A GIRL WITH HER NEW WALL

An experimental short film

Like a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population in search of normality emerge memories of the city, haunted by destruction, disfigurement and loss. A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings.

Stuck in a cycle of grief, a young woman continually relives her memories of a ruptured life. Detaching from her past is the only way to break the cycle and be reborn.

Summer 2021, in Damascus city, some young emerging directors roamed the city's streets to follow their dreams and shoot their first movies with the simplest available tools. so, the city would open her arms and hug them day and night with her streets and neighborhoods.

An experimental short film

Summer 2018 in Damascus, An ordinary day to "Abu Firas" who is a taxi driver, suffers from various pressures. In this day, many customers from different ages and social classes take his car. And with every customer who gets in it, "Abu Firas" tries to win his sympathy by making some painful stories about himself, to make more money from them. And each time his customers' reactions differ according to their backgrounds. Until this method cause to "Abu Firas" a strong shock at the end of his day