Summer School #4: Abdoul in Sicily

In her documentary ‘Abdoul in Sicily’, Kiyomi Molin follows 16-year-old Abdoul from the Ivory Coast. He left the country a few years ago. As the eldest child of the family, he felt responsible for traveling to Europe.

Abdoul faced many hardships during his journey to Sicily. During the crossing on the water he had little space and luckily for Abdoul he was rescued halfway and arrived safely in Italy. He now lives in Canicattini, in a shelter for minors. Abdoul is in school and is doing his final exams, when he is done he wants to go to technical school to become a computer engineer.

This film has been selected for the New Wave International Short Festival and Amsterdam Filmmaker Festival.