BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30116@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Reflections on Displacement: Five Short Films DTSTAMP:20261106T215159Z DTSTART:20261206T150000Z DESCRIPTION:Five filmmakers from Afghanistan\, Iran\, Ukraine\, Syria and S omalia each made a\nnew short film. Maryna Er Gorbach\, Mo Harawe\, Hasan Kattan\, Mohammad Rasoulof\nand Shahrbanoo Sadat offer timely and intimate reflections on experiences of\ndisplacement.\n\n1. Allies in Exile (2026) – Hasan Kattan\, United Kingdom\, Syria\, 40 min. Two\nSyrian Filmmakers with past shaped by war document the trauma of waiting for\nasylum\, using friendship and storytelling to survive exile. 2. Rotation (2026) –\nMaryn a Er Gorbach\, Ukraine\, Turkey\, 12 min. Rotation is a therapeutic hypnos is\nritual experienced by a young Ukrainian woman who shifted from civilia n life to\nmilitary service. She needs support to adapt to the displaced r eality she now\nlives in. 3. Sense of Water (2026) – Mohammad Rasoulof\, I ran\, Germany\, 39 min.\nIn the chill of exile\, an Iranian writer confron ts a foreign language – a\nlanguage in which he must rediscover love\, ang er\, joy and sorrow in order to\nwrite again. His quest to reclaim the pow er of writing becomes an inner journey\nbetween memory and forgetting\, be tween a lost language and a new one\, where\nhuman emotion and meaning mus t be recreated anew. 4. Super Afghan Gym (2026) –\nShahrbanoo Sadat\, Germ any\, 14 min.\nIn a gym in downtown Kabul\, a group of housewives gather d uring the only hour of\nthe day reserved for women. They train at lunchtim e behind closed doors\, talking\nabout body norms and their daily life. 5. Whispers of a Burning Scent (2026) –\nMo Harawe\, Somalia\, Austria\, Ger many\, 28 min.\nA quiet wedding musician finds his private life exposed to public scrutiny. The\nfive films screen together as a single 133-minute p rogramme. All films have\nEnglish subtitles.\n\nAbout IFFR\nInternational Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) presents a leading festival and\nyear-round \nprogramme that deepens appreciation of cinema in all its forms and creat es\nopportunities for independent filmmakers and artists from around the g lobe.\n\nAbout the Displacement Film Fund\nSince 2025 the Displacement Fil m Fund (DFF) champions and funds the work of\ndisplaced filmmakers\, or fi lmmakers with a proven track record in creating\nauthentic storytelling on the experiences of displaced people. In the pilot\nscheme five displaced filmmakers received a production grant of €100\,000 each to\nmake a short film. The resulting films world premiered at IFFR 2026. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/reflections-on-displacement-five-short- films GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:daytime,festival,film,in english,migration,short film X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Five filmmakers from Afghanistan, I ran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia each made a new short film. Maryna Er Gorb ach, Mo Harawe, Hasan Kattan, Mohammad Rasoulof and Shahrbanoo Sadat offer timely and intimate reflections on experiences of displacement.< /p>

1. Allies in Exile (2026) – Hasan Kattan, United K ingdom, Syria, 40 min. Two Syrian Filmmakers with past shaped by war docum ent the trauma of waiting for asylum, using friendship and storytelling to survive exile. 2. Rotation (2026) – Maryna Er Gorbach, U kraine, Turkey, 12 min. Rotation is a therapeutic hypnosis ritual experienced by a young Ukrainian woman who shifted from civilian life to military service. She needs support to adapt to the displaced reality she now lives in. 3. Sense of Water (2026) – Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran, Germany, 39 min. In the chill of exile, an Iranian writer confron ts a foreign language – a language in which he must rediscover love, anger , joy and sorrow in order to write again. His quest to reclaim the power o f writing becomes an inner journey between memory and forgetting, between a lost language and a new one, where human emotion and meaning must be rec reated anew. 4. Super Afghan Gym (2026) – Shahrbanoo Sadat, German y, 14 min.
In a gym in downtown Kabul, a group of housewives gather during the only hour of the day reserved for women. They train at l unchtime behind closed doors, talking about body norms and their daily lif e. 5. Whispers of a Burning Scent (2026) – Mo Harawe, Somalia, Aus tria, Germany, 28 min.
A quiet wedding musician finds his pri vate life exposed to public scrutiny. The five films screen together as a single 133-minute programme. All films have English subtitles.

About IFFR
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) pr esents a leading festival and year-round
programme that deepens appreci ation of cinema in all its forms and creates opportunities for independent filmmakers and artists from around the globe.

About the Di splacement Film Fund
Since 2025 the Displacement Film Fund (DF F) champions and funds the work of displaced filmmakers, or filmmakers wit h a proven track record in creating authentic storytelling on the experien ces of displaced people. In the pilot scheme five displaced filmmakers rec eived a production grant of €100,000 each to make a short film. The result ing films world premiered at IFFR 2026.

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