The Fishing Boats of Kayar / Los Cayucos de Kayar
country, year
Spain, 2024
genre
documentary
running time
29’
directed by
Álvaro Hernández Blanco
languages
Spanish, Wolof
about the film
After 15 years in Spain, Thimbo returns to his Senegalese fishing village, where he is overwhelmed by sensations of nostalgia and uprooting, yearning and resentment. He also grapples with the influence he exerts on the local youth, who see him as a role model and seek to emulate him through a perilous journey to Europe by boat.
about the author
Álvaro Hernández Blanco is a director and screenwriter from Madrid with international experience in both digital content and documentary filmmaking. 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. His last film “The fishing boats of Kayar,” is a documentary about the migratory phenomenon in a small fishing village in Senegal.
filmography:
- 2024 – The fishing boats of Kayar, short documentary
- 2022 – Still here, feature documentary
