Spanish Film Club x IberoDocs: Remember My Name (with director attendance)

After crossing the Melilla fence alone, a group of minors find a new family in a dance company. Film + Q&A director Elena Molina
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Screening Room: The East Room

Remember My Name + attendance of film director Elena Molina

Elena Molina / France, Spain, Qatar / 2023 / 76 min

Spanish and Arabic with English subtitles

Remember My Name, directed by Elena Molina, follows Ihsane, Assia, Mounia, Nuhaila, and Hamza—young migrants who arrived alone in Melilla, Spain. After crossing the border from Morocco, Ihsane finds refuge in the “Divina Infantita” nuns’ reception center for girls, while Hamza, now turning 18, must leave La Purísima, the center for unaccompanied boys.

Amid displacement and uncertainty, they discover belonging in the NANA dance company, a group that becomes their chosen family. When the company is selected to perform on a national TV talent show, the spotlight offers a fleeting dream, an escape from their daily reality on the margins. Yet, when the lights fade, they must return to Melilla and face adulthood, once again, on their own.

A moving and poetic documentary, Remember My Name captures resilience, friendship, and the power of art to reclaim identity and hope.

This screening is part of the Spanish Film Club Series, a collaboration between IberoDocs and Edinburgh Council that was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture, and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

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