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ASYLUM

ASILO

By Li CHENG

SEREIN PRODUCTIONS - as PROD / FIN

Drama - Development 2024

Fleeing their country, Carmen and her mother join the Caravan of migrants, find themselves separated, and desperately searching to be reunited.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Drama, True Story
- Countries
- MEXICO, USA, FRANCE
- Languages
- ENGLISH, SPANISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Li CHENG
- Writer(s)
- Carol GOMEZ-ROBELO, Li CHENG
- Producer(s)
- Carol BIDAULT DE L'ISLE (SEREIN PRODUCTIONS), George F. ROBERSON
- Synopsis
- This Social Impact Drama is inspired by true events. In 2018, over 12,700 immigrant children were detained by the U.S. government, a record-number spread across 100 federally contracted shelters that is 5 times higher than in 2017. 2,500 of those children arrived with their families and were separated under the U.S. government's zero-tolerance policy in 2018. The remaining children in custody arrived as unaccompanied minors. More than 2,000 of those separated children have since been reunited with their families after a judge issued an injunction. Migrants traveling as part of a family group accounted for 58 percent of those taken into custody in 2018. In 2019, nearly 70,000 children were held in US detention centers, with no efforts to reunite families. In 2020, 666 children were not able to find their parents. The unsung heroes are the individuals and organizations that help refugees and immigrants This is the story of one family, why they risked it all to seek asylum.
- Partners & financing
- Serein Productions (France)
  Spanish Co-Production (seeking)
  Mexico Co-Production (seeking)
  MediaFusion Entertainment (USA)
- Production schedule
- Pre-Prod - December 2023
  Production - April 2024
  Post Production - July 2024
  Delivery - September 2024
- Beginning of shooting
- Apr 01, 2024
- End of shooting
- Jul 16, 2024