It’s a recurring nightmare probably shared by many Syrians who fled their homeland throughout the battle – a mirage of residence and hope, slipping away.
Directed by Yazan Rabee, BACK is a brief documentary that follows those that return of their sleep to ghostly hometowns, hunted down by menacing forces.
Mixing intimate testimony with putting visuals, BACK explores how political violence turns into embedded within the unconscious, particularly for individuals who lengthy for residence from life in exile.
However as Rabee asks, did the nightmare actually start in 2012, with the rebellion towards president Bashar al-Assad? Or did the trauma take root a long time earlier, throughout the brutal reign of Bashar’s father?
Revealed On 18 Jun 2025
