Portrait of Omar at 23 (2022)

Omar is a student from Syria not a refugee He was in Budapest on a scholarship when we first met His voice was frank and his eyes fiery He had a lot to say but he did not want to talk about the war back home I filmed as I saw as I perceived him moving in and out of uncertaintys quiet flicker An unconventional portrait of my friend when he turned 23 His journey from Syria to Hungary narrated as a blurry anecdote by the fire