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Incubate Open Film

There has been a big response to our call for work for the Open Film program 2012, resulting in much more films than we could possibly screen in the available screening time.

So we made a selection, that resulted in 5 film blocks filled with absolutely great, original, cutting-edge films. Fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, and films that have a bit of everything: it's all there!

YOU, the audience, can participate in the Open Film program as well by bringing out your votes for which film should win the very first Incubate Film Award! The Award will be handed out on sunday 16-09, 20:30 in the Rode Salon @ De NWE Vorst.


OPEN FILM PROGRAM:

Open Film 1: Documentary (mon 10-09 19:45 Filmfoyer & sun 16-09 15:00 Rode Salon NWE Vorst)

Secret Signals - Rogier Arents (4 min)
When attacked by herbivores, plants immediately respond by releasing odorous signals. Rogier Arents developed a new animation technique to explain how plants, plant eaters and natural enemies interact via plant odors.
Faggots - Robin Färdig (32 min)
During a couple of summer days we meet Alex & Peter who discuss love, loss and loneliness.
The Birdhouse Theory – Wayne Horse (4 min)
An attempt at improving the human animal relationship, laying first bricks of the path leading
back to paradise.
Who Shot Bambi? - Sjaan Klijnee (14 min)
I cried so hard when Bambi was shot, I couldn't stop. It was awful, what we humans do to innocent animals. Yet I eat and wear dead animal regularly, would I dare to kill one?


Open Film 2: Fiction (tue 11-09 19:45 Filmfoyer & sun 16-09 16:00 Rode Salon NWE Vorst)

Man In Fear - Will Jewell (11 min)
A bloodied man walks into a police station wanting to be locked up. He tells the Policeman artists are trying to kill him. ... by accident. When the disbelieving Policeman sighs and asks him their motive, he cryptically replies 'Art'...
Last Exit Home - Siar Sedig (12 min)
Leonard is a man of routine, as is his journey home from work. Everyday is the same. But today is an exception, when he meets a stranger who causes his fantasy and reality to collide.
Decapoda Shock - Javier Chillon (9 min)
An astronaut returns to Earth after a fatal accident on a distant planet.
A Day in a Life – Nicolas Daenens (21 min)
In a crazy daisy chain of events, the lives and fortunes of 4 characters become intertwined, and each gets what he deserves.


Open Film 3: Mixed (wed 12-09 19:45 Filmfoyer & sun 16-09 17:00 Rode Salon NWE Vorst)

The Big Common Denominator – Tess Löwenhardt (5 min)
Mientje (82), doesn't feel like celebrating her birthday with her family. Clearly she and her daughter have a conflict that has been going on for years. Will all be well on this special day?
Flashings in the Mirror – Jasper Elings (1 min)
Photo animation featuring images of people who have photographed themselves with a camera and flash in front of a mirror, and consists of material found on the internet.
Latrinalia – Paola Pica, Simone van Boven, Yvonne Kemps (14 min)
The toilets, a very normal place where people come and go. But there is more! Welcome to the life of toilet lady Magda.
Finale – Balasz Simonyi (8 min)
Two men in the night are waiting for their greatest hit...
This is how a Country Became – Harko Wubs (25 min)
After the draining of a ditch, the piece of land that came into being was between the borders of The Netherlands and Germany. There, a new country became: Eurostaete.


Open Film 4: Experimental (thu 13-09 19:45 Filmfoyer & sun 16-09 18:00 Rode Salon NWE Vorst)

A Brief Crack of Light – Ted Alkemade, Vera Holland, Salih Kilic (7 min)
A brief crack of light is an experimental short film exploring the beauty in the shortest of moments. Where nature and art meet, we discover fragments of life.
Grief on Video – Martijn van Hoek (9min)
Experimental filmmaker Martijn van Hoek reconstructs the agony of mourning over the death
of his father.
NB Flag – Fieke van Berkom (2min)
Get your flag, DIY!
House of Doors – Nishant Sharma (6 min)
Essentially a first hand cinematic experiment or expression of the filmmaker towards the spaces and objects. As a product designer, director endeavors to bring in unassuming
spaces and objects and weaves the story with poetry and movements.
One Way of Going – Liesbeth Marit (19 min)
Everyone changes costume, tears himself loose at one point. Redo everything if necessary.
The story of a woman who is slowly saying goodbye to the life she led.
Coming Soon – Fabrice Maruca (11min)
When Fred meets Anna, his life seems to be a romantic comedy. But when they move into an
haunted mansion, it becomes a scary movie. What if Fred’s life was a succession of trailers?


Open Film 5: Animation (fri 14-09 19:45 Filmfoyer & sun 16-09 19:00 Rode Salon NWE Vorst)

Jailbreak – Guusje Kaayk (3 min)
The choreography for Jailbreak is inspired by the eponymous music of Eric Vloeimans/Gatecrash and is performed by pentagons, each with their own identity.
Water – Stella Siu Lie Ang (5 min)
Created for Christopher Devine, and the water exhibition in the Warenar. the music of Debussy takes us to a visual language that tells us in a poetic way that Water means Life.
Family Affairs – Paulien Bekker (2 min)
A man denies to have slept with his mother in law, when his wife is asking for answers.
Shadow – Jak Peters (4 min)
A stop-motion video for a at home recorded song. The lyrics are literally transposed to
small paintings. The paintings are made on old cd cases.
On the Water – Yi Zhao (8 min)
Row, row, row your boat, in the never ceasing flow of time. Life is a long journey on the water.
Gallop – Dominique Bongers (3min)
GALLOP visualizes the canter of a horse. It winks at its predecessors (Muybridge, Marey, Edgerton) as it involves motionstudy in a totally other way which displays the feeling of a movement rather than movement itself.
Shagging Ponies; Flirting Eyes – Raoul Groothuizen (4 min)
In this music video a girl creates a show box with a scissor and some Rock’n’Roll magazine. Her mother later finds the Shagging Ponies rocking and thrashing the show box by giving an
rock’n’roll performance.
Spiegeling – Ryemma Stoop (5 min)
At the end of the day, when you look into the mirror, what does it reflect? Are you who you are or what others want you to be?
De Vindtocht; Eenzame Hoogte – Studio M (2 min)
Cees Oosterwijk wrote a novel about a father and a son searching for each other. The novel has 5 QR-codes printed inside, these QR codes lead to the animations made by Studio M.
The Perceptionist – Marleine van der Werf, Ruud Terhaag (10 min)
In a written world of dreams and memories the writer is imprisoned. This unmeasurable World consists out of chambers all connected by keys. While wandering through this World he is surrounded by his long forgotten memories and gets confronted with the reality of his life before. Time seems to be lost.
Big Signal – Evelien Lohbeck (2 min)
Noise literally means unwanted sound. When many undesired signals accumulate, the
wanted signal is suppressed and overtaken. But what if we tried to understand the signal as a whole rather than only focusing on the wanted signal?
Koffie – Sjaak Rood (6 min)
A man wants a cup of coffee. The waiter, behaving very strange, doesn't seem to get it for him. The man tries to find out what's going on and can barely avoid a total breakdown. Will he ever get home again?


Incubate Open Film 10 – 16 september 2012

Maker = Jury = Audience
Why are we doing this? We want to involve the Incubate audience actively in our festival. With social media like Twitter and Facebook we got the possibility to directly voice our opinion about everything, all the time. The casting of maker, curator, jury and audience is already history. With the development of the internet and social media, we all get the chance to play the part that fits us best.
We can play the part of the maker and upload our video's to youtube or vimeo, or play the part of curator by selecting video's and creating a blog or channel. We can play the part of the jury by 'liking' a video, which may result in the video to go 'viral' and to be seen by a great amount of people. With the Incubate Open Film program, we create a similar situation within the festival.

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