3/10/2010
The competition program is the backbone of Go Short. The 110 shorts selected for the competition give an impression of the diversity and high quality of European short filmmaking at this very moment.There are separate screening blocks for fiction, animation, documentary and the Labo. Dutch shorts are featured throughout these blocks and in the Dutch competition. A selection of student films is presented by Breaking Ground in the student competition Breaking Shorts.

Click the block titles to view the trailers of that program. For more info on the films, click the film titles.

Where people come together new ways to communicate will always develop. There are more ways of living then we could ever imagine. These shorts will hit all your emotional chords.

Fiction 1  
Hanoi - Warsaw / Hanoi - Warszawa
Good Advice / Goda Råd
Missing / Missen
Believe

Thu 18/3, 21:00, LUX 3 | Sat 20/3, 11:30, LUX 3

Fiction 2
It’s Free for Girls / C’est Gratuit pour les Filles
Jade
Where Is Kim Basinger? / Donde Esta Kim Basinger?
In Chambers / Bak Lukkede

Thu 18/3, 23:00, LUX 3 | Fri 19/3, 19:45, LUX 3 | Sat 20/3, 19:30, LUX 6

Fiction 3
Amor
Lost Days Office / Le Bureau des Jours Perdus
Full On / Le Plein d’Aventure
Lost Paradise

Thu 18/3, 16:00, LUX 3 | Fri 19/3, 13:45, LUX 3 | Sat 20/3, 23:00, LUX 3

Fiction 4
Dolor / Harmsaga
A Blue Dolphin / Sininen Delfiini
Oli’s Wedding / Nunta Lui Oli
Little Red Hoodie

Thu 18/3, 23:00, LUX 5 | Fri 19/3, 22:30, LUX 6 | Sat 20/3, 21:30, LUX 6

Fiction 5
Kiss / Kus
The Ballad of Marie Nord and Her Clients / Balladen om Marie Nord och Hennes Klienter
Diagnosis
Seeds of the Fall / Slitage

Fri 19/3, 20:30, LUX 6 | Sat 20/3, 13:30, LUX 6

Where the veneer cracks and real beauty shines through. These short docs will take you all over the world and make you relate to people in everyday as well as unexpected situations.

Documentary 1
Anders & Harri
Wagah
Notes on the Other
Today Is Yesterday and Tomorrow / Heute Ist Gestern und Morgen

Thu 18/3, 21:00, LUX 5 | Fri 19/3, 13:00, LUX 2

Documentary 2
Family 068 / Familia 068
Black Heart
The Salt Men / Hombres de Sal
Visiting Day

Thu 18/3, 16:45, LUX 2 | Sat 20/3, 11:00, LUX 5

Documentary 3
The Herd
Pollphail
Side By Side
Left Behind / Was Übrig Bleibt

Thu 18/3, 15:00, LUX 5 | Fri 19/3, 17:00, LUX 2

Documentary 4
Photograph of Jesus
Mum / Mam
Los
Unearthing the Pen
Vision

Thu 18/3, 16:00, LUX 6 | Fri 19/3, 19:00, LUX 5 | Sat 20/3, 19:00, LUX 2

Documentary 5
Bye Bye C’est Fini
Nyarma
The Shutdown

Thu 18/3, 19:00, LUX 5 | Fri 19/3, 19:00, LUX 2 | Sat 20/3, 21:15, LUX 5

Where acting doesn’t matter because the matter does the acting. Paper, clay and digital particles connect to each other in diverse ways to stimulate your imagination.

Animation 1
Variety / Variété
Madagascar, a Journey Diary / Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage
Red-End and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society
Mei Ling
Chicory ‘n’ Coffee / Cikorja an’ Kafe
The Man Who Slept / L’Homme Qui Dort
Logorama

Fri 19/3, 21:45, LUX 3 | Sat 20/3, 13:30, LUX 3

Animation 2
4
Pivot
The Man in the Blue Gordini / L’Homme à la Gordini
Wings and Oars
Lost and Found
Guliver
Percorso #0008-0209

Thu 18/3, 22:45, LUX 2 | Sat 20/3, 15:00, LUX 5

Animation 3
Sunday Drive / Passeio De Domingo
The Black Dog’s Progress
English Lessons
The Suprise Demise of Francis Cooper’s Mother
The Gang of Lidingö / Lindingöligan
Please Say Something

Thu 18/3, 22:30, LUX 6 | Fri 19/3, 14:45, LUX 5 | Sat 20/3, 23:00, LUX 2

Where image is everything. The Labo is the room where crazy film scientists develop razzle dazzle imagery to tickle your optic nerves and feed your appetite for adventure.

The Labo 1
Interstices
LETSMAKEADEAL
Give Me Back the Propeller
Dusk
Film for above the Sofa / Film für ubres Sofa
Forever for a While
August 2008
Corners

vrij 19/3, 12:45, LUX 5 | zat 20/3, 15:00, LUX 3

The Labo 2
The Suburb Within / Sisäinen Lähiö
Stardust
Amsterdam Reconstruction
herspace
Good Stuff / Hyvä Meininki
n.n. (I don’t want to live like a dove in your kind of europe)

don 18/3, 14:45, LUX 2 | vrij 19/3, 15:00, LUX 2 | zat 20/3, 19:15, LUX 5

The Labo 3
RE-constructions
After the Empire
White Blindness
Realm 1 Part 1
Archaic Smile
Ketamine - Behind the Light / Ketamin – Hinter dem Licht

 vrij 19/3, 17:00, LUX 5 | zat 20/3, 11:00, LUX 2

You will find Dutch shorts eligible for this competition throughout the other competition blocks. The shorts presented here accentuate the diversity of Dutch cinema.

Dutch 1
Strike
Myth Labs
Dew / Dauw
Den Helder

Thu 18/3, 18:00, LUX 6 | Fri 19/3, 21:00, LUX5 | Sat 20/3, 21:00, LUX 2

Dutch 2
Drop Dead / Val Dood
Display
Sunset from a Rooftop
Still Waters / Stille Waters
Barren / Doffer
Remains / Nagelaten

Thu 18/3, 20:45, LUX 2 | Sat 20/3, 11:30, LUX 6

In other programs
Missing / Missen
Kiss / Kus
Mum / Mam
Los
Variety / Variété
Red-End and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society
Pivot
Dusk
Forever for a While
RE-constructions

Where the next generation of filmmakers is presented. The student competition is selected and co-produced by Breaking Ground, the platform for European student filmmakers.

Breaking Shorts 1
In een Vergeten Moment
Alberts Vinter / Albert’s Winter
Ghost of Icarus
Le Bal de la Gare

Fri 19/3, 23:00, LUX 5 | Sat 20/3, 13:00, LUX 2

Breaking Shorts 2
Roëntgen
Narben im Beton / Scars in Concrete
Jacco’s Film

Thu 18/3, 14:00, LUX 3 | Fri 19/3, 17:45, LUX 5 | Sat 20/3, 18:00, LUX 2

Breaking Shorts 3
Anna
Das Paket / The Package
Chantier / Under Construction

Thu 18/3, 18:45, LUX 2 | Sat 20/3, 13:00, LUX 5

Breaking Shorts 4
Altijd 19
Train of Thought
Hranice / Borders
Noesis
Janna & Liv
August

Thu 18/3, 17:00, LUX 3 | Fri 19/3, 15:30, LUX 6

Breaking Shorts 5
Catharsis
Krantsid / Strays
Katzleben / Life of a Cat
Flirt

Thu 18/3, 12:45, LUX 2 | Fri 19/3, 19:00, LUX 2 | Sat 20/3, 23:15, LUX 5

The Go Short Jury will nominate films in the categories Fiction, Documentary, Animation and The Labo on Friday 19 March. The winners of the NPS/ Go Short Awards will be anounced during the Award Ceremony on Saturday 20 March.

Katharina Liebert (Austria)
For six years Katharina Liebert has been part of the leading team of the Vienna Independent Shorts film festival. She has worked as a coordinator for film projects in Austria and Ireland and has curated numerous short film programs for international festivals and several arthouse cinemas.

Sol Bondy (Germany)
Sol Bondy is the winner of last years Breaking Shorts Award. He studied film production at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. His shorts have been shown at festivals worldwide and have received many prizes. This summer he will shoot his first feature film.

Martijn te Pas (the Netherlands)
Martijn te Pas coordinates the program department of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Te Pas is also the documentary adviser of the Dutch Mediafund, which gives out grants to stimulate the development and production of cultural radio and television programs.

Marina Blok (the Netherlands)
As Head of Drama at NPS Television Marina Blok is responsible for series like Dunya & Desie, Flow, Waltz and Annie MG. She also co-produced several arthouse and youth films (e.g. Katia’s Little Sister, Can Go Through Skin, Iep). Together with colleagues from VARA and VPRO, she started talent programs such as One Night Stand. She has a soft spot for short films and has been in charge of Kort! since 2000.

Martijn van Boven (the Netherlands)
The work of Martijn van Boven lies in the field of experimental film and computer art. He studied at the Image and Sound department of the Royal Art Academy in The Hague. His work has been shown at numerous festivals worldwide and includes a wide variety of video installations, films, collaborations with composers and performances. Van Boven works as a freelance film & video curator and he teaches audiovisual Design at ArtEZ.

Mihai Mitrica (Romania)
Mihai Mitrica has been the director of Anim’est - Bucharest Animation International Film Festival since 2006. He has taken part in the organization of several festivals. He is a connoisseur of Romanian cinema and he has a keen interest in the European film and festival culture.

The Breaking Shorts Jury will nominate films of the student competition Breaking Shorts on Friday 19 March. The winner of the Breaking Short Award will be announced on Saturday 20 March, during the Award Ceremony.

Bram Schouw (the Netherlands)
Bram Schouw is director at Hazazah Film Amsterdam and directed the award winning commercials Together We Can and Sensoor. His short film Impasse (2008) won the NFTVM Vers! Award for young Dutch filmmakers and is still shown worldwide as part of the feature film Stories on Human Rights.

Chris Mouw (the Netherlands)
Chris Mouw studied Film and Television Studies at the University of Utrecht. During her time there she was introduced to il Luster Productions,  the largest producer for independent animation in the Netherlands. In 2007, she started working as their festival coordinator. Currently, she is also producer, focusing on the production for animation shorts.

Paul Negoescu (Romania)
Paul Negoescu directed several shorts that have been selected and awarded at many international film festivals (Berlinale, Rotterdam, London BFI, Slamdance). His film Renovation (2009) was nominated at the European Film Academy Awards in 2009. He is also the artistic director of the Timishort Film Festival. Two of his short films are featured in the Romanian focus program Wide Awake.

Go Short and dutch Broadcaster NPS proudly present The NPS/Go Short Award for Best European Short Film in 4 categories: Fiction, Documentary, Animation and the Labo.

‘Short film has length! Originality and focus are essential for short films. Often the singularity of the producer is more defined and better visible in short films. It is a test of skills that requires creativity, playful ease, precision and length.  Not length in minutes, but length as in tasting a good wine. A short film can resonate, lag, and give you a taste for more. If it's good that is. The NPS has committed itself for years to short film programs like New Arrivals, NPS Kort!, Micro Movies, and now, with great pleasure, to Go Short in the form of the NPS Awards. Because of the length of short film’ 
Marina Blok (Head of Drama, NPS)

NPS and short film have a long history. Go Short is proud to have the NPS as a partner and is honored to present the NPS/Go Short Awards for Best European Short Film in the four different categories. The NPS will also be present at Go Short with Micromovies, workshops and two short productions in competition.

About NPS
Dutch public broadcaster NPS is a legally based, independent and discerning broadcasting organisation. Without any ties to political, social or religious movements the NPS has an open mind to all developments and opinions in society.
The NPS wants to use all possible mediaplatforms to enrich the public with programmes in the field of: Art & Culture, Current Affairs, History, Children and Diversity. more ...

Regional Broadcaster Omroep Gelderland is proud to present the Audience Award. All short films in competition are eligiable for the Omroep Gelderland/  Go Short Audience Award.

All films in the European student competition Breaking Shorts are eligible for the Dioraphte Encouragement Award.