Under the impression of the 9/11 attacks, Joe Boots, the film's protagonist, joined the military right out of high school. Shortly after, he was deployed to fight in Iraq. After returning to his hometown of Pittsburgh, he realized that his war experiences left him permanently changed.
http://florianbaron.com/Joe-Boots
Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/236995773
Born 1984 in Berlin;
2004-2006 he lived in Japan and worked there on several film and video art projects;
2007-2012 studied in the director's department at the Academy of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam
Filmography
2010 RADIO TAXI
2012 THE FINAL CALL
2018 STRESS