Fear of the Falling Memory, 2020, Amsterdam

Falling memories, confused relations, and distorted perception of the self.

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Driven by guilt for missing his mother’s funeral, Mohamed El-Deep is questioning memories as the building blocks of the human self.
In his mother’s final years, who suffered from Alzheimer, Deep has experienced the cruelty of the falling memories.
The first stages of Alzheimer's seem the hardest on the patients as they are still conscious of the memory loss. However, the latest stages are the hardest on the beloved ones. Once enough memories have fallen, the self gets distorted, and relations start to fall.

Building on his own experience, Mohamed El-Deep tries to sketch a series of scenes that de-construct personal memories and relationships and draws from the generic to the personal.

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Directed by Mohamed El-Deep