"Valentina Acava ci offre dinamiche di processi identitari femminili su cui riflettere ed interrogarci, affinché nelle migranti non vediamo solo l’eco del nostro immaginario (Nirmal Nurwar), ma amiche, vicine e lontane, con i loro problemi, sentimenti e progetti, fra processi di globalizzazione che tendono a triturare le culture non meno delle vite."
— Clotilde Barbarulli
"Tre atti, tre donne. Tre donne, tre destini. Drasla, Alina e Farida. Tre donne che fanno i conti con i loro vissuti di straniere e lottano per far sì che quel loro “essere straniere” non le renda anche estranee. Aliene a se witnessed e agli altri."
— Jarmila Ockayovà
I...Immigrant... Woman... to want to say to write
"Three acts, three women. Three women, three destinies. Drasla, Alina, Farida. Three women come to terms with their experiences as foreigners and struggle to ensure that their “being foreign” does not also make them strangers. Alien to themselves and to others."
— Clotilde Barbarulli
"Valentina Acava offers us the dynamics of female identity processes to reflect on and question ourselves about so that in migrants we don’t just see the echo of our imaginary (Nirmal Nurwar), but friends, near and far, with their problems, feelings, and projects, amidst processes of globalization that tend to crush cultures no less than lives."
— Jarmila Ockayovà
THE PLAY
Utafika Theatre
Théatre Puzzle
Teatro dell’ Istante
MosaicoArte
Compagnia Makelé
Compagnia I Suggeritori
THE FILM
Toronto International Film Festival
Cairo Indie Short Festival
Stockholm Short Festival
Harlem People’s Film Festival
Arpa Film Festival
The Other Festival
CSW/UN
Tokyo Short Film Festival
Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival 2025
(Winner Best Women-Centered Short)
Director: Nora Armani
Cast: Raquel Appiah, Samar el -Zein, Rita Hight, Adriana Belan, Edie Pilar Monroy
Year: 2021