Breaking Ground is the platform for European film students and their films. We programme the best of their films around the year at different events and introduce to you the upcoming talented filmmakers. We present them to you via our showcase - this website.

Latest Films

A Twist in the Fabric of Space

Made with documentary footage that mixes up the real and the virtual world, this visual trip uses the manipulative power of film to condemn the…

Washed Ashore

A castaway finds himself washed ashore a beach at the foot of a towering city. His curiosity draws him into the urban expanse he finds…

Kichot

What would happen if Don Kichot and Dulcynea had children? A story about an artist, the master of white line and his life.

Upcoming Events

Breaking Ground EU

From February 22nd Breaking Ground NL will be called Breaking Ground EU. Breaking Ground EU is a revamped edition of Breaking Ground NL, which will show more European student films, next to the best Dutch student…
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Holland Doc 24

Holland Doc 24 is the documentary platform of the Dutch Public Broadcasters. With great programming and a wonderful website that functions as an archive for at least Dutch documentaries it is a very important platform for documentary filmmakers.
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Breaking Shorts

Breaking Shorts is the student competition of Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (GS). Together with Go Short, Breaking Ground thinks that student films are often just as interesting or well made as 'normal' short films. This…
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Go Short Student Campus

From the first edition of the Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Breaking Ground co-produces the Go Short Student Campus. The campus is a 6-day-long-workshop about filmmaking. We gather 15 student filmmakers from all over…
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