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RETURN TO HOMS

Talal Derki, Syrien/Deutschland 2013, 87 Min., OV with English subs
Followed by a talk with

For his documentary Return to Homs, between 2011 and 2013 director Talal Derki followed two friends in the city of Homs, who organized demonstrations against the dictatorial regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The documentary shows the career of the protagonist Abdul Baset Al-Sarout, once a goalkeeper for Syria’s national youth football team turned into a commander of a group of fighters on the side of the Free Syrian Army.