Still: How to Catch a Butterfly - Kiriko Mechanicus

 A total of 26 Dutch short films have been selected in competition, spread over four competitions: the European Competition, the Dutch Competition, New Arrivals Competition and the Music Video Competition. The winning films of both International and Dutch  also qualify for BAFTA’s, Oscars and European Film Awards.

European Competition
The selection for the European competition consists of  films made by makers from all over Europe. The highly rated films are eligible for Best European Short in the fiction, documentary and animation categories. Among these are 3 Dutch (co)productions, How to Catch a Butterfly by Kiriko Mechanicus, Oxygen by Vanessa and Water Girl, coproduced by Dutch production outfit Valk Productions.

Dutch Competition
For the Dutch Competition, Go Short selected 20 films that comprise the best of homegrown cinema. These highly rated films, ranging from animation to fiction to documentary compete for the VEVAM prize for the best Dutch film. VEVAM is the copyright organization for directors of film and television works in the Netherlands. Take a look at all the films in the Dutch competition here.

New Arrivals Competition
In the New Arrivals competition 19 student films from European film schools and art academies compete for the New Arrivals Award. Among those two by Dutch directors, Destroy Me, Please by Flora Woudstra Hablé and Heaven Will Wait by Silver Tjepkema.

Music Video Competition
 These selected music videos deserve to be seen on the big screen, in the best possible quality and with compelling sound. The selected music videos are eligible for the Best Music Video. This year’s selection consists of 13 cinematic music videos, including  one from the Netherlands: I want to talk about the waves by Naomi Pacifique.  

For more information about Go Short International Short film Festival Nijmegen, click here.