Of Kites and Borders

OF KITES OF BORDERS tells the story of the daily struggle to be a child living on the US-Mexico border through the eyes of four working children in the city of Tijuana.
Genre : Documentary
Of Kites and Borders

OF KITES AND BORDERS, winner of the Best Documentary Award at the San Diego Film Festival and the Havana Film Festival in New York, tells the story of the daily struggle to be a child living on the US-Mexico border through the eyes of four working children in the city of Tijuana.

Edie is a teen who smuggles immigrants into the United States while promising himself that he will never get worn-out working in the maquilas (assembly plants). Carmela is a nine-year old who knows more about work in the city's dumps than about fairy tales, yet every day at sunset she dreams of a better life while watching the kites that fly over her slum. Lastly, brothers Adrián and Fernando don masks to conceal their youth and perform wrestling matches at busy intersections in order to support their family - all the while dreaming of traveling the world as famous Mexican luchadores.

Directors : Yolanda Pividal
Markets : Documentary
Year Released : 2014
Country : US/Mexico/Spain
Original Language : Spanish

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Awards

Best Documentary, Havana Film Festival in New York
Best Documentary, San Diego Film Festival
Best Mexican Feature, DocsDF

Screenings

International Documentary Film Festival Miradasdoc, Tenerife, Spain
Cine Migrante, International Film Festival of Buenos Aires
Lakino, Latin American Film Festival of Berlin
New Orleans Film Festival
Cine Invisible International Film Festival of Bilbao, Spain
The Documentary Forum, New York
International Human Rights and Film Festival of Valencia, Spain
San Francisco DocFest
Havana Film Festival in New York
Malaga Film Festival, Spain
Ashland Independent Film Festival, Oregon
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OF KITES AND BORDERS, winner of the Best Documentary Award at the San Diego Film Festival and the Havana Film Festival in New York, tells the story of the daily struggle to be a child living on the US-Mexico border through the eyes of four working children in the city of Tijuana.

Edie is a teen who smuggles immigrants into the United States while promising himself that he will never get worn-out working in the maquilas (assembly plants). Carmela is a nine-year old who knows more about work in the city's dumps than about fairy tales, yet every day at sunset she dreams of a better life while watching the kites that fly over her slum. Lastly, brothers Adrián and Fernando don masks to conceal their youth and perform wrestling matches at busy intersections in order to support their family - all the while dreaming of traveling the world as famous Mexican luchadores.

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