Travessias — Menores Refugiados e Migrantes

On November 2nd, the films There Once Was a Boy, by Salma Enani (Animation, 2023, 5’), and Remember My Name, by Elena Molina (Documentary, 2023, 76’), will be screened in Room 3 of Cinema São Jorge as part of Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival.

The screening will be followed by a discussion (in Portuguese) focusing on unaccompanied migrant minors with researcher Gabriele De Angelis (IFILNOVA), Emellin de Oliveira (NOVA School of Law), Elena Molina (director of Remember My Name), and Salma Enani (director of There Once Was a Boy), and moderated by Silvia Di Marco (OM, CFCUL). The discussion will begin at 6 PM in Room 2 of Cinema São Jorge.

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY [ELFRASHAT]

Salma Enani
Egypt, Vietnam · Animation · 2023 · 5’

Hassan is an estranged boy in his mid-twenties with an aching flickering heart. He lives alone in a world that holds him back from being himself, until one day an elysian butterfly comes to take him on a spiritual journey that unravels his essence reminding him of who he truly is.

REMEMBER MY NAME

Elena Molina
Espanha, França · Documentary · 2023 · 76’

Ihsane, Assia, Mounia, Nuhaila and Hamza crossed the Melilla border as minors and are hosted in different reception centres. They meet at the NANA dance company where they find a new family and get  a chance to join a TV talent show. Their fleeting fame offers them an escape but when the spotlight fades, they return to Melilla, once again facing adulthood and the challenges of emigration alone.

Org. Olhares do Mediterrâneo / OutLab / NOVA Asylum Policy Lab

The Travessias (“Crossings”) section’s programming was supported by ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e para a Tecnologia) of the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science under the project UIDB/00183/2020.