This year Go Short organized various events for professionals online. On this page you will find an overview of all activities that took place.
Industry Lunch
In addition to the informative and formal events that will take place in our virtual festival space in Gather, Go Short hosts several social events. Join our weekly industry lunch on Wednesdays from 12:30 until 13:30 to catch up with your fellow professionals and gain new and interesting contacts.
Industry Drinks
In addition to the informative and formal events that will take place in our virtual festival space in Gather, Go Short hosts several social events. Come to our weekly industry drinks on Fridays at 16:00 to discuss the events you have attended and to kick-off your weekend with your favorite colleagues and other peers!
- Friday 9 April 16.00: Industry drinks
- Wednesday 14 April 12.30: Industry lunch
- Friday 16 April 16.00: Industry drinks
- Wednesday 21 april 12.30: Industry lunch
Gelderland Film Meeting
7 April 14:00-16:00 and 20:00-21:30
Dutch only
The second edition of the Gelderland Film Meeting will take place on Wednesday 7 April. This meeting is all about ‘The role of the producer’.
Individual Scriptcoaching
Dutch only
Go Short organizes individual script coaching sessions where you get the opportunity to submit your script or treatment to one of the four leading Dutch screenwriters.
Solidarity: Generations – Keynote
9 April 11:00-11:45
English-spoken
The young are not particularly well disposed toward the old these days. The prosperity of yesteryear has turned into concern about the future, and the great expectations (from outside and of oneself) are often difficult to meet. At the same time, young people tend to overlook the fact that even in the past, careers did not usually happen by themselves – and detours are often part of the process. This applies not least to the film industry, where a ‘logical’ career path often involves gaining experience with short films and then aiming for feature films. How realistic is this path? And how do you deal with expectations when you eventually become more established? During this session documentary filmmaker Igor Bezinović talks about his view on short film, potential career paths and experiences with going from shorts to feature, but also from feature to shorts. “The world is a world in which opposites are constantly flowing into each other,” Heraclitus once said. “Old and young, rich and poor” – and, we may add, certainly short and feature.
This session is part of the section Insiders’ Insights on THIS IS SHORT.
Solidarity: Generations – Roundtable talks
9 April 12:00-13:00
English-spoken
After the keynote around the theme generations, we continue talking about this topic in smaller settings. We organise round table talks in which three topics will be discussed.
Table 1: Perspectives of a young versus a more experienced festival programmer. Table hosts are Emilia Mazik (Short Waves) and Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Tampere Film Festival).
Table 2: Empathize with another generation when making a film. Table hosts are Hajni Kis (filmmaker Last Call) and Stijn Bouma (filmmaker Visit).
Table 3: From shorts to feature and from feature to shorts. Table host is Igor Bezinovic.
Drop by and join the conversation!
Presentation Nederlands Filmfonds
14 April 11:30-12:00
Professional speeddates
14 April 14:00-15:00
English-spoken
Take your chance to meet (short) film professionals during our virtual speeddate session! For a few minutes you can ask them anything you would like to know about the possibilities for your film. We have handpicked some interesting people from the international and national film industry who are excited to meet you, such as festival programmers, distributors and Dutch funders.
Present is:
- Hanna Mironenko – Eastwood Agency
- Julie Rousson – Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
- Meggy Gerritsen – CineCrowd
- Monique Ruinen – Dutch Film Fund
- Jolijn van Rees – Dutch Film Fund
- Niels Putman – Short Film Conference
- Niv Fux – T-Port
- Stine Wangler – Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
- Vincent Langouche – Leuven International Short Film Festival
Producers meet Scriptwriters
14 April 15:30-16:30
Dutch only
On Wednesday 14 April, we organize speed dates from 15:30 – 16:30 especially for Dutch screenwriters to pitch their film scripts and ideas to various Dutch producers.
Meet the filmmakers: World and international premieres
15 April 14:00-15:00 / invite only
In this program we will highlight this years world and international premieres of our competition programs. Festival programmers, distributors and buyers will receive an excluse invite to attend this session and get a unique opportunity to chat with the filmmakers.
Meet the filmmakers: World and international premieres
15 April 16:00-17:00 / invite only
In this program we will highlight this years world and international premieres of our competition programs. Festival programmers, distributors and buyers will receive an excluse invite to attend this session and get a unique opportunity to chat with the filmmakers.
Screening for Professionals: New Croatian Films
has been moved from 16 April to Wednesday 21 april 16:30 / invite only
In this program a selection of the newest Croatian short films will be shown before these films have their official international premiere. Festival programmers, distributors and buyers will receive an excluse invite to attend this preview and get a unique opportunity to be amongst the very first to see these films and chat with the filmmakers. In cooperation with HAVC – Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
Masterclass on Scriptwriting
16 April 14:00-14:45
English-spoken
Film is a powerful tool to address social issues and discuss current topics. When the right audience is reached, film contributes to shifting paradigms in society. Scriptwriters are at the base of this potential impact. Stories and characters that deal with themes like gender equality, privacy, sexuality or cultural diversity force audiences to re-evaluate or subtly change their views. This masterclass is all about how to write to a script that can make a difference.
Present is:
- Corien van der Zwaag
- Willemien Sanders
- Sytske Kok
- Lara Reinink
The program is supported by Lira.
Co-producing and Filming Croatia
21 April 11:30-12:15
English-spoken
Want to know more about co-producing your film in Croatia or shooting a film in this beautiful Mediterranean country? During this industry session Tanja Ladović Blažević, Head of the Filming in Croatia at the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), will tell you all about the possibilities for filming in Croatia and the way the HAVC can support you. Producer Miljenka Čogelja will give tips, tricks and some best practices about co-producing in Croatia. Afterwards, there’s plenty of room to ask questions.
In cooperation with HAVC – Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
Dutch Short Film Preview
21 April 15:00-16:00 / invite only
In this program a selection of both upcoming and celebrated Dutch filmmakers will give a preview of their most recent short film – before these films have their official international premiere. Festival programmers, distributors and buyers will receive an excluse invite to attend this preview and get a unique opportunity to be amongst the very first to see these films and chat with the filmmakers. With this preview program we aim to strengthen the position of Dutch short films and enhance the chances of these projects to get selected on international film festivals.
New Challenges for festivals: Keynotes speeches
The Reality of Virtual Festival Experiences
23 April 11:00-12:00
The Covid-pandemic pushed many festivals into the realm of non-physical festival experiences. While previously they presented virtual reality content on-site, all of a sudden their whole festival reality became virtual.
What is the effect of this phenomenon in the, hopefully Covid-free, future? Which role will VR as an artistic and storytelling medium play in this context? Experts from the field of Virtual Reality will shed light on this topic and paint a picture of how the future might look like. They will reflect on the role of virtual reality on film festivals in the future and the effect this will have on the audience’s festival experience.
Sam Wolson is an immersive film director and photographer, who created 360-films such as After The Fallout and Reeducated. He will look into the role film festivals play in the distribution structures of VR-documentaries.
Paul Bouchard is head of VR aquisitions and distribution at Diversion Cinema. He will talk about how virtual reality will shape the festival experience of the future, from the VR-experience to the social virtual space.
Cassandra de Klerck is a writer/director for film/VR and founder of Virtual Acting. She will go into the possibilities of implementing elements of VR technology and imagery in traditional film and vice versa.
This session is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA Desk NL.
New Challenges for festivals: Roundtable talks
The Reality of Virtual Festival Experiences
23 April 12:15-13:15
Following the presentations on the future impact of VR on film festivals there will be several round table discussions further delving in to this subject. Topics are:
- Challenges of curating and exhibiting VR works on film festivals
- Challenges of distributing 360-documentary
- Challenges/chances for filmmakers to implement elements of VR in traditional film
- Challenges of combining the virtual and the physical in the hybrid festival of the future
Grab a (virtual) chair and join the discussion!