Feature Documentary — In Development
As wildfires become a recurring presence across Southern Europe, HOME.FIRE observes the people who live with and face them, revealing how fire reshapes the meaning of belonging and home.
Synopsis
Smoke lingers over scorched landscapes. Villages stand emptied, roofs collapsed inward, interiors exposed to light and weather. The fire has passed, yet its presence remains — in ash-softened ground, in silence, in places no longer inhabited.
Across Greece, Italy and Spain, residents, firefighters, volunteers and scientists prepare for a season that now returns each year with greater force. When flames advance toward homes and fields, the line between private life and frontline dissolves. After the fire recedes, return begins — cautious, unresolved.
HOME.FIRE observes wildfire not as a singular disaster, but as an ongoing condition shaping how people live, organise, defend and remain.
Director’s Intention
HOME.FIRE emerges from lived proximity to wildfire seasons in Southern Europe. Rather than focusing solely on moments of spectacle, the film remains with the slower rhythms of anticipation, endurance and return.
Through sustained observational presence, the camera follows those who stand between fire and home, not as isolated heroes, but as part of an interdependent ecology of response. The film asks how communities continue to inhabit territories where environmental stability can no longer be assumed.
Visual Approach
The film adopts an observational and character-driven language. Long takes, restrained framing and proximity to lived action allow time and tension to unfold without explanation or commentary.
Smoke, wind, heat and silence shape perception. Sound is treated as an equal narrative force. There is no voice-over. Meaning emerges through presence and duration.
Status
In development as a European co-production.
Filming territories: Greece, Italy, Spain.
Produced by AR Productions (Greece) and Gael House Films (Spain).New project in progress
