THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME

Synopsis: A raw and an intimate portrayal of a man and a city, doomed and in exile, sinking to hit rock bottom. It plays on the margin of reality, where forces of the masculine and the feminine alternate, merge, attract and repel.

Director’s biography: Faris Rjoob is an inter-disciplinary artist working in the fields of film, video art, and performance. Based in Cologne, where he is currently a postgraduate at the Academy of Media Arts, he aims to employ the cinematic language to explore the politics of identity.