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Dark Skull

Spring Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

Synopsis

After his father dies, Elder is forced to live with his grandmother – far away from the city – and learn to be a worker. His godfather, Francisco, helps Elder find his place in a mining company, and the two end up working together. Elder, however, skips work daily. Francisco grudgingly endures this, and his co-workers mock him because of Elder’s behavior. They also seem to know some dark secrets about Francisco’s relationship with Elder’s deceased father – and Elder is curious to know more. When Francisco finds Elder lost in a tunnel that is about to be blasted, he leaves him there – but because Elder survives, the miners see him as good luck. When the miners have to travel far away, the conflict between Elder and Francisco unravels.

Credits

Director

Kiro Russo

Screenwriter

Kiro Russo, Gilmar Gonzales

Producer

Kiro Russo, Pablo Paniagua

Production Company

Socavon Cine

About the Director

Director, producer and scriptwriter Kiro Russo was born in La Paz, and studied directing at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. He made the short films ‘Enterprisse’ (2010), ‘Juku’ (2012) and ‘New Life’ (2015), winning prices at significant film festivals including the Festival del Film Locarno, the San Sebastian Film Festival, IndieLisboa, the Festival Internacional de Cine Unam, the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival and the Kaohsiung Film Festival, among many others. Russo’s earlier works have a very close relationship to his first feature-length film ‘Dark Skull’, which is now in post-production.

Awards and Festival History

Festivals

Muestra de Cine Contemporáneo de Belo Horizonte 2016
Vienna International Film Festival 2016
Stockholm International Film Festival 2016
Ourense International Film Festival 2016, Section Síntomas
Pachamama Cinema da frontera Brasil
Jeonju Internationa

Awards

Special Mention Award, Locarno Film Festival 2016, Filmmakers of the Present Competition (WP)
Special Mention for the Spanish Cooperation Award, San Sebastian Film Festival 2016, Horizontes Latinos
Best Feature Film and Grand Prize City of Lisbon, Indie

Contacts

• Main Contact

  Kiro Russo

  Company: 

  Socavón Cine

  Phone: 

  +59122411766 /+59160628428

  Email: 

  kirorusso@gmail.com

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