• Sociëteit De Kring (map)
  • Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 7-9
  • 1017 RP Amsterdam
  • Netherlands

Get ready for a great session with 2 short films straight from our official selection! After each screening, we interview the team behind the film and get to know more about their process and vision.

We’re pumped to welcome actress NORA EL KOUSSOUR as Special Guest. Nora is one of the most exciting talents of the new generation. She made a superb debut with the lead role in the film Layla M., for which she won the Golden Calf for best actress in 2017. She also starred in the successful Dutch series Mocro Maffia.

Official Competition

Check out the cool short films and teams you can watch/meet this session:

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Autumn
Autumn

Pim Christian de Vries | Animation | 04'25''

Autumn brings the wind that carries a falling, withered leaf through the memories of a woman’s youth and her relationship with a once young man. But spring brings new light and life to withered leaves and lives.

Subhuman
Subhuman

Arjen Schotel | Live-Action | 20'00’'

Humanity is tested when a global pandemic breaks out, and the government takes drastic action. Millions of people die, and those who remain are divided into 2 camps: the top of society and the bottom, the 'subhumans'. Amid this chaos, some people do not put their own interests first but those of others. Lucius belongs to the elite but risks his life for the fate of a subhuman.

Special Guest

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NORA EL KOUSSOUR
NORA EL KOUSSOUR

ACTRESS (LAYLA M., MOCRO MAFFIA, BAGHDAD CENTRAL)

Nora El Koussour debuted with the leading role in the Toronto International Film Festival selection Layla M. for which she won the Gouden Kalf for Best Actress, 2077. She starred in successful films such as Marokkaanse Bruiloft (2022) and De Belofte van Pisa (2019) and the short films Nervosa, Stuckwitu, Harmonia and, most recently, Emotional Girl.

On television, she has appeared in successful series such as Kerstgezel.nl (2020, NPO), the British series Baghdad Central (2020, Channel 4) and Mocro Maffia (2018-2021, Videoland). She is also known for her stage work and will reprise her role in Emma Watson - The Play in December.