Spanish Film Club
Remember My Name
Free Entry
+ Q&A with director Elena Molina
76 Min
2023
Elena Molina
France, Spain, Qatar
Spanish, Arabic, and French, English subtitles
Screenings & Bookings
Saturday 19 September 3.00pm
Craigmillar Library
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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