Argentinean feature film, directed by Tristán
Bauer
The Argentinean film by Tristán Bauer, “Iluminados
por el fuego” (“Enlightened by Fire”) is the
winner of the Films in Progress 6 Award granted each year by the
group of collaborating technical industries to one of the films
presented in the section of the same name, in order to permit
it to complete its post-production stage.
This award, bestowed for third time at the San Sebastian International
Film Festival, carries all of the services and materials necessary
for the film to be able to complete its post-production stage.
Exa, Kodak, Molinare, No Problem Sonido, RF Sonido, Technicolor-Madrid
Film Lab and Titra Film are the collaborating entities making
this award possible.
This award will permit Tristán Bauer to relaunch and
finalize the technical sound and image processes necessary for
his 35mm film to reach commercial theatres, cinema, video, TV
networks and cultural dissemination circuits.
“Iluminados por el fuego”, in competition for the
Films in Progress Award along with another six Latin American
titles, tells the tale of three youngsters who fought in the
war against Great Britain when they were 18. Twenty years later,
the attempt of one of them to commit suicide, makes Esteban,
now 40, remember the experience of the war together with his
two best friends: Vargas and Juan. The memories push Esteban
to take the decision to return to the islands and close his
old injuries.
The last film awarded a prize by the technical industries was
“La sombre del caminante” (“The Wandering
Shadows”), by the Colombian Ciro Guerra, this year competing
in the Zabaltegi/New Directors section at San Sebastian.
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