Dutch short films will be presented across different programmes at the 41st INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin (10 to 15 November), showcasing the Netherlands’ short film scene.
Still: Altitude - Sven Peetoom
Among the selected titles is Altitude by Sven Peetoom (prod. There Will Be Film), which will have its international premiere in INTERFILM’s Fade Into You programme, following its world premiere at the Netherlands Film Festival.
Other Dutch selections include Blau by Antonia Rehnen, which screens in The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, as well as in the Sound & Vision event programme. Unavailable by Kyrylo Zemlyanyi and minority co-produced by Cinesud is featured in Dog Days Are Over, while Jikke Lesterhuis’s What Is, Is Now explores the festival’s Critical Condition programme. It is produced by Valk Productions and sales are handled by SND Films.
The selection also ventures into more experimental territory with Life of the Organoid by Daan Lucas, included in EJECT – The Long Night of Weird Shorts. Ömer Akgün’s Tomato Soup (prod. Smarthouse) screens in Conversations with the Past, while Safi Graauw’s Sign and See the World is part of the European Short Film Audience Award programme. The film is produced by Rotterdam-based NW Filmworks.
Rounding out the selection, Cheyenne Goudswaard’s Miserable Walk and Waterbear by Kim Spierenburg and Sonja Rohleder are featured in SEVEN - 7sec Films Supporting Films, celebrating short-form filmmaking and creative storytelling in just seven seconds.
At KUKI, the festival’s young audiences section, Knor by Sterre Rutten will screen in the TeenScreen programmes for teenagers, bringing films to a new generation of viewers.
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