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Shorts: Senses of Belonging
Shorts: Senses of Belonging
Description
These tender films evoke the taste, feel and smell of (ancestral) homelands, exploring what it means to live between two worlds, yearning for home and seeking human connection. This compilation program consists of Another Sky, MIX and Wild Asparagus.
Tickets & Times
Sat, november 14
20:30 – 22:16
Pathé City 1
Film fully subtitled in English
Q&A

Mon, november 16
17:00 – 18:46
Tuschinski 2
Film fully subtitled in English
Q&A

Tue, november 17
15:00 – 16:46
Pathé City 6
Film fully subtitled in English
Q&A

Fri, november 20
12:15 – 13:23
Ketelhuis: Zaal 1
Film fully subtitled in English

Sat, november 21
18:30 – 19:38
Rialto SILO Zaal 1
Film fully subtitled in English
Composition
Another Sky

Another Sky

In a classroom, a group of adults practice their French. With newly acquired words, they describe the world they left behind. The camera observes how the smallest gestures tell a universal story.
MIX

MIX

In the archive of a Polish film school, a young Polish-Nigerian woman finds traces and echoes of her identity. This short film pieces together her portrait through a mosaic of fragments from student films.
Wild Asparagus

Wild Asparagus

Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi and his Palestinian friend Ali Al-Azhari visit what remains of Ali’s birthplace, the village from which he was expelled during the Nakba in 1948. Melancholy and humor punctuate their walk through this highly charged landscape.
Tickets & Times
Sat, november 14
20:30 – 22:16
Pathé City 1
Film fully subtitled in English
Q&A

Mon, november 16
17:00 – 18:46
Tuschinski 2
Film fully subtitled in English
Q&A

Tue, november 17
15:00 – 16:46
Pathé City 6
Film fully subtitled in English
Q&A

Fri, november 20
12:15 – 13:23
Ketelhuis: Zaal 1
Film fully subtitled in English

Sat, november 21
18:30 – 19:38
Rialto SILO Zaal 1
Film fully subtitled in English
IDFA Competition for Short Documentary
The IDFA Competition for Short Documentary celebrates the versatility of the form, presenting ambitious filmmakers with singular cinematic voices that push the boundaries of short documentary.
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all that appears solid is built on blood

all that appears solid is built on blood

Izdihar Afyouni, Gelare Khoshgozaran
Palestine, United Kingdom, United States
2026
11 min
IDFA Festival

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