Alone

Every year in Canada, over 400 children arrive aloneat the border to seek asylum. Fearing for their lives,Afshin, Alain and Patricia left their home countrieswithout their parents. All three of them set off on adifficult journey that led them to Canada, after monthsof uncertainty. The film tells the story of their arrival,their current realities, as well as the numerous obstaclesthey overcame to rebuild themselves. It reminds usthat, like everybody else, our protagonists’ main goalwas to claim their right to live in peace. Mixing real-lifefootage and animated sequences, Alone is a tribute tohope: how can a child manage to reinvent itself in anew country, after having left everything behind, evenits parents? It is above all a story of encounters. Anencounter between our characters and a host country.A meeting with us, the audience. The film allows us tobetter understand the challenges of leaving your homecountry, alone and without any bearings. It encouragesus to reach out to fellow humans and allow them todefine themselves beyond the labels that were affixedto them. First produced for Television, Alone naturallyfound its way to festivals and schools, significantlywidening its target audience without compromising onan eye-catching TV format and has been adapted into achildren’s graphic novel.