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To Build a Fire (film)

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

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]

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

Premise

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "TO BUILD A FIRE". 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ "To Build a Fire". Anibar International Animation Festival. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "TO BUILD A FIRE". New Orleans Film Festival. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. 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. ^ "Study Guides, Lesson Plans, Homework Help, Answers & More | e - eNotes.com".
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