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Ashes form the Sky

The first environmental Spanish fiction film

Feature fiction | 91' | 2008 | Spain

Direction: José Antonio Quirós
Production Company: BAUSAN FILMS, EL NACEDON FILMS

Work done in BAUSAN FILMS

Synopsis_

“Ashes from the sky “ is a naturalistic comedy about the love of nature and the inability of man to conquer the forces of development. In a paradisiacal valley crowned by a thermal power station, a villager (“Federico” - Celso Bugallo) has spent 30 years fighting for the closing of the plant. He firmly believes that the Kyoto Agreement will close it down. This is a contradictory story in which there is no unique truth. In “Ashes from the sky “ there are small victories and small failures.

Festivals

21st Tokio International Film Festival. Official section “Natural Tiff”. Japan. 2008.
57th Mannheim – Heidelberg International Film Festival. Germany. 2008.
32th Cairo International Film Festival. Egypt, 2008.

Spanish and Latin American Film Festival from Corsica. Italy. 2010.
Cinema Science Film Festival Bordeaux, International Competition section. France. 2009.
CinEspaña, Spanish Film Festival Toulouse. Panoramasection. France. 2009.
Napa Sonoma Wine Country Int. Film Festival. USA. 2009.
Festival “22 X Don Luis de Calanda” Spain. 2009.
Cottonwood Creek Environmental Int. Film Festival. USA. 2009.
Ecovision, Environmental Int. Film Festival. Italy. 2009.
14th Film Festival of Ecological and Nature from Canarias Islands. Tenerife. 2009.
Spanish Film Festival. Australia. 2009.
Chicago Latino Film Festival. USA. 2009.
Málaga Spanish Film Festival, Section "Film and Sustainability". Spain. 2009.
Muestra Cine Español Inédito de Jaén. Spain. 2009.
Tiburón Int. Film Festival. USA. 2009.
Nantes Spanish FIlm Festival Festival. France. 2009.
Viva Festival! Manchester. U.K. 2009.
Cinema Planeta Int. Film Festival. México. 2009.
Washington Environmental Int. Film Festival. USA.
Spanish Cinema Now. New York, USA. 2008.
Expo Zaragoza 2008, Tribuna del agua.
FICMA, Environmental Int. FIlm Festival Catalonia. Spain. 2008.

Awards

Award “EARTH GRAND PRIX NATURAL TIFF“, 21st Tokio Internacional Film Festival, Tokio. 2008.
"Jury Award": “SOL DE ORO” FICMA 2008, Environmental Film Festival from Catalunya, Spain.
"Jury Award" and "Student Jury Award" 3º Festival of Spanish and Latinoamerican Cinema Ajaccio 2010, Córcega, Italy.

NOMINEE to "Best Screenplay" GOYA Awards 2009, Spain
Award to “Best Film” 14th Ecological Film Festival and nature of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, 2009.
Awards “DUMOSA”to feature film COTTONWOOD CREEK, Environmental Film Festival California 2009, USA.
Award “Best Comedy” ECOVISION Int. Film Festival from Palermo 2009, Italy.
"Jury Award" CINEMA SCIENCE Film Festival from Bordeaux 2009, France.

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