Get ready to watch two exceptional short films straight from our official selection! Each film will be followed by an exclusive interview with the talented teams behind them.
We’re incredibly happy to welcome powerhouse, acclaimed actress and theatre maker Romana Vrede back to Shortcutz Amsterdam on October 13, for a conversation about her remarkable career and her latest film, Jimpa.
Romana has built an impressive career across theatre, film and television. She won the Theo d’Or for her leading role in Race, and her screen work includes Santos, Disney+ series Nemesis, Netflix’s Amsterdam Empire and I Don’t Wanna Dance, for which she received a Golden Calf nomination. Alongside acting, she has also developed a distinctive career as a theatre maker and director.
She can currently be seen in Sophie Hyde’s Jimpa, alongside Olivia Colman and John Lithgow. The intimate family drama, partly set in Amsterdam, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was also selected for IFFR. Following its theatrical release, Jimpa will be available on Pathé Thuis from late September.
Romana will join us to reflect on her journey across stage and screen, her approach to acting and storytelling, and to take us behind the scenes of Jimpa and her experience working on this international production.
Check out the cool short films and teams you can watch/meet this session:
Paulien van Hummel | Live-Action | 07’36’’
At the edge of a forest, in a caravan as carefully ordered as her inner world is chaotic, lives Doris (64). With her binoculars, Doris keeps the world at a distance. The control gives her peace. She parks in the same spot each time, smokes, waits, and shortly after, a male client gets in. What begins as curiosity grows into a quiet obsession - a longing for closeness she only dares to experience through the lens of her binoculars.
Silver Tjepkema | Documentary | 16’36’’
Between Amsterdam and Brussels, a group of young women navigate the thin line between desire and fear. On the surface they appear assertive and untouchable, testing boundaries and wielding their sexuality with confidence. Yet beneath that bravado, something stirs.
Heaven Will Wait is a hybrid documentary about the tension between sexual autonomy and objectification: the women are aware of the gaze that sexualizes them, yet still long for the validation it offers.
