Afire
New York Premiere

Afire

Spotlight Narrative
Feature | Germany | 102 MINUTES | German | English subtitles
Drama, LGBTQIA+, Art

Author Leon (Thomas Schubert) and photographer Felix (Langston Uibel) arrive at a beach house by the Baltic Sea to work on their respective artistic pursuits only to learn that they won’t be alone; Nadja (Paula Beer) will be joining them. She cooks delicious food, plays music late at night, and invites her maybe-boyfriend Devid (Enno Trebs) to join them, simultaneously irritating and intriguing Leon. As he finds himself drawn closer to her, the dry summer heat slowly transforms the forest around them into kindling for a raging fire.


German auteur Christian Petzold reunites with muse Beer for his third collaboration with the actress after Transit and Undine in this eerily romantic character study. Punctuated by immersive audio and the song “in my mind” by Wallners, Petzold and his collaborators drop us in a dreamlike daze that feels both remarkably grounded and subtly delirious. Deeply relevant in its commentary on climate change while timeless in its approaches to romance and regret, Afire burns even brighter than the sum of its stunning parts.––Cyrus Cohen

After the screening: Join us for a Q&A with star Paula Beer.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Christian Petzold
Director
Christian Petzold
Producer
Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Anton Kaiser
Screenwriter
Christian Petzold
Cinematographer
Hans Fromm
Editor
Bettina Böhler
Cast
Thomas Schubert Paula Beer Langston Uibel

Contacts
Press Contact
Julia Chappell
Cinetic Media
julie@cineticmedia.com
Press Contact
Kaitlyn Cummings
Cinetic Media
kaitlyn@cineticmedia.com
Main Contact
Jason Hellerstein
Sideshow Pictures
New York, New York 10004
jason@sideshowpictures.com
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