We are honoured to welcome one of the most celebrated Dutch actors of his generation, Fedja van Huêt, to Shortcutz Amsterdam!

Fedja’s impressive career spans major award-winning films like Character (Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, 1998), Wilde Mossels, Speak No Evil (Sundance, 2022), Narcosis (2022), and The Judgement (Best Actor, 2021).

He has starred in internationally acclaimed series like Maxton Hall (Amazon), Amsterdam Undercover (ARD), Overspel, Penoza, and Turbulent Skies.
On stage, he was part of the prestigious International Theatre Amsterdam (ITA), earning multiple nominations and awards.

What an honour!!

Directed by Marleen Meijer | Live-Action | 16’34’’

An angry mourning teenager runs away from her 18th birthday and tries to destroy her hometown, a small Dutch village in between the meadows.

Her path of destruction is put to a stop by a 50-year-old man who volunteers for the toad migration. The road on which the teenager was walking is blocked by hundreds of crossing toads.

When her plans of waiting, and taking a detour fail, she decides to help the man and the toads. Together they protect the toads from strange villagers during that afternoon, and while doing so, they form a friendship in which they teach each other about loss and grief.

Directed by Joep van Weelden | Documentary | 9’40’’

The drawings of the mother of filmmaker Joep van Weelden are an occasion for a difficult conversation about illness, blossoming, and transience.

A personal film in which difficult questions are inevitable, but where humor and the bond between mother and son are also certainly palpable.