Thematic Films

Mebrahtu

By Béatrice Guelpa

Mebrahtu reached Switzerland in 2014, at the age of 17, after a perilous journey from Eritrea. That year, 7,700 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum on Swiss soil, of which 717 saw their request granted. Mebrahtu's wasn't. An incomprehensible decision: a genuine paragon of integration, he had even recently taken up an apprenticeship. What happens to those young people who are sent back from Switzerland? Guelpa followed Mebrahtu into his new exile.

Co-presented with the RTS

  • Section Films thématiques
  • Original language(s) French

YouthMigrationsSwitzerland


Director(s)
Béatrice Guelpa

Production

  • RTS - Radio télévision suisse romande

Rights holder

  • RTS - Radio télévision suisse romande

Cinematographer

  • Béatrice Guelpa, Stéphane Saporito, Christian Jaquenod, Briag Bouquot

Sound

  • David Punterner, Théo Viroton, Kota Ichihara

Editor

  • Catherine Kala, David Nicole
Duration
25'
Year
2021
Production country
Switzerland
Thursday 10 March

20:15

Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre

Followed by the debate Jeunes requérant·es d’asile débouté·es à Genève : quelle insertion ?.