slow burn

DETAILS

23 min · documentary · 2019 · 16:9

LOGLINE

Julio, 55, is a firefighter in secondary duty, waiting for retirement in a warehouse. Far from the action and his fellow firefighters, in the silence of the warehouse he can still hear the voice of the firefighter within him, burning slowly.

AWARDS

Working Title Film Festival 2020 (Italia)
Portobello Film Festival 2020 (Reino Unido)
Premios Fugaz - CortoEspaña (España)
Guangzhou Documentary Film Festival (China)
POFF Shorts - Black Nights Festival (Estonia)

TECHNICAL

Productora / Production Company: ¡Qué Maja! Películas
(ex Había una Vez Films)
Dirección / Direction: Miguel Sánchez García
Intérpretes / Cast: Julio Garcés
Guión / Script: David Arribas Bazán, Miguel Sánchez García
Producción / Production: Jorge Rio
Fotografía / Cinematography: Celia de Coca
Montaje / Editing: Celia de Coca, Miguel Sánchez García
Sonido / Sound: Jorge Costilla
Música / Music: Fran Revert
Lugar de rodaje / Shooting Place: Madrid
Año de producción / Year of production: 2019
Género / Genre: Documental
Duración / Running time: 23 min.
País / Country: España

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ABOUT director

MIGUEL SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA

Miguel Sánchez García completed a Diploma in Film and Television Directing at TAI School and a Master’s in Advanced Screenwriting at Factoría del Guión. He has made two fiction short films shot on 16 mm and 35 mm film, which received a special mention in Taiarts magazine and were screened as part of the Yelmo cinemas’ program. He has also directed two documentary shorts, one of them about Sandra’s life. Together with Celia de Coca, Raúl Pajas, Gonzalo Borragán, and Jesús Cisneros, he founded the production company Había Una Vez Films, directing the short film A Fuego Lento, selected at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (“PÖFF Film Fest”), as well as the medium-length film Jabato.