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Remember My Name

  • 10 10
  • 2022
  • 76min
Remember My Name
  • Original Title: Recuerda mi nombre

After crossing into Melilla, young migrants face a new reality inside religious reception centres, where turning 18 means losing shelter—and confronting the world alone

Remember My Name
Awards

AWARDS: Biznaga de Plata Audience Award. Festival de Málaga / Premio Corte Final. Documenta Madrid / Best WIP. Atlàntida Mallorca Talents Lab

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Festival de Málaga / Festival dei Popoli / Festival Rizoma / Festival l’Alternativa / Festival de Cine y DDHH Errenteria / ESODOC European Social Documentary / ACCIÓ VIVER Dones Visuals / Films Femmes Méditerranée / DocsBarcelona Speed Meetings / Medimed / FIPA Doc / Miradasdoc / DOK Leipzig Dok Preview Training / Documenta Madrid Corte Final / Atlàntida Mallorca Talents Lab

 

Remember My Name - Crossing fences is only the beginning

In the Spanish enclave of Melilla, where Africa meets Europe, migration becomes an intimate story of childhood interrupted. Ihsane, having just crossed the fence from Morocco, enters the “Divina Infantita” nuns’ reception centre, a place where Assia and Nuhaila already live and try to shape a sense of belonging.

Meanwhile, Hamza faces the brutal threshold of adulthood: his 18th birthday forces him out of La Purísima, the reception centre for unaccompanied boys.

The documentary captures the fragility of these lives caught between borders, institutions, and futures that remain uncertain. It is a portrait of resilience, longing, and the fragile passage from childhood to adulthood in the margins of Europe.

Elena Molina
Elena Molina Director

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