Sundance-winning documentary RETURN TO HOMS will be screening at the Exeter Picturehouse on WEDNESDAY 9 JULY at 6:30pm, followed by Q&A with director, Talal Derki.
The film follows nineteen-year-old goalkeeper-turned-insurgent, Abdul Basset, as he and a ragtag group of comrades fight to protect the captive inhabitants of the besieged city of Homs. As one of the unlikely leaders of the Syrian rebellion Basset has become something of a totemic figure, with Le Monde labelling him an 'icon of the revolution'. His protest songs and dark sense of humour reflect his dream of...
