Olympic Flame
It is October 12, 1968, the inauguration of the “XIX Olympic Games” in Mexico. An olympic athlete makes history by being the first woman to light the “Fire of Peace”. Time is running backwards, the athlete relives the “Fire of the innocent student deaths” at the Tlatelolco ì s massacre.
Director ìs biography:
Ricardo Soto (1988) studied film direction at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico). His works were screened at festivals as Camerimage, Locarno, Huesca, Biarritz, Vladivostok, Sao Paulo, GIFF, FICG, A.O. As director, he has been selected at Berlinale Talents, Filmmakers Academy of Festival del Film Locarno, Talent Demo by Camerimage, MexiCannes 2015 (GIFF in cooperation with Cinéfondation Cannes) and IDFAcademy at IDFA. He has been a three-time grant winner of Conversions by FONCA and received the Artistic Residency Berlin AiR by GIFF.