The film

Teenage mother Sujeylin Aguilar raises her newborn on the same streets she herself grew up in. Set in Managua, Nicaragua, the film explores the universal issue of second generation street children.
Meet the director Koen Suidgeest
  • DocumentaMadrid – Madrid (Second Prize)
  • One World Human Rights Festival - Prague (official selection)
  • Docudays Human Rights Festival – Kiev (official selection)
  • "A humanistic documentary classic." - Tue Steen Müller, organizer, professor and international documentary critical
  • "A wonderful film. Poignant, sensitive and necessary." - Antonio Pérez-Hernández, Spanish Ambassador in Nicaragua
  • "Ultra-realistic, tender, intimate and full of hope for the trial of motherhood in extreme circumstances." - Marie Claire magazine
  • "Both tender and terrible at the same time..." -Avvenire (Italy)
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Upcoming fests: Budapest and Vienna

Karla’s Arrival will play the Verzio documentary film festival in Budapest (Hungary) on the 10th of November, as well as [...] Read more

We need help to get the film into classrooms!

Last week, we launched a fundraising campaign through Kickstarter. The proceeds will go entirely towards getting the story of Karla [...] Read more

Film recognized by Nicaragua

Yesterday, Koen was awarded a Certificate of Recognition by ambassador Francisco Campbell of Nicaragua in Washington DC, for “…creating awareness [...] Read more

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is the problem of teenage girls trying to create families on the streets. Learn more about a growing but widely ignored human rights issue.

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