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Heart of Fire

Original title: Feuerherz
German title: Feuerherz
Germany, 2008

Director: Falorni, Luigi
Production company: TV60 Film/Munich
Co-producers: Senator Film, Berlin; Aichholzer Film, Vienna; Beta Film, Oberhaching, in association with BR/Munich, ARTE/Strasbourg, Kenya Filmstudios/Nairobi
Age recommendation: 14 years and up

Synopsis:
The Eritrean struggle for independence, 1980. Ten-year-old Awet has the heart of a warrior. Abandoned as a baby, she grows up in the sheltered atmosphere of a Christian monastery in Asmara. But when she returns to her family, her father brings her to a military battle unit. There is nothing she can do to elude her fate as a child soldier. Nevertheless, Awet vows to oppose this ignoble war with all her strength, and to fight against the fate that menaces her.

Festivals:
Berlin 2008 (in Competition), Giffoni 2008 (Amnesty Award), Warsaw 2008, Hamptons 2008, Stockholm 2008, New York Int. CFF 2009, Montreal 2009 (awarded), Leeds Young People's Film Festival 2009, Kristiansand 2009, Buster Copenhagen 2012

World sales address/es:
Beta Film (DE)

Sold to:
Senator Filmverleih (D)