After crossing the Melilla fence from Morocco, Ihsane enters the “Divina Infantita” nuns’ reception centre, where Assia and Nuhaila live. Hamza turns 18 and has to leave La Purísima, the reception centre for unaccompanied boys. They all arrived alone in Melilla but have found a new family: the NANA dance company. After months of hard work, they are selected to participate in a famous TV talent show, where they experience a mirage that seems to take them away from their reality for a few days and that vanishes in a flash when the spotlight goes out.
DIRECTION Elena Molina
SCREENPLAY Elena Molina
CINEMATOGRAPHY Juan Meseguer
EDITION Begoña Ruiz | Elena Molina
PRODUCERS Bernat Manzano | MA Blanca | Jessica Costilla | Valérianne Boué | Elena Molina
PRODUCTION BOOGALOO FILMS, LES FILMS D’ICI, IMPLICATE
CO-PRODUCTION AL JAZEERA DOCUMENTARY | FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS | MOVISTAR+
MUSIC Sara Fontán y Edu Pou
SOUND DESIGN Carole Verner
With the participation of Asia Nazil | Hamza Baya | Mounia Chabbaoui | Yahia Farahat | Mouad Farahat | Ihsane Abarkane | Anass Bassou | Ayman Bormano | Ismael Ibibi | Majda Tarouit | Nawfal Ouali | Sara Sabir | Warda Benalla | Ylyas Bendaoud Ruiz | Shahrazat Benallal | Cheima Benallal | Zacariae Marqui | Mohamed Azzaoui | Sakina Talai | Fadwa Kobguen | Jalal Agarbi | Nour Koubar Alarcón | Nuhaila Jaafar | Khaled Azahaf | Natalia Díaz Fernández de Monge | Navid Mohamed Mohamed
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Biznaga de Plata Premio del Público – 26 Festival de Málaga (Málaga – Spain)
Best WIP – Atlàntida Mallorca Talents Lab 2022 (Mallorca – Spain)
Best WIP – Corte Final DocumentaMadrid 2022 (Madrid – Spain)
Candidate for 9 Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Direction, Best Direction of Photography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Special Effects, Best Documentary Film
XVI Gaudí Awards
L’Alternativa/Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona – Seccions Paral-leles
Festival Internacional de Cinema Independent d’Eivissa – Panorama
Festival UII Nu – Opening Film
Dones Visuals 2020
DOKLeipzig 2021
MiradasDoc2021
DocsBarcelona 2021 SpeedMeetings
Acció Vivir de Dones Visuals
ESODOC European Social Documentary 2019
Femmes Films Méditerranée in Marseille 2019
PRESS
“Hoy empieza todo” Cadena SER
E-CARTELERA TOP10 jóvenes directoras españolas a las que seguirle la pista
Entrevista RTVE ARTESFERA (min.25.30)
Crítica 35mm Revista de Cine
Crítica Cine en Serio
Crítica Zineclub Kresala
El Documental
Screening and presentation UBU
eldiario.es
TVC
Público: ‘Remember my name’, más allá de la valla de Melilla
Télérama
Entrevista Mutaciones
Le Monde: ‘La danse libératrice de mineurs d’un centre d’accueil en Espagne