Spanish Film Club
Remember My Name
+ Q&A with director Elena Molina
76 Min
PG, 14+ recommended
Spanish, Arabic, and French, English subtitles
In collaboration with Pragda and Edinburgh Council.
Screenings & Bookings
£5 per pupil
School staff free
Thursday 17th September 10.30am
Filmhouse
Important Information
School Screenings at the Filmhouse have returned!
Join us for this very special screening of documentary Remember My Name followed by a Q&A with director Elena Molina. This special schools screening is for high school students aged 12 and over and is presented as part of Iberodocs, Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival.
Learning Links
Subjects: Spanish, Modern Languages, Media Studies, Global Citizenship, Film and Screen Education, English, PSE, Physical Education, Geography
Themes: documentary, young people, dance, education, refugees, resilience, care experience, coming of age
Curriculum for Excellence: LIT 3-01a, LIT 3-02a, LIT 3-04a, LIT 3-06a, LIT 3-07a, LIT 3-09a, LIT 3-10a, LIT 3-11a, LIT 3-16a, EXA 3-07a, HWB 3-26a, MLAN 3-01a, MLAN 3-08a, MLAN 3-09a, MLAN 3-10a, MLAN 3-11b, SOC 4-04a, SOC 3-05a, SOC 4-16a, SOC 4-16b, SOC 4-16c, SOC 3-19b
Sustainable Development Goals: 3, 4, 10, 16
UNCRC Articles: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31
Bookings for these films are now OPEN.
Films cost £5 per pupil with accompanying school staff free. To book your class to see either of the films, please email schools@filmhouse.org.uk with the following information:
- Date, time, and title of screening
- Name of school
- Name of lead teacher and mobile number
- Number of pupils
- Number of staff members
- Any access requirements
- Preferred payment method – invoice, by telephone, or by card on arrival
ABOUT THE FILM
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.
Q&A with director Elena Molina
Elena Molina is a screenwriter and director whose work focuses mainly on nonfiction. Her intimate, contemporary films explore memory, grief, and social wounds, often centering voices rarely placed at the heart of the story. Her work blends documentary observation with narrative forms close to fiction, with a particular focus on bodies, territories, and communities.
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