Felix: Self-Fictions Of A Smuggler (2011, 70  min.) Dir. Adriana Trujillo

Felix is a home-movie actor and human trafficker in Tijuana. Felix has lived through the transformation of "the line" that divides these two countries and has managed to tell his story through multiple low budget films in which he reveals his actions, strategies and methods. Felix: Self-Fictions of a Smuggler exposes, for the first time, the world of human trafficking from the eyes of a smuggler an through fragments of films in which Felix acts out his life as a "coyote." The documentary is the construction of a character who is also an actor portraying his own self.

Félix es un actor de cine casero y traficante de personas en Tijuana. Félix ha vivido la transformación de "la línea" que divide estos dos países y ha logrado contar su historia a través de múltiples películas de bajo presupuesto en las que revela sus acciones, estrategias y métodos. Félix: Auto-Ficciones de un Contrabandista expone, por primera vez, el mundo del tráfico humano desde los ojos de un contrabandista y a través de fragmentos de películas en las que Félix interpreta su vida como un "coyote". El documental es la construcción de un personaje que también es un actor que interpreta su propio yo.

Festivales  /  Exhibitions

  • International Documentary Film Festival DOCSMX (antes) DOCSDF. Iberoamerican Selection (2015)

  • VISEUR Film Festival. Official Selection, París, Francia (2014)

  • CALIDOC. Official Selection. Cali, Colombia (2014)

  • Crossing the Border: Voices Breaking Boundaries, Houston, US (2014)

  • Museum of Latin American Art MOLAA (2013)

  • Filmoteca Tijuana Cultural Center (2013)

  • Centro Habitat, Nueva Delhi, India (2013)

  • Exploring Memories of Self Exhibition, Beijing, China (2013)

  • USD's Border Film Week (2013)

  • Hola Mexico Film Festival L.A and Australia Official Selection (2012)

  • Guanajuato International Film Festival GIFF. (2012)

  • Monterrey Internacional Film Festival. Official Selection (2012)

  • Human Rights Witness Internacional Film Festival. Official Selection (2012)

  • International Documentary Film Festival DOCSDF.Oficcial Selection (2012)

  • San Francisco Immigrant Film Festival. Official Selection (2012)

  • City Lights Art Festival, Bellas Artes Palace (2012)

  • Internacional Film Festival Guadalajara. Official Selection (2012) - Premier

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