Do You Get Me?
by Otto Lazić-Reuschel, Italy, 2022, 30'
Mohamed Taychen Chakir left Morocco at the age of 12 with the dream of reaching Europe, but his journey soon stops in Melilla. Stranded on the border line, he is forced to live here, among the rocks of Melilla along with dozens of other young people waiting to fulfill the same dream. After countless attempts, he reached Spain in 2015. Today he is 20 years old and lives in Sabadell, a town near Barcelona. Here, Mohamed has friends and social services support him financially, but the possibility of receiving a Spanish passport still seems far away and Mohamed indulges in disillusionment. Thus, his life remains suspended in uncertainty and the difficulty of building his own autonomy. Meanwhile, his younger sister Ikram, who has also left Morocco, lives in Madrid. Moha and Ikram have not seen each other for more than eight years, he finally gets the chance to visit her, and prepares to meet her again in the hope that it will be a decisive encounter.