at San Sebastian Film Festival and has been awarded at Internal Short Film Festival Oberhausen. His latest short Arschschiessen is in post-production and will start its distribution process in 2024. Currently Laurenz is writing his first feature film Dead Bodies Don't Run (funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW) and developing a fictional (web-)series.

In March 2023 Laurenz Otto won the Special Jury Mention at the previous edition of the Euregion Film Forum with Against All Odds and we are very happy to have him back with us in Limburg!

Veerle de Wilde

Veerle De Wilde is a Dutch-Belgian filmmaker based in Ghent , Belgium. She is a TSFM Word-Frame and Interfilm Script Pitch alumna. Veerle studied psychology at Ghent University and audiovisual arts at KASK School of Arts. In 2020 she graduated with the short film Spaceboy, which was selected for film festivals around the world (such as the 2021 Brussels Short Film Festival) and has won multiple awards. In summer 2023 Veerle shot her latest short film Ultraviolet, an ambitious co-production between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Jeroen Daemen

Jeroen Daemen (1990) has been producing audiovisual productions since 2005, both commissioned and on his own initiative, collaborating with various parties domestically and internationally. Prior to co-founding the film production company Upendi Film & Motion Graphics with director Maarten Diederen, he worked as a junior creative on various television formats at Endemol Shine.

His expertise in the field of film has closely involved him in the organization of the internationally operating Dutch Mountain Film Festival. In recent years, he has directed the documentaries ‘Hoop’ and ‘From AFCENT to JFCBS’ and worked on a variety of productions as the director of photography, most notably the feature film ‘Stoffig Licht’.

Rosanne Pel

Rosanne Pel first studied at the Utrecht School of Arts where she graduated in directing and scenario fiction in 2011 before attending the Netherlands Film Academy where she received her master's degree in 2015. Her debut film Light as Feathers premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018. Among the many notable nominations and awards it received, the film was nominated in the Best Debut Film category at the Nederland Film Festival 2018 and won the jury award at the Brussels International Film Festival in 2019. Her second feature film received development subsidies from both the Amsterdam’s Fund of the Arts and the Netherlands Film Fund. The film will be produced by Family Affair Films.