Regional Competition

Kafia is 17 years old. Two years ago, she fled to Hungary alone to escape from a forced child marriage in Somalia. She has been living in a state children’s home in Budapest ever since. She studies the language, goes to high school, prepares for the Hungarian graduation exam and starts a modelling career. On the surface, everything seems fine. However, behind her beautiful and confident appearance lies a heavy heart. Kafia's repetitive daily routine revolves around constant dilemmas and self-doubt about leaving behind her Muslim culture and the things that surrounded her as she was growing up. As she allows the camera to get closer to her, the film slowly becomes an intimate confession. On the brink of adulthood, what are the implications of breaking with your past and embracing a completely new identity in order to live in Europe?