BURNING FIRE

FÜÜR BRÄNNT

Michael Karrer • Switzerland • 2023 • 74 min. • Hybrid Fiction

SYNOPSIS

Three groups, their dynamics and moods over the course of a day. In unspectacular scenes from everyday life the group is shown as an intimate space, where like in an entangled set of gears, thousands of small wheels are always meshing together. In this simple yet complex interplay, where the individuals are becoming one and split up again, behavioral patterns can creep in as quickly as they dissolve.

TRAILER

AWARDS

Special Mention
Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival. Mexico (2023)
Special Mention
Solothurn Film Festival. Switzerland (2024)

FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS

IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam | Bright Future Programme. Netherlands (2023)
IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam in Groningen. Netherlands (2023)
Five Lakes Filmfestival. Germany (2023)
Transit Filmfest. Germany (2023)
Kyiv Molodist International Film Festival. Ukraine (2023)
Duisburger Filmwoche. Germany (2023)
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis. Germany (2024)
Riga Pasaules Film Festival. Latvia (2024)
Arsenal Kino, Berlin. Germany (2024)
AL ESTE Film Festival. Peru & Colombia (2024)

PRESS

"A eulogy of everyday life, of a seemingly banal day transformed into an initiatory journey, Burning Fire forces us to look at reality as we never have before."

CINEUROPA • by Muriel Del Don

CREW

DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER
Michael Karrer

PRODUCER
Michael Karrer

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ramón Königshausen

SOUND ON SET
Kathleen Moser
Dominic Curseri
Florian Hinder

ASSISTANTS DIRECTOR
Moris Freiburghaus
Sophia Remer

SECOND CAMERA
Simon Bitterli
Tom Gibbons

EDITING
Michael Karrer

CAST
Nadim Ben Saïd
Matia Frei
Nadège Kanku
Mina Wehrli
Philipp Hüssy
Gabriela Vieria
Jonas Junker
Francesca Galeazzi,
Helen Bangerter
Nino Meier
Marco Lüssi
Nico Frei
Xenia Walser
Umberto Norelli
Daris Sefic
Sani Iqbal
Enez Baraz
Emirhan Tatarlar
Anna Wohlgemuth
Samuel Schmassmann
Lotti Happle
Rolf Hellat
Kim Allamand
Maria Rebecca Sautter
Tania Perret
Max Kraus
Dino Brandão
Jimena Cugat
Urs Humbe

SOUND DESIGN & MIXING
Kathleen Moser

COLOR GRADING
Ramón Königshausen

WORLD SALES & FESTIVALS
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)

Production Company
Sabotage Kollektiv

Co-Production Company
Zurich University of the Arts