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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