SolidarityNow in the 28th Athens International Film Festival with the short movie “I Woke Up 18”


“I Woke Up 18”: Dreams, disillusionment, fear and hope of six young people. The short movie produced by SolidarityNow and directed by Vera-Iona Papadopoulou, was presented for the first time to the public, on Friday, September 30th, in the context of the 28th Athens International Film Festival.

The film “I Woke up 18” presents through the stories of its six young protagonists, the difficulties that unaccompanied children face as soon as they turn 18 and was produced under the framework of the European project UACFutures | “Building Futures, Sharing Good Practice: Migrant Children’s Transition to Adulthood-UACFutures”.