Verre binding x Go Short Arnhem: Best European Shorts
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Go Short Arnhem x Verre binding
This film programme is part of Go Short Arnhem 2025, the festival for short film from 3 to 5 October in Arnhem. For this screening, Go Short Arnhem is making a number of tickets available for asylum seekers. Would you like to watch or more information? Mail selin@ruimtekoers.nl
Best European Shorts
A selection of films that received a lot of appreciation by winning awards, being selected at many festivals or claiming a place in the 2025 end-of-year lists of various programmers.
The selection of Go Short is always based on the taste of programmers and selection committees, but for this programme the festival has looked for films with a certain prestige that earns them the stamp of ‘international highlight’ of the past festival season.
A Move
Elahe Esmaili | Great Britain, Iran | 27 min
Elahe returns to her hometown in Mashhad, Iran, to help her parents move to a new place after 40 years. Influenced by the Woman-Life-Freedom movement, she also hopes for a bigger move than just a new apartment.
Elevator Lady
Marcin Modzelewski | Poland | 25 min
Brutalist architecture, a paid elevator, and the surrealism of the surroundings make up the daily life of Mzia, a former sniper who oversees this globally unique transportation system. The grotesque atmosphere of this film paints a tragicomic picture of modern Georgia.
That’s How I Love You
Mário Macedo | Portugal, Croatia | 19 min
While vacationing with his grandparents in the country, a boy learns a cruel lesson about grace.
My Homeland
Tabarak Abbas | Switzerland | 13 min
Baghdad, early 90s: in a reality where people have made way for cyborgs, a young couple tries to flee their country with their newborn baby, where a war has just broken out. This animated film tells a true story and immerses viewers in a futuristic world.