1. FILM PROMO INFO
Meet the nominees for Mr Zee Best Film 2023! These films are also nominated for the Shortcutz Amsterdam International Audience Award.
A Cappella in D Minor
Director (s) | Genre | Duration: Malu Janssen | Live-Action | 20’00’’
Synopsis (in English): During a sultry summer evening, Stella and her ex-Paul host the parents of their son's girlfriend, Annelies and Rindert, for dinner in their garden. It soon becomes apparent that the date was created to answer a question from the children: may they sleep together? As dusk sets in and the parents try to formulate a ready-made answer together, this short drama confronts them with their own experiences, their own projections and their parenting.
Cast: Hannah van Lunteren, Astrid van Eck, Guido Pollemans and Julien Croiset
Producer(s): Hanna Schwarz and Patou ten Cate
Screenplay: Caspar van Woudenberg
Cinematography: Peter Krijgsman
Editing: Alex Elsinga
Production Design: Danithia van Weenum
Music/Film Score: Florian van der Reijden
Sound: Jesse Enzler, Tauro ter Horst
Fly
Director (s) | Genre | Duration: Patty Stenger | Animation | 02’25’’
Synopsis (in English): Margot is neatly nursed by her daughter. But Margot doesn't want to sit on the couch in a stain-resistant dress, waiting for her death. She wants another man in her life! She approaches men through personal ads in the newspaper. She wants to dance! And smoke! And drink! Her daughter lights a candle for her deceased father every day and angrily throws the men out of the house. She also tries to get rid of the increasing number of flies. In vain, the flies turn out to be Margot's friends. And fly she will.
Producer(s): Peter Lindhout
Screenplay: Patty Stenger
Music/Film Score: Rens Machielse and Willem Schneider
Sound: Rens Machielse and Willem Schneider
Gnomes
Director (s) | Genre | Duration: Ruwan Heggelman | Live-Action | 05’56’’
Synopsis (in English): Unknowingly, a girl enters the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes during her daily run. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she'll soon wish she'd stayed on her usual tracks...
Cast: Moïse Trustfull, Duncan Meijering
Producer(s): Richard Raaphorst
Screenplay: Richard Raaphorst, Ruwan Heggelman, Jasper ten Hoor
Cinematography: Eron Sheean
Editing: Jasper ten Hoor, Ferrano Meraldi
Production Design: Richard Raaphorst
Music/Film Score: Arend Bruijn
Sound: Arno Willemstein
I'm Not a Robot
Director (s) | Genre | Duration: Victoria Warmerdam | Live-Action | 20’00’’
Synopsis (in English): After several unsuccessful attempts to complete a Captcha, feminist Lara sets out to answer the disturbing question of whether she's a robot and, therefore, bought by her own boyfriend.
Cast: Ellen Parren, Henry van Loon, Thekla Reuten
Producer(s):Trent
Screenplay: Victoria Warmerdam
Cinematography: Martijn van Broekhuizen
Editing: Michiel Boesveldt
Production Design: Myrthe Douma
Music/Film Score: Merlijn Snitker
Sound: Evelien van der Molen
Jammed
Director (s) | Genre | Duration: Isis Cabolet | Live-Action | 17:24
Synopsis (in English): 70-year-old Edith, who has fallen into social and mental isolation, comes into contact with an equally lonely young man, who, although they have absolutely nothing in common, rekindles the zest for life in her.
Cast: Beppie Melissen, Michael Muller, Sarah Janneh, Wimie Wilhelm
Producer(s): Rachel van Bommel
Screenplay: Isis Cabolet
Cinematography: Dionne Cats
Editing: Tessel Flora de Vries
Production Design: Lois van Galen Last
Music/Film Score: Sebastiaan Prins, Nik van den Berg
Sound: Selle Sellink
New Babylon
Director (s) | Genre | Duration: Gideon van der Stelt | Experimental | 20’00’’
Synopsis (in English): An impossible city is built up out of enormous rotating rings, steering the lives of its lonely inhabitants. NEW BABYLON follows three characters living secluded lives and is a visual trip through an oppressive night in which contemporary, individualistic life is reflected in a circular metropole.
Cast: Bram Suijker, Tine Cartuyvels, Titus Muizelaar, Dionne Verwey
Producer(s): Gideon van der Stelt
Screenplay: Gideon van der Stelt
Cinematography: Jorne Tielemans
Editing: Gideon van der Stelt, Xander Nijsten
Music/Film Score: Beau Zwart
Sound: Vincent Sinceretti