Go Short: Shorts in collaboration with Verre Verbinding

The Verre Binding Film Council is proud to present a special selection of films for Go Short Arnhem. With five short films from the Netherlands, Congo, Switzerland, and Belgium, the film council has put together a diverse program, full of stories about hope, love, and the longing for a home.

My Homeland Tabarak Abbas
Baghdad, early 1990s: In a world where humans have made way for cyborgs, a young couple and their newborn baby try to flee their country, where war has just broken out. This animated film tells a true story and immerses viewers in a futuristic world.

Voice Messages from My Mom Elinice Adeyemi
Inspired by Chantal Akerman’s “News From Home,” this intimate short film follows a Nigerian student in the Netherlands who receives a series of voice messages from her mother via WhatsApp. Through these messages, a tender yet tense portrait of love, sacrifice, and distance unfolds.

Zombies Baloji Tshiani
A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinatory Kinshasa: Zombie takes us from the culture of the kapsalon to a futuristic club scene, from the urban parade to the glory of a dictator on the campaign trail, and on to a modern Western. And it challenges the almost carnal relationship we have with our phones—extensions of the hand that grant us the ability to be digitally omnipresent…

Thank you for your patience! Simon van der Zande
From a fixed vantage point, we witness a tense bus ride in Brussels when Samuel—a Congolese immigrant—boards to voice his dissatisfaction with Europe.

Bes Ayla Çekin Satijn
Asli—a young, Turkish, lesbian woman—returns to the village where she was born to attend her childhood friend’s henna party. She’s afraid she won’t be accepted, but when she sees her old friends again, she realizes that she, too, harbors prejudices.