A Belarusian filmmaker and a Kyrgyz village girl ignite something no language barrier can stop.
The plot of the movie brings two people together - an immigrant filmmaker from Belarus and a 10 years old girl from the village in the south of Kyrgyzstan.
Direction
Lemeshevskaya's patient observation lets moments breathe beautifully.
Cinematography
Stunning Kyrgyz landscapes that humble every human story.
Director
Valeria Lemeshevskaya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Central Asian cinema rarely centers Kyrgyz village girls as active creators; this quietly inverts who gets to hold the gaze.
The title references the girl literally starting a fire — but also the director 'igniting' her subject's visibility, a tension the film knowingly explores.
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