10th shortcutz Amsterdam annual awards

JANUARY 22, EYE FILMMUSEUM

  • GALA: 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM @ EYE 1

  • AFTER PARTY: 11:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ EYE CAFE

  • DRESS CODE: FESTIVE

WHAT?

We are beyond excited to announce that the T-E-N-T-H edition of the Shortcutz Amsterdam Annual Awards will happen on January 22nd, 2023, at Eye Filmmuseum. And this year’s edition shall be extra special! 

At the ceremony, we celebrate the best of Dutch short film talents whose films are nominated by our Jury Team for our eleven Mr Zee awards. 

To honour our late ambassador, board and jury member Rutger Hauer, we also give the Rutger Hauer Award to the person or institution who has impacted the next generation of Dutch filmmakers. 

Finally, some extraordinary guests will join us to share their inspiring words. So, everyone wins something, at the very least, some inspiration!

Let’s celebrate together on January 22nd, 2023, at Eye Filmmuseum!


How to Join

OUR CEREMONY IS NOW SOLD OUT! IN CASE YOU WANT TO JOIN US, HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO:

  • From 19:30: limited last-minute tickets will be available at @ Eye Filmmuseum

  • From 23:15, you can join our AFTER-PARTY. No ticket is required. Actor (and DJ) Egbert-Jan Weeber is in charge of the DJ booth of our 10th Anniversary after-party.


AWARDS

In this ceremony, we will award:

Categories decided by the Shortcutz Amsterdam Jury Team:

  • Mr Zee Best Film

  • Mr Zee Best Director

  • Mr Zee Best Acting

  • Mr Zee Best Screenplay

  • Mr Zee Best Cinematography

  • Mr Zee Best Editing

  • Mr Zee Best Documentary

  • Mr Zee Best Animation

  • Mr Zee Best Experimental Film

Other Awards:

  • Mr Zee Best Soundtrack, decided by MiMM/Private Kitchen

  • Mr Zee International Audience Award, decided by the Audience.

  • 4th Rutger Hauer Award

  • Shortcutz Amsterdam 10th Anniversary Award

PRIZES

  • Mr Zee Best Film: is awarded €15,000 worth of services by FILMMORE and CAM-A-LOT, €7,500 each. 

  • Mr Zee Best Director: is awarded €5,000 (cash prize) by VEVAM.

  • Mr Zee Best Screenplay: is awarded €2,000 (cash prize) by NETFLIX.

  • Mr Zee Best Cinematography: is awarded equipment rental worth € 2,500 by CAM-A-LOT.

  • Mr Zee Best Soundtrack: is awarded €2,000 (cash prize) by MiMM/PRIVATE KITCHEN.

During the ceremony, we will screen the winner of Mr Zee Best Film.


SHORTCUTZ AMSTERDAM 10th ANNIVERSARY AWARD

For our 10th Anniversary will also award the SHORTCUTZ AMSTERDAM SPECIAL 10th ANNIVERSARY AWARD, which goes to legendary artist ANTON CORBIJN. Mr ANTON CORBIJN will join us next Sunday to receive our special 10th Anniversary Award for his outstanding career and for the prestige he has been giving dutch visual arts throughout the years.

This award was made by artist Rogier Samuels, who collaborated on projects such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Rings of Power and The Matrix Resurrections, to name a few.

Anton Corbijn © Stephan Vanfleteren

ANTON CORBIJN

Dutchman 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐣𝐧 is perhaps best known for immortalising some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors and artists like Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, U2, the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, amongst others, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects.

Effortlessly moving in the early ’80s from photography into music videos, Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2, he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades.

In 2006 Anton Corbijn started working on his first feature film CONTROL, about the life, and death, of Ian Curtis, Joy Division’s lead singer. The film won many awards worldwide, including 5 BIFA’s & the Camera d’Or Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival 2007. Corbijn has since made THE AMERICAN starring George Clooney (2010), A MOST WANTED MAN, based on the novel by John Le Carré featuring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman (2014) and LIFE, about James Dean and photographer Dennis Stock, which stars Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan (2015).

Recently, Anton finished his first feature documentary SQUARING THE CIRCLE, about the iconic album art design studio Hipgnosis, which will be released in May ’23, and is planning his fifth feature film in late 2023.


RUTGER HAUER AWARD

The RUTGER HAUER AWARD is awarded every year to a person who has been a role model for the new generation of filmmakers or an institution that has made an extraordinary effort to develop and promote new Dutch film talents.

The prize is a limited-edition photo of Rutger Hauer, made and signed by renowned photographer and film director Anton Corbijn.

This award went previously to film director Paul Verhoeven and to the project ‘Kort!’, a programme for new talent that has produced 200 short films in 20 years and Martin Koolhoven.

This year producer, musician, and composer TOM HOLKENBORG aka JUNKIE XL, is the winner of the RUTGER HAUER AWARD.

Maarten Treurniet, on behalf of the Shortcutz Board, states: “After years of being one of the leading film composers in the Netherlands, he has now risen to the top in the United States. His relentless work ethic and musical talent have taken him to great heights. He is a Grammy-nominated multi-platinum producer, musician and composer whose versatility is at the cutting edge of contemporary music, and his thirst for innovation is reshaping the world of composition. He is an inspiration to a great many new creators. The board of the Shortcutz Foundation has decided to award the Rutger Hauer Award 2023 to Tom Holkenborg (JunkieXL).

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Grammy-nominated multi-platinum producer, musician, composer and educator whose versatility puts him on the cutting edge of contemporary music and thirst for innovation is helping to reimagine the world of composition.

Tom’s film-scoring credits have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. They include MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, DEADPOOL, BLACK MASS, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, DIVERGENT, BRIMSTONE, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE SNYDER CUT, GODZILLA VS KONG, THE DARK TOWER, TOMB RAIDER, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, the record-setting SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and forthcoming projects including THE 355, ARMY OF THE DEAD, 3000 YEARS OF LONGING and more. He has worked with directors and producers, including Peter Jackson, Robert Rodriguez, James Cameron, George Miller, Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder and Tim Miller, among many others.

Holkenborg’s music career began in 1993 when he started the industrial rock band Nerve and produced hardcore and metal bands like Sepultura and Fear Factory. Drawn by electronic breakbeats, he started Junkie XL in 1997, debuting with the album Saturday Teenage Kick. Holkenborg has collaborated with celebrated artists like Dave Gahan, Robert Smith, and Chuck D and remixed artists such as Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and many more. In addition, Holkenborg created the music for video games like FIFA, Need For Speed, The Sims, and SSX and commercials for global campaigns like Nike, Heineken, Adidas, Cadillac and VISA.


GUESTS OF HONOUR


AFTER-PARTY

Actor and DJ Egbert-Jan Weeber will take care of the DJ activity of our 10th -anniversary after-party!! Get ready to dance!!

Egbert-Jan Weeber

DJ/Actor
Pirates Down the Street, Michiel de Ruyter (2015), Stanley H.

Egbert-Jan Weeber is one of his generation's most popular and versatile actors. He plays leading roles in the feature films Toen ik je Zag (2023), Pirates Down the Street (2020), Michiel de Ruyter (2015), Hartenstraat (2014), Bollywood Hero (2009) and Van God Los (2003). Egbert-Jan is a regular in successful series like Diepe Gronden (2022, SBS), Commandos (2020, NPO), Stanley H. (2019, NPO), Voetbalmaffia (2017, NPO), Bloedverwanten (2014, NPO), Moeder, ik wil bij de Revue (2012, NPO) and Verborgen Gebreken (2009-2011, NET5).


Nominees

MR ZEE BEST FILM

  • Cage, by Rumi Kaul. Produced by Cleo Duijvelshoff & Lisa Hagenbeek

  • Funkele, by Nicole Jachmann. Produced by Rogier Kramer

  • In Between Glass and Walls, by Razan Hassan. Produced by Kim Idsinga & Marie-Louise Keur

  • Science Around Us, by ARIV. Produced by Marijn van der Ploeg

  • Spotless, by Emma Branderhorst. Produced by Marc Bary & Nicky Onstenk ***** WINNER *****

  • The Smile, by Erik van Schaaik. Produced by Paul Mathot

  • What Killed Timmy Benson, by Nick Cremers. Produced by Nick Cremers

MR ZEE BEST DIRECTOR

  • Emma Branderhorst for Spotless

  • Idriss Nabil for Revelinho

  • Kees-Jan Mulder for Nudes

  • Naomi Pacifique for After a Room

  • Nicole Jachmann for Funkele ***** WINNER *****

  • Razan Hassan for In Between Glass and Walls

MR ZEE BEST SCREENPLAY

  • ARIV & Tommaso Genovesi for Science Around Us

  • Demian van der Wekken & Rumi Kaul for Cage

  • Erik van Schaaik for The Smile

  • Jan van Gorkum for Shiny New World

  • Milou Rohde for Spotless ***** WINNER *****

  • Pepe Favela for Revelinho

MR ZEE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Christiaan van Leeuwen for Hantu ***** WINNER *****

  • Jan van IJken for Planktonium

  • Joris Bulstra for Shut

  • Lawrence Lee for Rotterdam, Don't Leave Us

  • Matija Pekić for You Can’t Automate Me

  • Myrthe Mosterman for Spotless

MR ZEE BEST ACTING

  • Alicia Prinsen for Spotless

  • ARIV for Science Around Us

  • Jack Wouterse for Shut

  • Jashayra Oehlers for Donna

  • Maike Meijer for Housemaid #2 ***** WINNER *****

  • Moussaab Mahyu for Cage

MR ZEE BEST EDITING

  • Joel Heyl & Maarten Welzen for The Pamphlet

  • Loëlle Monsanto for Donna ***** WINNER *****

  • Max Paschke for KIDS OF THE BIMS

  • Nathan Idzinga & Stanley Kolk for Housemaid #2

  • Pepijn Ahsmann for Hogweed

  • Tessel Flora de Vries for Funkele

MR ZEE BEST SOUNDTRACK (SELECTED BY MIMM/PRIVATE KITCHEN)

  • Coen Leuven for Funkele

  • Erik van Schaaik & Rinus Aarts for The Smile

  • Giliam Spliethoff, Jorick Bronius for You Can’t Automate Me ***** WINNER *****

  • Jana Winderen for Planktonium

  • Nikolai Clavier for Hogweed

MR ZEE BEST DOCUMENTARY

  • Below the Surface, by Tomas Ponsteen

  • In Between Glass and Walls, by Razan Hassan ***** WINNER *****

  • Modellife, by Jorn Koning

  • Planktonium, by Jan van IJken

  • So Loud the Sky Can Hear Us, by Lavinia Xausa

MR ZEE BEST ANIMATION

  • Aeronaut, by Leon Golterman

  • Longing, by Lotte Salomons

  • The Smile, by Erik van Schaaik ***** WINNER *****

  • Tipping Point, by Bart de Piraat

  • What Killed Timmy Benson, by Nick Cremers

MR ZEE BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

  • Fist, by Thomas Bos

  • La Nostra Terra, by Thomas Born

  • Primus, by Jonas Smulders

  • Rotterdam, Don't Leave Us, by Guido F.G. Jeurissen ***** WINNER *****

  • You Can’t Automate Me, by Katarina Jazbec

MR ZEE INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE AWARD

  • Cage, by Rumi Kaul

  • Funkele, by Nicole Jachmann

  • In Between Glass and Walls, by Razan Hassan

  • Science Around Us, by ARIV

  • Spotless, by Emma Branderhorst ***** WINNER *****

  • The Smile, by Erik van Schaaik

  • What Killed Timmy Benson, by Nick Cremers


Jury Team

Find out more about the Shortcutz Amsterdam Jury Team HERE.