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Yazan Rabee
Netherlands | 2022 | 7 min 

Synopsys:

A chase, footsteps closing in; as you approach your house, it moves further away. This is a recurring nightmare, shared by many Syrians who have fled their
homeland. At night they find themselves back in their hometowns, running, chased by invisible men. They’re looking for a safe place they can never reach.
BACK dives into this nightmare to examine where it stems from. Did the trauma start at the protests against Bashar al-Assad, like it did for director Yazan
Rabee? Or do we have to go back further to the terror during the reign of Bashar’s father, Hafez al-Assad?

Credits:

Screenwriting & Directing: Yazan Rabee

Cinematography: Maarten Kramer

Editing: Yazan Rabee

Producers: Eefje Blankevoort, Philippe Avendano Vera, Sacha Gertsik

Production: Prospektor, Artillerie,  De Ontmoeting

Festivals:

• Berlinale Germany 2023
• Go Short Netherlands 2023 
• HKIFF 2023 Hong Kong 
• Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival 2023, Portugal 
• Toronto Arab Film Festival 2023, Canada 
• Beyond Borders Inetrnational Documentary Film Festival 2023, Greece