Brimstone and Glory

Director

Viktor Jakovleski

Year

2017
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The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico is documented in this spectacular look at explosive celebrations, unrestrained delight, and real peril.

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**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Original Score

**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Sound Design

**NOMINEE — 5 Cinema Eye Honors 2024**

 **TOP 5 DOCS OF 2023 — National Board of Review**

**WINNER — Cinema Audio Society Awards 2024**

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture – Documentary

**WINNER — Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 2024**
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary

**NOMINEE 2 Critics Choice Documentary Awards 2023**

**NOMINEE — Hollywood Professional Association 2023**
Outstanding Sound – Documentary

“This euphoric documentary is a veritable orgy of lights and sounds, a pyroclastic symphony of explosions in the sky that makes you happy to be alive, even if you’re not entirely sure why.”
– David Ehrlich, IndieWire
“I can’t recall a movie that better demonstrated the thin line between danger and euphoria… Brimstone & Glory contains more primal, enrapturing images than any documentary since Leviathan.”
– Tim Grierson, Paste
“Pushes cinema to places it’s never been before”
– Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest
“This euphoric documentary is a veritable orgy of lights and sounds, a pyroclastic symphony of explosions in the sky that makes you happy to be alive, even if you’re not entirely sure why.”
– David Ehrlich, IndieWire
“I can’t recall a movie that better demonstrated the thin line between danger and euphoria… Brimstone & Glory contains more primal, enrapturing images than any documentary since Leviathan.”
– Tim Grierson, Paste
“Pushes cinema to places it’s never been before”
– Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest

**WINNER** San Francisco International Film Festival

Best Documentary Feature 

 

**WINNER** Austin Fantastic Fest 

Documentary Features – Best Picture 

Documentary Features – Best Director

 

**WINNER** National Board Review 

Top 5 Documentaries 

 

**WINNER** Sheffield International Documentary Festival 

Art Doc Award – Special Mention 

 

**WINNER** Palm Springs International Film Festival 

John Schlesinger Award 

 

**WINNER** International Documentary Association 

Best Music 

 

**WINNER** Austin Fantastic Fest 

Documentary Features – Best Picture 

Documentary Features – Best Director

 

Cinema Eye Honors Awards Nominee 

Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature Film 

Outstanding Achievement in Production 

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score 

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

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