Heart of Fire (Feuerherz)
The Eritrean struggle for independence, 1980. Ten-year-old Awet has the heart of a warrior. Abandoned as a baby, she grows up in the sheltered atmosphere of a Christian monastery in Asmara. But when she returns to her family, her father brings her to a military battle unit. There is nothing she can do to elude her fate as a child soldier. Nevertheless, Awet vows to oppose this ignoble war with all her strength, and to fight against the fate that menaces her.

TV-60 Film
2008
Director Luigi Falorni
Producers: Andreas Bareiss, Sven Burgemeister, Gloria Burkert, Bernd Burgemeister
Production Company: BurkertBareiss Development/Munich for TV60 Film/Munich, in co-production with Senator Film Produktion/Berlin, Aichholzer Film/Vienna, Beta Film/Oberhaching, in association with BR/Munich, ARTE/Strasbourg, Pontact Productions Kenya, Filmstudios/Nairobi
Screenplay: Luigi Falorni, Gabriele Kister
Director of Photography: Judith Kaufmann
Editor: Anja Pohl
Music by Andrea Guerra
Production Design: Vittoria Sogno
Principal Cast: Letekidan Micael Elias, Seble Tilahun, Solomie Micael Elias, Daniel Seyoum
Casting: Lenny Juma, Lillian Oyugi, Bernard Safari, Betty Betlehem Abebe
Special Effects: Jen:s Doeldissen
Original Version Tigrinya
Subtitled Versions: English, German
Festival Screenings Berlin 2008 (In Competition)