The Fishing Boats of Kayar

Ɓlvaro HernƔndez Blanco

USA, Spain, 2024. Doc., 29'

The Fishing Boats of Kayar

Synopsis

After 15 years in Spain as a migrant, Thimbo visits his Senegalese fishing village, where he is overwhelmed by mixed feelings of nostalgia and uprooting, yearning and resentment. He also grapples with the dangerous influence he exerts on the local youth.

Festivals

– Best Documentary Short Film at the Madrid Film Festival 2024, Spain
– Audience Award at the Festival Cine Solidario Guadalajara 2024, Spain
– Best Short Film at the Spanish Film Festival Marseille- Cinehorizontes 2024, France
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Credits

Original title

Los cayucos de Kayar

Genre

Documentary

Director

Ɓlvaro HernƔndez Blanco

Country

USA, Spain

Year

2024

Duration

29'

Production

Orbe Cinema, De La Reina, AMMA Productions

Subtitles

Spanish

Idioma

Spanish

Topic

Migration and Refuge, Poverty and Dignified Life

Ɓlvaro HernƔndez Blanco

Los cayucos de Kayar - Director_opt
Ɓlvaro HernĆ”ndez Blanco is a director and screenwriter from Madrid with international experience in both digital content and documentary filmmaking. In Los Angeles, he began his journey in documentaries as an editor. In 2022, he directed “Still Here,” a short documentary film about the last speakers of the indigenous language ku’ahl in Mexico. In 2023, he released his first book, “Migrantes,” about the US-Mexico border. In 2024, he produced “The Fishing Boats of Kayar,” a documentary about the migratory phenomenon in a small fishing village in Senegal.

Filmography

– Still Here (2022)

Films

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