Meet Amazon Prime Video Manager, Kaja Wolffers

### Join us for our free weekly sessions, the most exciting way to experience what the next generation of Dutch filmmakers is creating—right now.

### Every Tuesday night, we screen two short films followed by a Q&A with the makers, and we welcome a special guest from the film industry for an open, relaxed conversation with our audience.

### 📅 When

We’re live every Tuesday during:
March (starting March 25), April, May, June, September, October, and November.

### 📍 Where

All sessions take place at Sociëteit De Kring, right on Leidseplein.
How to find it:
– Head to Restaurant Palladium on Leidseplein.
– Facing the restaurant, look to your left for a wooden door with a small round sign marked “de”.
– Enter and take the stairs to the 1st floor—you’ll find us there!
You can also find us by searching "Shortcutz Amsterdam" on Google Maps.

### 🌍 Language

All sessions are in English, and all films are subtitled in English.

### 🎟️ Tickets

The sessions are free, but you’ll need to reserve your spot in advance: https://linktr.ee/shortcutz_amsterdam

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## PROGRAMME

## Special Guest(s)


We’re honoured to welcome Kaja Wolffers, Country Manager Benelux at Prime Video, to Shortcutz Amsterdam on June 3!
Kaja brings a wealth of experience as a multiple International Emmy Award winner and former producer behind acclaimed series like Regels van Floor and De Zaak Menten. Now leading Prime Video’s content strategy for Dutch and Belgian audiences, Kaja is shaping the platform’s vision for local storytelling.
This session you can hear about Prime Video’s plans for Dutch cinema, what the platform is looking for in filmmakers, and how new talent can connect with their team. We’ll also dive into current and upcoming projects, with plenty of space for questions from our filmmaker community.

## OFFICIAL COMPETITION

Check out the cool short films and teams you can watch/meet this session:


En Passant
Chris de Krijger | Experimental | 10’05’’
What begins as a seemingly ordinary day takes an unexpected turn when an incident calls on a group of strangers to show empathy and solidarity.


She Illuminates
Jonathan Pieterse | Documentary | 06’57’’
In the dusty opal fields of Lightning Ridge, miners spend their days chasing flashes of colour deep beneath the earth. Once, thousands came seeking fortune. Today, only a few hundred remain. Black opal, found here, is the rarest and most valuable in the world. One stone can change a life.