Alone

Every year in Canada, over 400 children arrive alone at the border to seek asylum. Fearing for their lives, Afshin, Alain and Patricia left their home countries without their parents. All three of them set off on a difficult journey that led them to Canada, after months of uncertainty. The film tells the story of their arrival, their current realities, as well as the numerous obstacles they overcame to rebuild themselves. It reminds us that, like everybody else, our protagonists’ main goal was to claim their right to live in peace. Mixing real-life footage and animated sequences, Alone is a tribute to hope: how can a child manage to reinvent itself in anew country, after having left everything behind, even its parents? It is above all a story of encounters. An encounter between our characters and a host country. A meeting with us, the audience. The film allows us to better understand the challenges of leaving your home country, alone and without any bearings. It encourages us to reach out to fellow humans and allow them to define themselves beyond the labels that were affixed to them. First produced for Television, Alone naturally found its way to festivals and schools, significantly widening its target audience without compromising on an eye-catching TV format and has been adapted into a children’s graphic novel.