“Refugee Girls” has been recently awarded at the MARTE FILM FESTIVAL as Best Documentary.
MARTE FILM FESTIVAL is a film event organised in Rome, every year, in March.
For Refugee Girls, this award, represents another recognition and remarks the relevance of the topic narrated in the documentary.
Refugee Girls is a documentary by Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso that follows the lives of Robina, Bozhena and Sofia, three young refugee university students. Robina, from Afghanistan, follows courses at the Sapienza University of Rome. In Barcelona, Bozhena and Sofia, Ukrainian girls, meet during a Spanish course for refugee students.
Intertwining these stories, the documentary explores the plight of refugees and the opportunities offered by Europe. Human resilience and inner strength emerge in extreme situations. Refugee Girls invites reflection on acceptance, solidarity and the creation of a better future for those fleeing conflict and persecution.
The documentary is the result of a collaboration between Sapienza University of Rome, UNIMED, Fundació Solidaritat of the University of Barcelona, the Association of European Universities (EUA) and the International Organization for Migration (partner associate) within the UNI(di)VERSITY project funded with the support of the Erasmus+ program of the European Union.
Previous Awards and Documentary screening history
Refugee Girls won the Best Script prize at the Film Festival Indie Doc Pro (2024)
Refugee Girls lands at Erasmus Days 2024
A calendar of screenings of “Refugee Girls” with UNIMED members (2024)
Documentary film “Refugee Girls” at the International Documentary Festival Visioni dal Mondo (2023)
Refugee Girls screened at the ENSE Forum 2023 at the University of Rome “Foro Italico”
Documentary film Refugee Students presented at the Cinema Farnese in Rome on December 15th at 19.00 (2022)
