Filmotor has acquired world sales rights to Marlene Edoyan’s feature documentary “A Fire There,” which will have its world premiere in the International Feature Film Competition at documentary festival Visions du Réel and its North American premiere at Hot Docs in the Canadian Spectrum program.
The film is set in a remote Armenian village in southern Georgia and follows three young men navigating the tensions between inherited traditions and the desire to shape their own futures. The film offers “an intimate portrait of youth coming of age against a backdrop of social constraints and geopolitical uncertainty,” according to a statement.
Filmotor, which focuses on auteur-driven creative documentaries, will begin talks with buyers during Visions du Réel, which runs in Nyon, Switzerland from April 17 through 26.
Michaela Čajkova of Filmotor said: “ ‘A Fire There’ is a film of remarkable sensitivity and cinematic precision. Marlene Edoyan brings a deeply embedded perspective to a community rarely seen on screen, crafting a work that resonates far beyond its immediate setting.”
Produced by Dominique Dussault and Edoyan for Nemesis Films, the Canadian production features cinematography by Etienne Roussy and editing by Omar Elhamy. Music is composed by Mathieu Charbonneau and Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux.
In a statement, Edoyan said, “The film emerged as both a question and a promise: what do we carry forward from past, and what must we let burn away?
“The film follows three young men as they navigate inherited traditions and the desire to shape their own destinies. Fire becomes the emotional and symbolic thread running through their lives, at once destructive and regenerative, a source of passion, defiance, and inner strength. Against a backdrop of social and geopolitical change, amid profound transformation both in Georgia and across the South Caucasus, their stories reveal how the will to dream, to resist, and to love becomes its own quiet blaze.
“Through the intertwined imagery of religious ritual, coffee-cup readings, and the luminous Georgian landscape, the film explores how fate, memory, and renewal intersect. With social boundaries limiting the ability to film with teenage girls and young women, the film instead draws upon the voices and presence of older women, to address gender realities.
“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 youth daring to carry their own fire forward, an act of endurance and imagination against the weight of what has been predetermined.”
Courtesy of Nemesis Films
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