Best Short Films of the Festival

Can't decide which films you want to see? Do you only want to see the best of the best? During this programme we will screen the winners of the Amarte Best Dutch Short Film Award and the favourite films of our Junior Crew.

About the winners

Amarte Best Dutch Short Film Award 9-: Caterpillar 
9-year-old, introvert Bo observes the animalistic behaviour of her neighbours, recording her discoveries in a scrapbook. She’s spotted a bird dressed as a horse, for instance. A bouncy, extraverted caterpillar moves in next door to Bo. But which animal is she? A feature film about socially desirable behaviour and labels told using playful, collage-like animations.

Best International Short Film Award 9-: Magic Candies 
Dong-Dong doesn’t mind that the others never ask him to play marbles. Playing by himself is enough. But when the local shop sells him some magic candies, a whole new world opens up to him. In this stop-motion animation, with each candy Dong-Dong suddenly hears people, animals and even an old bench talk. An inner journey all about loneliness, social bonds and different perspectives.

Amarte Best Dutch Short Film Award 9+: Moustache 
A father should be brave, sporty and funny. And have a moustache. But above all he should be good at communicating. Armed with this list of requirements, headstrong eleven-year-old besties Dalou and Coco go looking for a replacement father for Dalou. They each miss their own father in different ways. A sensitive film with poetic sentences about pain, sorrow and love.

Best International Short Film Award 9+: A Short Film About Kids 
Four boys from a refugee camp in Bethlehem decide to go to the seaside, to swim and buy tasty ice lollies. They do whatever they can to earn money to get there. But it doesn’t turn out to be as easy as they thought. But eventually, with a lot of imagination and creativity, they find a way to make their wish reality.

View the full selections for the Best International and Best Dutch Short Film competitions here.