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Produced by Ken Loach regular Sally Hibbin, award-winning short film director Yousaf Ali Khan's sensitive and justly subjective debut feature navigates the lives of two unaccompanied child asylum seekers entering the UK.
Abused by her male traffickers and separated from her family, seventeen year old Mamie arrives in Britain from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sent to Birmingham by immigration authorities, she meets the fragile Kenyan Shiku, and while they don't share a language, Mamie vows to look after the younger girl, treating her like a sister.
When it is discovered, however, that the girls are not genuine siblings, their separate ordeals begin.
Direct from the London Film Festival. Australian Premiere!
