Lian Subirat Domènech

Aya is a tender and intimate story that tells the story of how Aya, an eight-year-old girl, and her family, in the spring of 2004, move to live in Aulina, a village in the middle of the mountains. Aya does not agree with the decision her parents have taken, but, bit by bit, she will have to adapt. The space and the dynamics of the neighbourhood are very different from what she was used to.

In February 2023 a group of adopted young people from China born between 1999 and 2002 meet in Barcelona. There they pool their experiencies with the family and the environment that have fostered them: the funny anecdotes, the difficult ones, the hegemonic story of adoption... The meeting is organized and recorded by Àlex M. Llorens, also adopted from China, who writes a full-length film about the transition into adult life of people like them and she shares with them her discoveries.