Get ready for an awesome kickstart session with 4 great short films straight from our official selection! After each short film screening, we interview each team behind the films and get to know more about their filmmaking process and vision. We welcome (and encourage) the audience to ask questions.
Check out these cool short films and teams you can watch/meet this session:
SECOND FLOOR
Dymphie Huijssen | Animation | 4:28
Everyone will die one day, but every person feels different about it. Second Floor is a non-narrative film about the diverse associations and thoughts people have about death. Inspired by poetry, songs and conversations, it attempts to visualize indescribable feelings, initiate a conversation with the viewer, and more importantly leave it open for interpretation. It uses melancholic scenes, with a dash of humor.
DEED OF HONOUR
Ayla van Kessel | Live-Action | 07:00
It is 1943, World War II. The 23-year old Hannie Schaft decides that she is ready to commit her first assassination as a member of the Armed Resistance. Out of love for her, Jan, her partner in crime, tries to stop Hannie from becoming a murderer. He knows what the killing of another human being can do to you, even when the person you want dead has committed inhumane war crimes.
SHORT CALF MUSCLE
Victoria Warmerdam | Live-Action | 13:00
Short Calf Muscle is an absurdist black comedy about Anders. Anders is different, but he's unaware. Yes, he's also gay, but that's not the point here. There is also this thing that others see but he doesn't know.
AFTER THE DANCE
Rutger Veenstra | Live-Action | 11:10
On a farm situated in the desolated Frisian landscape, Gjalt (68) takes care of his wife, Anke, (67) who suffers from an aggressive form of dementia. As the final farewell draws near, Gjalt's love for Anke feels stronger than ever before.
