KIDS ON FIRE

By Kyle NIEVA

SCREEN ASIA - as PROD / FIN

Children's - Completed 2020

A prepubescent boy discovers the power of his sexuality during a religious camp, as he realizes his special role in the prophesied return of the Son of God.

Festivals
& Awards

Film Fest Gent 2020
Busan International Film Festival 2020
Asian Short Film Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Children's, Black comedy
    • Countries
    • PHILIPPINES
    • Languages
    • FILIPINO, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 19 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kyle NIEVA
    • Producer(s)
    • Kyle NIEVA (Screen Asia), Carlo Francisco MANATAD
    • Synopsis
    • J.C., a boy who has just started puberty, joins a religious camp. While he participates in the programs, he gets confused between constantly emerging sexual fantasies and his socially assigned roles.

      Kids On Fire is a satirical portrait of bewildered prepubescent children passing through the threshold of sexual awakening while being subject to religious indoctrination. Inspired by horrifying Christian doctrines and eschatological concepts, the film explores how faith can be driven by fear and how we use our religious beliefs–or a lack thereof–to make sense of life’s greatest mysteries.