HOW IT BEGINS

film documentaire, 2025
12’37
une production Le Fresnoy – studio national des arts contemporains

Synopsis
A fire woman preventively burns forests in North Carolina in order both to regenerate the land and avert devastating wild blazes. In this gradual plunge into the flames, the act of setting fire becomes an intimate and direct experience of the elements.

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Une fire woman brûle préventivement les forêts de Caroline du Nord, pour régénérer ses terres et éviter les mégafeux dévastateurs. Dans cette plongée progressive dans les flammes, l’acte de mise à feu devient une expérience intime et directe avec les éléments. 

 

Festivals / Screenings
Braziers International Film Festival – Official selection, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, 2026
Bendita Tú Film Festival Argentina – International selection, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2026
Somerville International Film Festival – International competition, Somerville, USA, 2026
Kontekst Film Festival – International selection, London, United Kingdom 2026
TerraLenta Film Festival – International competition, Pignola, Italy, 2026
Doc.Paris Film Festival – International competition, Paris, France, 2026
Bendita Tú Film Festival – International competition, Madrid, Spain, 2026
Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival – International competition, Ghent, Belgium, 2026
Rencontres internationales Paris / Berlin (Paris) – Catalog, Paris, France, 2025
Prix Clim’Art finalists exhibition, Fondation Andurand – Consulat Voltaire, France, 2025
Tacoma Film Festival – World premiere – International competition, Washington, USA, 2025
Panorama 26 exhibition- Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France, 2025