INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

FLICKS

131415MARCH

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We are very proud to present to you the fourth edition of the International Student Short Film Festival, Flicks 2013. After three

successful years, the festival is a three days event filled with short films, an interesting side program and cinematic art. In October 2012, we started

off with a crew of six enthusiastic people. Out of more than 70 films, we’ve selected 26 films from 10 different countries. All these film show the

diversity of the different cultures around the world and the diversity of the student filmmakers who made them. From documentaries to animation

films, the Flicks festival has a varied selection of award winning films and first-time filmmakers.

The Flicks festival is a Groningen Student Film Festival in collaboration between Usva and ESN. The festival wants to provide film students and

aspiring filmmakers the opportunity to have their work shown to a diverse audience. Flicks wants to offer a diverse, entertaining and accessible

program for our international audience. The films are not subjected to genre, which means that every film block is a varied selection of themes

and genres.

A professional jury will decide which film wins the Flicks 2013 award! However, the jury is not the only one who can make the decisisions. Every

evening, we ask you to fill in your ballot to let us know the title of your favourite movie. This way, we grant the most popular film of the evening

with the Flicks audience award.

Sit back, relax and see that size really doesn’t matter!

DEAR GUESTS,

MARGOT RECTER (President) MARGREET SMIT (Vice-president) ALFONS POT (Treasurer) HARIS ODOBASIC (PR)

BIANCA SANDERS (External relations I )ELINE VAN OMMEN (External relations II) CR

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Paul Caspers is a journalist of 8weekly, a Dutch website which features film, books, arts, music and theatre reviews and

features. On 8weekly, he primarily writes film and festival reviews. Next to writing reviews, Paul works as a translator and

proofreader.

Stephan Vegelien is a freelance editor at the University Newspaper (UK) in Groningen and founder of the Flicks festival. He has a degree in English at the University of Groningen and is

currently part of the journalism master at the University.

Roxane Schreiber is the short film programmer for the Filmfestival Ciné Premiers at Forum Images. She has completed

her Bachelor of German together with a Bachelor in Arts, Culture and Media. At the moment, she is in the middle of her

master Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Groningen.

PAUL CASPERS

STEPHAN VEGELIEN

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SIDE PROGRAM MYDEARESTDEAR

ONDERTUSSEN (MEANWHILE) ANNERIEK DE VRIES & JULIA DE JONG

CARMEN AND THE SUIT UPS

GASPACHO

EGMAR IRAUSQUIN

MydearestDear is a singer-songwriter combination that consists of Tristam and Marije. They won the first prize in the USVA nootuitgang competition. Their music is a combination of folk and indie which results in dreamy, characteristic songs.

Anneriek de Vries and Julia de Jong, both part of the artist collective Tous Les Jours, show videos that capture short moments in every day contemporary life, like people interacting with each other and their environment, shadow play on the street, flickering lights and objects moved by the wind. They search for meaning in these every day events. www.anneriekdevries.com | www.juliaja.nl

Carmen & The Suit Ups is a small jazz formation that is rooted in Groningen. They will play some old and well known jazz standards, mixed with new(er) covers with a jazz twist. The band consists of Johan (piano), Christiaan (drums), Berend (bass) and Carmen (vocals). www.facebook.com/carmenandthesuitups

Gazpacho is innovative dance collective with influences in dance, circus, art & theatre.

Egmar Irausquin is a creative all-rounder.A contemporary artist with quirky and sometimes controversial character. Egmar Irausquin is a VJ, video artist, designer, conceptualist and performer. In his recent work he seeks the limits of his own abilities and the public level of tolerance. According to Egmar life is an adventure. Enjoy and make the best of it. www.egmar.nl

DAY 1BLOCK 1

20:00Opening speech

20:30F e l i x R u p leDas, was bleibt(Germany)

20:35A l e k s a n dr a T er p i n s kaAll Soul's Day(Poland)

20:53M a r i a S i g r i stGirl'n Boy on the Rocks!(Switzerland)

21:06F r o h n e n O ve r d ev es tMy good fortunein Auschwitz(Netherlands)

21:19J a r o M i n n eRegarde-moi(Belgium)

21:35Break

20:00N i e l s B o u r g o n j eOrder(Netherlands)

20:13G r z e g o r z D e bo ws kiFrom the lifeof scarecrows(Poland)

20:30O r i t F o u ksStaring Match(Israel)

20:50To m e r We r e c h s o nFirst Lesson in Love(Israel)

21:03Break:Carmen and the Suit ups

22:00A di B a r Y os s e fHint(Israel)

22:16T at o K ot e t i sh vi l iWatermelon(Poland)

22:26K as i a W i l kBear Me(Germany)

22:32C a s a n dr a M a c í a s G a g oShoot the moon(Spain)

22:47End – drinks

BLOCK 2B LOCK 1BDAY 2D

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Opening speech

Felix RupleDas, was Bliebt(Germany)

Aleksandra TerpinskaAll Soul’s Day(Poland)

Maria Sigrist Girl’n Boy on the Rocks!(Switzerland)

Frohn en Overdevest My GoodFortune in Auschwitz (the Netherlands)

Jaro MinneRegarde-Moi(Belgium)

Break

Break:Carmen and the Suit Ups

Adi Bar YossefHint(Israel)

Tato KotetishviliWatermelon(Poland)

Kasia Wilk Bear Me(Germany)

Casandra Macías GagoShoot the Moon(Spain)

End - drinks

Niels Bourgonje Order(the Netherlands)

Grzegorz Debowski From the Life of Scarecrows(Poland)

Orit FouksStaring Match(Israel)

Tomer WerechsonFirst Lesson in Love(Israel)

21:55P i o t r Lo c H o a n g N g o cSteven and the beetle (Poland)

22:07G i l a d D e u t s chPapercuts(Israel)

22:21J u l i a O ck erKellerkind(Germany)

22:30F ra n c e s c o P i c o n eI'm dead(Israel)

22:48M a r t a P r u sAnd Nothing Around(Poland)

23:06End – drinks

20:00M a r i a S i g r i stGoodbye Boyfriend(Switzerland)

20:10M a r t a P r u sEighteenth Birthday(Poland)

20:29Y if an C h iuSaoirise & Daralis(Taiwan)

20:32A m i r N o or an iShaya(United States)

20:51A n d r é s Lo p e t e g u i S a n t osSon Dos Diás(Spain)

21:05Break:MyDearestDear

21:35O l g a K al a g a t eWolf's Clothing (Polen)

21:54M a r i n k a d e J o n g hMijn lieve kankerhond(Nederland)

22:15F e l i x R u p leStudies on Hysteria(Germany)

22:30End block 2: Gazpacho

22:45Award presentation& closing speech

23:05End – drinks

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DAY 3BLOCK 1BLOCK 2 BLOCK 2

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End - drinks

End - drinksBreak: MyDearestDear

Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc Steven and the Beetle (Poland)

Gilad DeutschPapercuts(Israel)

Julia OckerKellerkind(Germany)

Francesco PiconeI’m dead(Italy)

Marta PrusAnd Nothing Around(Poland)

Maria Sigrist Goodbye Boyfriend(Switzerland)

Marta PrusEighteenth Birthday(Poland)

Yifan ChiuSaoirise & Daralis(Taiwan)

Amir NooraniShaya(United States)

Andrés Lopetegui SantosSon Dos Diás(Spain)

Olga Kalagate Wolf’s Clothing(Poland)

Marinka de Jongh Mijn lieve kankerhond(the Netherlands)

Felix Ruple Studies on Hysteria(Germany)

End block 2: Gazpacho

Award presentation & closing speech

05:12 min. Directed by Felix Ruple, GermanyA German living room in the 1940s, abandoned, like a hasty escape. What is left are photographs on the wall, memories that come to life and tell us the tragic story of a love that must not be.

18:00 min. Directed by Aleksandra Terpinska, PolandOn her eighteenth birthday, Lena is trying to bond with her family. All Soul’s Day, a time for contacting the dead and returning to one’s roots, puts the protagonist in a special mood and changes her outlook on her own problems.

13:00 min. Directed by Maria Sigrist, SwitserlandAt a party teeming with young artists and bon vivants, the everyday but extraordinary is happening. On their quest to experience love and life, they talk carelessly, risk everything, and dance in the neon lights of the night... all together, yet alone.

12:50 min. Directed by Frohn en Overdevest, NetherlandsAn extraordinary friendship between between a German prisoner and a Dutch fellow prisoner in concentration camp Auschwitz. How far can you go for a friend in hard times? Do you choose for your own life or your friend’s in difficult times?

DAS, WAS BLEIBT

ALL SOUL’S DAY

GIRL’N BOY ON THE ROCKS!

MY GOOD FORTUNE IN AUSCHWITZ

DAY 1: MARCH 13 20:00-22:47

05:40 min. Directed by Kasia Wilk, GermanyOne day, I found a bear, or he found me.

07:00 min. Directed by Jaro Minne, BelgiumFeeling angry and neglected by her own mother and brother, Stephanie is trying to figure out how to move forward in her life. By working all day to pay the family bills, she is catapulted at greet speed into adulthood. One day, she makes a decision that will change her entire life.

16:19 min. Directed by Abi Bar Yossef, IsraelSharona, age 45, goes folk dancing every week at the community center. Her husband’s frequent buisness trips abroad have left her to seek her trills on the dance floor. Her permanent partner is clumsy Micha. When he dies, she discovers his secret love for her.

HINT

10:00 min. Directed by Tato Kotetishbili, PolandA day in the life of a watermelon seller. Somewhere off the beaten track, far away from big cities, a man puts up his stand selling watermelons. This kind of business cannot be profitable. To make things worse, a competing enterprise emerges on the other side of the road.

WATERMELON

BEAR ME

10:00 min. Directed by Casandra Macias Gago, SpainOn July 21st, 1969, the whole world watched in astonishment how the first man walked on the moon. But the reality is somewhat different. One week before, the shoot for the landing took place in a hangar in Area 51.

SHOOT THE MOON

REGARDE-MOI

12:40 min. Directed by Niels Bourgonje, NetherlandsBas, a young teacher at a local high school, is having trouble balancing his personal life and work.

17:00 min. Directed by Grzegorz Debowski , PolandA long, long time ago in a faraway land called Poland there lived a woman called Grazyna, who didn’t want to grow up. Insipired by the tales by Hans Christian Anderson.

20:13 min. Directed by Orit Fouks, IsrealAlma, a young director, seeks an actor and actress for a violent key scene she has written. Not one of those auditioning can breathe emotion into the scene. In a moment of crisis, Alma decides to play the female lead herself. The scene comes alive, but Alma loses touch with reality.

08:04min. Directed by Tomer Werechson, IsraelA chance meeting of two worlds leads to a love story between a 17 year old religious girl named Tom and a non observant street musician named Razi at a train station in Jerusalem.

ORDER

STARING MATCH

FIRST LESSON IN LOVE

DAY 2: MARCH 14

FROM THE LAND OF THE SCARECROWS

20:00-23:06

17:29 min. Directed by Francesco Picone, ItalyTwo friends are on a nature hike. What was to be a quiet day of relaxation soon becomes a nightmare.

12:00 min. Directed by Piotr Lov Hoang Ngoc, PolandIs there a place for friendship in the world dominated by callous heath rules? Steven is a successful swim coach, loved by women. His life is turned upside down when he meets Beetle.

STEVEN AND THE BEETLE

13:31 min. Directed by Gilad Deutsch, IsraelNoam meets Maya on a Haifa tram when a book he is reading catches her eye. Against the enchanting Haifa landscape, a one-time bon, perhaps even love, sparks between two lonely souls with suicidal thoughts.

PAPERCUTS

09:30 min. Directed by Julia Ocker, GermanyA woman livesin solitude outside of a village. Alone, she gives birth to a child. But then, she realizes that this child is strange.

KELLERKIND

I’M DEAD

14:00 min. Directed by Marta Prus,PolandA story based on the novel Flush by Judy Budnitz, that focuses on the relationship between a mother and her daughter who share the same fears.

AND NOTHING AROUND

10:15 min. Directed by Maria Sigrist, SwitserlandThis is a film about the end of a love story.

18:50 min. Directed by Marta Prus, PolandThe day before her eighteenth birthday, Goska leaves the campus of the Lodz Youth Educational Center to go back home. Her biggest wish is to organize a birthday party together with her boyfriend and her friends. However, the first meeting with her mother ends up in a heated argument.

02:04 min. Directed by Yifan Chiu, TaiwanSaoirse is a house cat who leads a carefree but unfree life. On a cold winter night, while Saoirse is looking outside the window, her owner takes home a dirty cat, Daralis.

GOODBYE BOYFRIEND

EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY

SAOIRISE & DARALIS

18:38 min. Directed by Amir Noorani, United StatesAfter an attack, a Pakistani family is sent to live in Los Angeles as refugees. While the move might seem welcome, the family struggles to assimilate with other members of the community and finds life in Los Angeles more challenging than in war-torn Pakistan.

SHAYA

DAY 3: MARCH 15 20:00-23:00

20:58 min. Directed by Marinka de Jongh, NetherlandsA waiting room filled with cancer patients: four legs, lots of hair, wagging tails and dripping slaver. This documentary is about the dilemma’s that love for animals brings along with it.

11:00 min. Directed by Andrés Lopetegui Santos, SpainBleak night at the cemetery. A woman cries in front of the grave of her recently deceased husband. Her future and her hopes seem dead, though not as dead as the odd characters that will rise from the tombs to remind her that life is ‘only two days.’

SON DOS DÍAS

19:00 min. Directed by Olga Kalagate, PolandSilesia, a grandmother’s house, a rabbit and a demented neighbour. 30 year Lucja feels unfulfilled, she’s torn between the need of others and her fear of men. She lives in a lonely world where reality meets fantasy. One day she decides to change something.

WOLF’S CLOTHING

MIJN LIEVE KANKERHOND

07:45 min. Directed by Studies on Hysteria, Germany The naked truth about life, the universe and everything.

STUDIES ON HYSTERIA

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We would like to say thanks to:The USVA board 2012-2013 and particularly the External and Artistic coordinator Amber van der Walle for her continuous

support; The ESN Board 2012-2013, with special thanks to their coordinator Irene Krap; Every participating film school who send

us an incredible amount of interesting films. All the filmmakers that did not made the cut but where still awesome enough to send us their films. The designers of our poster, flyer and

Facebook banners: Tim Müller and Ashley de Jong-Doucette; Rene de Boer for our the very artistic Flicks 2013 teaser; Roxanne

Schreiber, Stephen Vegelien and Paul Caspers as part of our reflective and considerate jury; The amazing side program:

Carmen and the Suit Ups, My Dearest Dear, Gazpacho; Egmar Irausquin for his unique visuals; The technical hands from the

USVA techniek team with special thanks to Daan van Wetering; All the directors: Felix Ruple, Aleksandra Terpinska, Maria Sigrist,

Frohn en Overdevest, Jaro Minne, Adi Bar Yossef, Tato Kotetishvill, Kasia Wilk, Casandra Macias Gago, Niels Bourgonje, Grzegorz

Debowski, Orit Fouks, Tomer Werechson, Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc, Gilad Deutsch, Julia Ocker, Franscesco Picone, Marta

Prus, Marta Prus, Vifan Chiu, Amir Noorani, Andrés Lopetegui Santos, Olga Kalagate, Marinka de Jongh; All our Facebook and Twitter followers for keeping our festival alive online and Hema

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