Ya Oromia; For My Children (Por Mis Hijos); Next Station (Próxima Estación)
TWO SHORTS AND A FEATURE (86min)
Venue: The British Museum – Stevenson Theatre
Ya Oromia
Director: Amanda Walsh, 2006, Australia, 5min
European Première
In the overcrowded housing estates of North Melbourne lives a young African woman, an Oromo, forced to leave her beloved homeland and family in fear of persecution. Now she is reunited with her daughters, after more than six years enforced separation. The family must adjust to living together again in a new country.
For My Children (Por Mis Hijos)
Director: Aymee Cruzaleguí, Spain, 2007, 16min
World Première
What is a woman willing to do to make a better life for her children? Norma, a Latin American immigrant in Barcelona, struggles with the pain of solitude, forced to live away from her family in order to support them.
Next Station (Próxima Estación)
Director: Estela Ilárraz, 2007, Spain, 69min
UK Première
A group of Ecuadorean immigrants in Madrid. They came to Spain to work, to support their families, but they desperately want to go home. But if they go to Ecuador to visit their families, they know they will never again be able to get back to Madrid to work.
TICKETS
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