BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27010@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Heritage and Horizon: Screening Porte Bagage (2026) DTSTAMP:20260902T033017Z DTSTART:20261001T143000Z DTEND:20261001T163000Z DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday 1 October for the screening of Porte Bagage (2026) at\nVOX-POP. This acclaimed road movie is the debut film by Abdelk arim and Asma\nEl-Fassi. The screening is taking place as part of the proj ect Heritage and\nHorizon: Between Memory and Imagination.\n\nPlease note that the movie is in Dutch. English subtitles are available.\n\nPorte Baga ge centres on a familiar journey: the road trip from the Netherlands\nto M orocco\, an annual ritual for many Moroccan-Dutch people. With the trunk ( and\nsometimes the roof too) fully loaded\, a multi-day journey begins in which ‘home’\nin the Netherlands gives way to ‘home’ in Morocco.\n\nThe fi lm portrays this journey in an emotional\, nostalgic and also humorous way .\nAlong the way\, the travellers laugh\, debate\, eat\, sing and create n ew memories.\nWhat appears to be an ordinary holiday trip actually symboli ses living between\ntwo different places\, which can both feel like home.\ n\nThe success of Porte Bagage has shown how this summer holiday has becom e part of\na shared experience amongst Moroccan-Dutch people. The film tou ches on questions\nof family\, memory\, identity\, living between differen t worlds and choosing one’s\nown destiny.\n\n\nSYNOPSIS\n\nNoor (30) looks after her stubborn father Musa (76)\, who suffers from dementia.\nWhen of fered her dream job as a chef in Paris\, she is left to choose between her \ncareer and her family.\n\nTo make the severity of their father’s conditi on clear to her brothers and\nsister\, Noor arranges an appointment with a neurologist. Following the death of\na close friend\, Musa expresses his wish to return to Morocco. Initially\nreluctant\, Noor begins to see this as her way out – helping her father return to\nhis homeland whilst finally pursuing her own dreams of independence.\n\nDespite resistance from her b rother Farid\, she manages to persuade her brothers\nto join her on a road trip\, during which they come to terms with their past and\ntheir uncerta in future.\n\n\nABOUT ZOUKA\n\nZouka is a film company with a social heart \, sharing stories that matter. Zouka\ncreates authentic films and documen taries and develops innovative concepts and\nstrategies that harness the p ower of film to bring about social change. Their\nfocus is on sharing stor ies from underrepresented groups\; people whose voices\nneed to be heard. Zouka believes in the power of inclusion and uses creativity\nto transform ideas into powerful visual stories that make an impact\, with the\nultima te goal of bringing communities closer together.\n\n\nPROGRAMME\n\n16:00 D oors open\n16:30 Start of screening\n18:30 End of event\n\n\nPRACTICAL INF ORMATION\n\nThis event is free and open to everyone. We do ask that you re gister in advance.\nThe event will take place at VOX-POP (ground floor)\, Binnengasthuisstraat 9. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/heritage-and-horizon-screening-porte-ba gage-2026 GEO:52.3690637;4.894763 LOCATION:VOX-POP - Binnengasthuisstraat 9\, 1012 ZA Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,burgwallen,community,documentary,film,stories X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us on Thursday 1 October for the screenin g of Porte Bagage (2026) at VOX-POP. This acclaimed road movie is the debu t film by Abdelkarim and Asma El-Fassi. The screening is taking place as p art of the project Heritage and Horizon: Between Memory and Imagination.

Please note that the movie is in Dutch. English subtitles are available.

Porte Bagage centres on a familiar journey: the roa d trip from the Netherlands to Morocco, an annual ritual for many Moroccan -Dutch people. With the trunk (and sometimes the roof too) fully loaded, a multi-day journey begins in which ‘home’ in the Netherlands gives way to ‘home’ in Morocco.

The film portrays this journey in an emotional, nostalgic and also humorous way. Along the way, the travellers laugh, deba te, eat, sing and create new memories. What appears to be an ordinary holi day trip actually symbolises living between two different places, which ca n both feel like home.

The success of Porte Bagage has shown how th is summer holiday has become part of a shared experience amongst Moroccan- Dutch people. The film touches on questions of family, memory, identity, l iving between different worlds and choosing one’s own destiny.

Syn opsis

Noor (30) looks after her stubborn father Musa (76), who suf fers from dementia. When offered her dream job as a chef in Paris, she is left to choose between her career and her family.

To make the sever ity of their father’s condition clear to her brothers and sister, Noor arr anges an appointment with a neurologist. Following the death of a close fr iend, Musa expresses his wish to return to Morocco. Initially reluctant, N oor begins to see this as her way out – helping her father return to his h omeland whilst finally pursuing her own dreams of independence.

Des pite resistance from her brother Farid, she manages to persuade her brothe rs to join her on a road trip, during which they come to terms with their past and their uncertain future.

About Zouka

Zouka is a fi lm company with a social heart, sharing stories that matter. Zouka creates authentic films and documentaries and develops innovative concepts and st rategies that harness the power of film to bring about social change. Thei r focus is on sharing stories from underrepresented groups; people whose v oices need to be heard. Zouka believes in the power of inclusion and uses creativity to transform ideas into powerful visual stories that make an im pact, with the ultimate goal of bringing communities closer together.

Programme

16:00 Doors open
16:30 Start of screening
18 :30 End of event

Practical information

This event is free and open to everyone. We do ask that you register in advance. The event wi ll take place at VOX-POP (ground floor), Binnengasthuisstraat 9.

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