After more than a decade, Farah returns to her hometown of Tripoli, Lebanon, to live with her widowed, ageing father, Mustapha. It’s her last chance to be part of her father’s world, though it must be done through the only language he understands: poetry.

Tonight is the Belgian premiere of We Are Inside. After the screening, a musical parade will guide everyone downstairs to the Beurscafé for a relaxed meet&greet connecting hangout with the artist.

about

Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, Farah Kassem graduated from ALBA University with a Bachelor's degree in Audio Visual Studies. She completed a Master in documentary film-making at DocNomads. Farah is both a director and an editor and is currently doing doctoral research in the Arts at KU Leuven and LUCA in Belgium. She is also a film workshop trainer. She has directed several award-winning short documentary films screened at various international film festivals, including Visions du Réel, Warsaw Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, Dubai International Film Festival, and many others. We Are Inside is her debut feature.

Jon Sensmeier is a Copenhagen-based saxophonist and film composer whose work spans acoustic and electronic realms. Beyond performing with his bands ALIGAGA and Jimini, Jon transforms the saxophone into a versatile, cinematic instrument, creating minimalistic electronic compositions. His solo work and collaborations, including the duet Heremans/Sensmeier, explore bridging live instrumentation with evocative soundscapes.

Robbe Kieckens is a Belgian Percussionist. Trained in the rhythms of Ottoman classical music (usul) with Fahrettin Yarkin, Robbe Kieckens has also studied various instruments and cultures that define his style of playing, from flamenco to Arabic and Persian percussion, including West African music. He masters a very wide range of instruments including frame drums, cajon, congas, tombak, darbuka, udu, riq, calabash, djembe and dunums. Robbe is a founding member of the Lamekan Ensemble and has performed with Compro Oro and Myrddin De Cauter. He is a member of Spëcht and Halva and teaches bendir, riqq and darbuka in Brussels and Ghent.