Estonian premiere

Afire

Local title
Leegitsev taevas
Original title
Roter Himmel
Director
Christian Petzold
Country
Germany
Year
2023
Festival
Kinoff 2023
Programme
Best of Festivals, Main programme of Kinoff
Genre
drama, comedy
Subject
love

A small holiday house by the Baltic Sea. The days are hot, and it hasn’t rained in weeks. Four young people come together, friends old and new. As the parched forests around them begin to ignite, so do their emotions. Happiness, lust and love; but also, jealousies, resentments and tensions. Meanwhile, the forests burn. And before long, the flames are there.

Petzold’s “Afire” was included in the competition programme of the 2023 Berlin Film Festival and won the Silver Bear – the main jury prize.

Director
Christian Petzold
Screenwriter
Christian Petzold
Cast
Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt
Producer
Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Anton Kaiser
DoP
Hans Fromm
Editor
Bettina Böhler
Production
Schramm Film Koerner & Weber, ZDF/Arte, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Distributor
A-One Films Estonia
World sales
The Match Factory
Runtime
Language
German
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Other festivals
Hong Kong, Berlin
Director
Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold (1960)

Filmography:
valik/selected: Die innere Sicherheit (Kindlustunne, 2000, PÖFF 2001), Wolfsburg (PÖFF 2003), Yella (PÖFF 2007), Barbara (PÖFF 2012), Phoenix (Fööniks, PÖFF 2014), Transit (Transiit, PÖFF 2018), Undine (Undiin, PÖFF 2020)

Goethe Instituut

Screenings

4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening021403 / Leegitsev taevas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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3rd Hall Apollo Kino Lõunakeskus, Tartu
Screening024303 / Leegitsev taevas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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Chill-Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening050102 / Leegitsev taevas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening083101 / Leegitsev taevas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
1st Hall Apollo Kino Jõhvi
Screening087103 / Leegitsev taevas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
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