Guerrillas in the midst: Films tell local stories

February 14, 2008 The Eritrean-set movie "Heart of Fire," which unspools in Competition here Thursday, is a flag-bearer of a new brand of "embedded filmmaking" on display in Berlin. The resulting films provide what at first glance seems like a "local" vision from places where no local directors are making movies, for the simple reason there is no cinematographic culture or infrastructure. "There is a trend for films from regions where there is nothing to speak of in terms of an independent film industry," said Thomas Hailer, director of the Generation sidebar.

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