Breaking Ground is a platform for European film students and their films. We search for and present to you the best upcoming film talent from Europe. Besides that we connect students to each other and to the professional film industry. This website is our showcase.
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Breaking Ground is quite active offline, but also online we would like to present to you the student films and filmmakers we find interesting. Read this blog every once in a while if you would like to know more about the film talent of the future. This blog is mainly run with contributions from correspondents - our eyes and ears across Europe. Interested in becoming a correspondent? Send an e-mail to Tim.
18 04 2012
Interview - HAFF 2012
Our correspondent Max Urai visited the 2012 edition of Holland Animation Film Festival and met up with Daniel Ojari, René Hoekstra and Erik Butter - three animators each with a film in the competition - for an exclusive interview on art, reclusiveness, and the limits of control.
Anne Dilven won the Breaking Ground Pitch-contest. After a presentation about her new documentary about a Dutch-based Iraqi student, we now follow Anne once a month in a behind-the-scenes diary on the production of her film.
Curious to see what happens when you try to shoot a movie in Iraq? Find out all about it.
This time: The big leap to Iraq
Continuing its tradition, this year featured the 15th edition of the International Student Film FestivalCineMAiubit. This year’s edition had as a honor guest in the Jury of the main competition the Hungarian filmdirector Csaba Bollók („Iska’s Journey”, Winner Hungarian Film Festival 2007).
Our correspondent Ioana Mischie had the chance to interview him. This week, part #2: On the Hungarian filmindustry (or lack thereof) and important tips for young filmmakers
„There has been no filmmaking in Hungary in last two years, because… „Houston, we got a problem here”. This will pass, too, governments come and go and we still be making movies.”
This week, our correspondent Ian Heames reviews In Waking We Are Saved by promising director Lucia Yandoli.
"In 1315, two young men encounter a traveling philosopher who proposes a very strange idea: there might not be a God or indeed any life other than this one. Magic, terror and comedy ensue."
Continuing its tradition, this year featured the 15th edition of the International Student Film Festival CineMAiubit.
This year’s edition had as a honor guest in the Jury of the main competition the Hungarian film director Csaba Bollók ( „Iska’s Journey”, Winner Hungarian Film Festival 2007) . Our correspondent Ioana Mischie had the chance to interview him. This week, part #1: On the importance of film, filmfestivals and cultural identity.
„When I’m watching a movie I try to forget about everything else. Then I am reminded that I’m also in a jury and we have to make some decisions in the end.”
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15 02 2012
The February of Anne Dilven
Anne Dilven won the Breaking Ground Pitch-contest. After a presentation about her new documentary about a Dutch-based Iraqi student, we now follow Anne once a month in a behind-the-scenes diary on the production of her film.
Curious to see what happens when you try to shoot a movie in Iraq? Find out all about it.
This time: Visumrequest, equipment deal, safety plan and the big sponsors.
Duo-Interview - Anne-Marieke Graafmans & Eline Schellekens
This sunday, Dutch digital channel Holland Doc is screening two films by recent Netherland Film and Television Academy graduates Anne-Marieke Graafmans and Eline Schellekens. First up will be "Als ik jou niet had" by Anne-Marieke followed by "Daar is het beter" by Eline.
Breaking Ground loved this idea of two student films programmed back-to-back and so we caught up with the two makers for a special duo-interview.
Our new correspondent Ioana Mischie (First year MA Screenwriting student at U.N.A.T.C, Bucharest, Romania) joined the jury of the Medfilmfestival. A rather unusual jury consiting half of European filmstudents and half of Italian jailmates. In this second report we read about one of the common chosen films: Checkpoint by Ruben Amar.
"It's ironic, really, that in my film the main character tries to go to jail and now my film is being judged by people who are actually in jail"
Our new correspondent Ioana Mischie (First year MA Screenwriting student at U.N.A.T.C, Bucharest, Romania) joined the jury of the Medfilmfestival. A rather unusual jury consiting half of European filmstudents and half of Italian jailmates. In this first report we read about her experiences working with such a jury.
"They confessed that they were a bit disappointed regarding the selection because “sad films” were predominant, and they expected much more hope, dreams and enthusiasm coming from some very young, fresh (and especially free) filmmakers"
We met up with Jeremy De Ryckere at the IDFA Festival in Amsterdam to talk about his film “The Heir”
"I am critical about my own work and it’s very frustrating to look at it now, I can’t look at it objectively at all. -- I keep thinking “God, I hope the audience isn’t bored or distracted”
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