BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30367@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:IQMF: Queer Shorts DTSTAMP:20261112T004331Z DTSTART:20261205T100000Z DESCRIPTION:We\, the Weapon\n\nDuration: 22’\nDirector: Mohammad Moe Sabbah (Moe Sabbah)\nLanguage: No dialogue\nSubtitles: no subtitles\nCountry: Le banon and Germany\nYear: 2025\n\nSynopsis: In a confined military bunker\, five men nervously await a possible\nenemy attack. As they eat\, sleep\, stand guard and spend their days together\,\ntensions gradually rise. An u nexpected emotional and intimate connection\ndevelops between two of the s oldiers\, challenging traditional ideas of\nmasculinity\, vulnerability an d intimacy.\n\nFlorence Likes to Die\n\nDuration: 12’\nDirector: Yassin Hä ussler\nLanguage: English\nSubtitles: English\nCountry: Netherlands\nYear: 2026\n\nSynopsis: During an ordinary sleepover\, Florence asks her best f riend Ruby to\ndeliver a eulogy in her honour. What begins as playful role -playing gradually\nbecomes something darker as Florence reveals her fasci nation with death. Through\nstaged memorials\, funeral speeches and recrea ted crime scenes\, Ruby begins\nconfronting her own suppressed desires for Florence\, while Florence becomes\nincreasingly consumed by her obsession with death.\n\nDunes Only Know\n\nDuration: 14’\nDirector: Gian Luca Cata lfamo and Tatiana Ivensen\nLanguage: Italian\nSubtitles: English\nCountry: Italy\nYear: 2026\n\nSynopsis: A middle-aged man arrives at a remote nudi st beach looking for casual\nencounters. Instead\, he encounters a group o f migrants who have just arrived on\nthe shore. As the coast guard approac hes\, he makes an impulsive decision to\nintervene\, triggering a series o f chaotic and absurd events. The film uses\nsatire and surreal humour to e xplore desire\, authority\, migration and\nresistance.\n\nNot Built to Las t\n\nDuration: 20’\nDirector: Deniz Arikan\nLanguage: English\nSubtitles: Dutch\nCountry: Netherlands\nYear: 2026\n\nSynopsis: Daniel\, an architect ural guide in Rotterdam\, takes Emre\, a visiting\narchitect from Istanbul \, on a tour of the city. What begins as a professional\nexploration of Ro tterdam’s architecture gradually develops into a more personal\nencounter. Through conversations about identity\, belonging\, freedom and\nintimacy\ , the two men discover unexpected connections. The film explores queer\nde sire and the relationship between urban spaces and personal identity.\n\n\ nza 5 dec 11:00\n[https://tickets.lab111.nl/labcinema/nl/flow_configs/webs hop/steps/start/show/1325059]LAB\n2Tickets\n[https://tickets.lab111.nl/lab cinema/nl/flow_configs/webshop/steps/start/show/1325059] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/iqmf-queer-shorts-1 GEO:52.3637259;4.8676321 LOCATION:LAB111 - Arie Biemondstraat 111\, 1054 PD Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:daytime,film,in english,iqmf,queer,sexuality X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We, the Weapon

Dura tion: 22’
Director: Mohammad Moe Sabbah (Moe Sabbah)
Language: No dialogue
Subtitles: no subtitles
Country: Lebanon and Germany
Year: 2025

Synopsis: In a confined military bunker, five men nervou sly await a possible enemy attack. As they eat, sleep, stand guard and spe nd their days together, tensions gradually rise. An unexpected emotional a nd intimate connection develops between two of the soldiers, challenging t raditional ideas of masculinity, vulnerability and intimacy.

Florence Likes to Die

Duration: 12’
Director: Yassin Häussler
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Country: Nether lands
Year: 2026

Synopsis: During an ordinary sleepover, Floren ce asks her best friend Ruby to deliver a eulogy in her honour. What begin s as playful role-playing gradually becomes something darker as Florence r eveals her fascination with death. Through staged memorials, funeral speec hes and recreated crime scenes, Ruby begins confronting her own suppressed desires for Florence, while Florence becomes increasingly consumed by her obsession with death.

Dunes Only Know

Dura tion: 14’
Director: Gian Luca Catalfamo and Tatiana Ivensen
Langua ge: Italian
Subtitles: English
Country: Italy
Year: 2026

< p>Synopsis: A middle-aged man arrives at a remote nudist beach looking for casual encounters. Instead, he encounters a group of migrants who have ju st arrived on the shore. As the coast guard approaches, he makes an impuls ive decision to intervene, triggering a series of chaotic and absurd event s. The film uses satire and surreal humour to explore desire, authority, m igration and resistance.

Not Built to Last

Duration: 20’
Director: Deniz Arikan
Language: English
Subtitl es: Dutch
Country: Netherlands
Year: 2026

Synopsis: Daniel, an architectural guide in Rotterdam, takes Emre, a visiting architect fro m Istanbul, on a tour of the city. What begins as a professional explorati on of Rotterdam’s architecture gradually develops into a more personal enc ounter. Through conversations about identity, belonging, freedom and intim acy, the two men discover unexpected connections. The film explores queer desire and the relationship between urban spaces and personal identity.


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