To Build a Fire (film)

To Build a Fire (French: Construire un Feu) is a 2016 French animated short film directed by Fx Goby adapted from the 1902 and 1908 short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. The film has been presented in a number of festivals including the Cannes Film Festival,[1] the Anibar International Animation Festival,[2] the New Orleans Film Festival[3] and the Rhode Island International Film Festival where it won the prize for best animation.[4]

To Build a Fire
Directed byFx Goby
Produced bySamuel François-Steininger
Chris O'reilly
Charlotte Bavasso
Christel Delahaye
Written byJack London
StarringTony Fish
Music byMathieu Alvado
Release date
  • May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) (Forum des images)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryFrance
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film was partially funded through Indiegogo, an American crowdfunding platform.[5]

Premise

In the harshness of midwinter, an unnamed man attempts to travel across ten miles of Yukon wilderness to arrive at a camp where his friends are while bracing temperatures dropping to seventy-five degrees below zero with his companion, a wolf-dog. Struggling, to survive, he makes multiple attempts to build a simple fire.[6]

Awards

The short was also included in The animation Showcase Best of the year 2016.

References
  1. "TO BUILD A FIRE". 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. "To Build a Fire". Anibar International Animation Festival. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. "TO BUILD A FIRE". New Orleans Film Festival. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. "R.I. Film Festival sending three short films for Oscar consideration". 17 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. "To Build a Fire". Indiegogo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. https://www.enotes.com/topics/build-fire


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