New Dutch Short Film Marathon

Friday August 30 to Saturday August 31.

Shortcutz Amsterdam, EYE and Mediamatic present 11 hours of the best new Dutch short films. Yoga, fiery tunes and a hearty breakfast will prepare you for re-entry into the outside world. Doors open a little before midnight on Friday August 30, and you'll be released again on 11am the following morning. Visit the website for information and tickets.

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Shot from Un Chien Andalou - n a dream-like sequence, a woman's eye is slit open--juxtaposed with a similarly shaped cloud obsucuring the moon moving in the same direction as the knife through the eye--to grab the audience's attention. The French phrase "ants in the palms," (which means that someone is "itching" to kill) is shown literally. A man pulls a piano along with the tablets of the Ten Commandments and a dead donkey towards the woman he's itching to kill. A shot of differently striped objects is repeatedly used to…

Location: Mediamatic, VOC-kade 10, 1018 LG, Oostenburg Amsterdam. For more info on the program, visit our website.