Nominees 11TH SHORTCUTZ AMSTERDAM ANNUAL AWARDS

Meet the nominees for the 11th Shortcutz Amsterdam Annual Awards.


11th Shortcutz Amsterdam Annual Awards

The 11th Shortcutz Amsterdam Annual Awards will be on the 21st of January, 2024, at Eye. In this ceremony, we will announce all the winners for all the categories.


JURY TEAM

These short films were selected by Shortcutz Amsterdam's Jury Team this year composed of producer Jan Harlan (The Shining); Director Creative Talent Investment & Development for Netflix International Originals: Christopher Mack; actress Elise Schaap (Undercover); director Roel Reiné (Marvel's Inhumans); actress Willeke van Ammelrooy (Antonia's Line); actress Nora El Koussour (Layla M); director Eddy Terstall (Simon); Marina Blok, Head of Drama NTR; EYE senior programmer and head of acquisitions René Wolf; ; and street-artist Laser 3.14. You can find out more about them HERE.

PRIZES

  • Mr Zee Best Film: is awarded €15,000 worth of services by FILMMORE and CAM-A-LOT, €7,500 each. 

  • Mr Zee Best Director: is awarded €5,000 (cash prize) by VEVAM.

  • Mr Zee Best Screenplay: is awarded €2,000 (cash prize) by NETFLIX.

  • Mr Zee Best Cinematography: is awarded equipment rental worth € 2,500 by CAM-A-LOT.

  • Mr Zee Best Soundtrack: is awarded €2,000 (cash prize) by MiMM/Private Kitchen.

NOMINEES

MR ZEE BEST FILM

  • A CAPPELLA IN D MINOR, Malu Janssen. Produced by Hanna Schwarz and Patou ten Cate

  • FLY, Patty Stenger. Produced by Peter Lindhout

  • JAMMED, Isis Cabolet. Produced by Rachel van Bommel

  • GNOMES, Ruwan Heggelman. Produced by Richard Raaphorst

  • I'M NOT A ROBOT, Victoria Warmerdam. Produced by Trent

  • NEW BABYLON, Gideon van der Stelt. Produced by Gideon van der Stelt

MR ZEE BEST DIRECTING

  • Claire Zhou for THE PERFORMANCE

  • Isis Cabolet for JAMMED 

  • Malu Janssen for A CAPPELLA IN D MINOR

  • Ruwan Heggelman for GNOMES 

  • Victoria Warmerdam for I'M NOT A ROBOT

MR ZEE BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Amy Janna for WHEN THE BEAT DROPS

  • Caspar van Woudenberg for A CAPPELLA IN D MINOR

  • Claire Zhou for THE PERFORMANCE

  • Jan-Kees Joosse for THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING

  • Victoria Warmerdam for I'M NOT A ROBOT

MR ZEE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Amit Kumar for 6:00 AM

  • Christiaan van Leeuwen for MISSING CHILD

  • Jonathan Damborg for NÁTTÚRUBÖND

  • Martijn van Broekhuizen for I'M NOT A ROBOT

  • Sveta Aparina for LIFE ON HOLD

  • Thijmen Doornik for ANAHIT

MR ZEE BEST ACTING

  • Ellen Parren for I'M NOT A ROBOT

  • Eline Havenaar for AMY & I

  • Juliette van Ardenne for GUSH

  • Lesley Wang for THE PERFORMANCE

  • Mikky Dijkstra for WHEN THE BEAT DROPS 

  • Rami Kooti Arab for AT A GLANCE

  • Romana Vrede for HANNAH

  • Sieger Sloot for TABLE 8

MR ZEE BEST EDITING

  • Demi Wesselo for LIFE ON HOLD

  • Jasper ten Hoor, Ferrano Meraldi for GNOMES

  • Johannes de Jong for DEDICATION

  • Joshua Menco for ARTJOM

  • Michiel Boesveldt for I'M NOT A ROBOT

  • Tessel Flora de Vries for JAMMED

MR ZEE BEST SOUNDTRACK (Selected by Mimm/private kitchen)

  • Audentity for ISKANDER

  • Beau Zwart for NEW BABYLON

  • Matterhorn Well for DARKER

  • Merlijn Snitker for I'M NOT A ROBOT

  • Tommie Freke for GOUDHAAN

MR ZEE BEST DOCUMENTARY

  • A PRECIOUS SHADOW, by Tenzing Norbu Woing

  • DRAG HUNT, by Bo van der Meer, Malou Wagenmaker

  • FANTOOMWIJK, by Ravi Sandberg

  • I WANT TO GO HIGHER, by Amanda van Hesteren

  • MONSTERS, by Lotte Salomons

  • ONLY THE FORGOTTEN IS NEW, by Mona Schier

  • SON by Tomas Ponsteen

MR ZEE BEST ANIMATION

  • Anej Golčar for ROTTEN CHILD

  • Arjan Brentjes for THE GRAND BOOK

  • George Hampshire for DOG DAYS

  • Patty Stenger for FLY

  • Rianne Stremmelaar for HIRAETH

  • Roel van Beek for SENSORY ITCH

  • Stan Oversteegen for OUTSIDE THE LINES

MR ZEE BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

  • 6:00 AM, Thom Lunshof

  • ALMA, by Lenke Duyvendak

  • ANAHIT, by Laura Hermanides

  • NÁTTÚRUBÖND, by Sven Peetoom, Jonathan Damborg, Gríma Irmudóttir

  • NEW BABYLON, by Gideon van der Stelt

  • PRISON WITH SONGBIRDS, by Ewan Macbeth

  • STILL HERE, by Guido Ekker

MR ZEE INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE AWARD

  • A CAPPELLA IN D MINOR, Malu Janssen. Produced by Hanna Schwarz and Patou ten Cate

  • FLY, Patty Stenger. Produced by Peter Lindhout

  • JAMMED, Isis Cabolet. Produced by Rachel van Bommel

  • GNOMES, Ruwan Heggelman. Produced by Richard Raaphorst

  • I'M NOT A ROBOT, Victoria Warmerdam. Produced by Trent

  • NEW BABYLON, Gideon van der Stelt. Produced by Gideon van der Stelt

MEET THE JURY

Find out more about our JURY TEAM HERE