Mute Fire

OT: Pirotecnia

Federico Atehortúa Arteaga // Colombia, 2019
Documentary Feature // FF2019

Story

ESSAY In the tradition of Harun Farocki and João Moreira Salles, in this personal film essay Federico Atehortúa Arteaga examines the relationship between film footage and the events of the war in Columbia. Due to an accident in his family, the director becomes aware of the strange relationship between his mother, the beginnings of Columbian cinema and the events of the armed conflict in Columbia. The film looks at a war that he personally did not experience, but whose pictures and stories are well-known to him and generations of Columbians.

Director

FEDERICO ATEHORTÚA ARTEAGA (*1990) studied film at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and the Universität Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Mute Fire is his debut full-length film.

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Info

Original title: Pirotecnia

Film type: Documentary Feature

Original language: Spanish

Section: Vitrina//FF2019

Production country: Colombia

Produced: 2019

Runtime: 83 min

Language and subtitles: OV with English subtitles

Director: Federico Atehortúa Arteaga

Screenplay: Federico Atehortúa Arteaga, Jerónimo Atehortúa Arteaga, Sonia Ariza, Verónica Balduzzi

Cast: Aracelly Arteaga Betancur, Carlos Alberto Atehortúa Rios

Producer: Jerónimo Atehortúa Arteaga

DoP: Mauricio Reyes Serrano

Editor: Federico Atehortúa

Music: Carlos Eduardo Quebrada Vásquez

Production design: Simón Vélez

Production Company: Invasión Cine

Film contact: Jerónimo Atehortúa Arteaga, Invasión Cine: jeronimo@invasioncine.com

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