Filmotor has acquired worldwide sales rights to Marlene Edoyen’s feature documentary A Fire There. The film will have its world premiere at documentary festival Visions du Réel’s International Feature Film Competition and its North American premiere on Canada’s Spectrum program Hot Docs.
The film is set in a remote Armenian village in southern Georgia and follows three young men as they navigate the tension between their inherited traditions and their desire to shape their future. The film offers an “intimate portrait of young people coming of age against a backdrop of social constraints and geopolitical uncertainty,” according to a statement.
Filmoter, which focuses on creative, author-led documentaries, will begin negotiations with buyers during Visions du Lille in Nyon, Switzerland, from April 17th to 26th.
Filmotor’s Mikaela Chazhikova said, “‘A Fire There’ is a film of remarkable sensitivity and cinematic precision. Marlene Edyan brings a deeply embedded perspective on a community rarely seen on screen, creating a work that resonates far beyond its immediate setting.”
A Canadian production produced by Dominique Dussault and Edyan of Nemesis Films, with cinematography by Etienne Roussy and editing by Omar Elhamy. Music is by Mathieu Charbonneau and Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux.
“This film emerged as both a question and a promise about what we must inherit from the past and what we must burn,” director Edoyan said in a statement.
“The film follows three young men as they navigate inherited traditions and a desire to shape their own destiny. Fire becomes an emotional and symbolic thread through their lives, at once destructive and regenerative, a story of passion, rebellion, and inner strength. Amid deep transformation in Georgia and across the South Caucasus, and against the backdrop of social and geopolitical change, their story reveals how the will to dream, resist, and love becomes silent.”
“Through intertwined images of religious rituals, coffee cup readings, and bright Georgian landscapes, the film explores how fate, memory, and rebirth intersect. With social boundaries restricting filming with teenage girls and young women, the film instead utilizes the voices and presence of older women to address the realities of gender.”
“Through immersive imagery, seasonal rhythms, and layered perspectives, ‘A Fire There’ examines how territory, culture, and history shape identity and desire. It is an intimate portrait of a young man who has the courage to forge ahead with his own fire, an act of patience and imagination against the weight of the predetermined.”
Provided by Nemesis Film
